Hi !
For some context: I’m a French sociology student with adhd, and I have a mid-year thesis assignment (not the final thesis) to submit. My topic focuses on the cultural configuration of the medical field through autism and gender, meaning how social and cultural norms shape medical interpretations and diagnoses.
I was originally supposed to conduct an oral interview, but given the time constraints, a written interview works perfectly fine. Everything would be completely anonymous, and only my professor will have access to it.
I’m looking for somene who think they might be autistic, or someone who was diagnosed late or misdiagnosed before. The interview would consist of open-ended questions, answered at your own pace.
What my work is about ( some points are already well discussed but I find it great to introduce them for the rest to be coherent )
-How gendered education and socialization can lead to different ways autistic traits are expressed
-Later diagnosis in women partly because of this
-Misdiagnosis due to gender stereotypes (for example, borderline personality disorder being diagnosed much more often in women)
-How the cultural definition of “visible” symptoms varies (this also affects men, but the impact is often stronger for women)
-How social norms actively shape the medical system, rather than medicine being fully neutral
-The fact that medical research has historically focused more on men
More broadly, my topic looks at the cultural shaping of the medical field through autism and gender, including:
-How culture and education influence how autistic traits appear, for example in autistic Black women or autistic Asian women
-How diagnosis can be earlier or later depending on family culture, country, and gender
-How gender stereotypes contribute to misdiagnosis (again, borderline personality disorder being much more commonly diagnosed in women)
-How medical research often reflects the culture of the country where it is produced
-How newer understandings of gender raise questions about how autism is currently diagnosed in non-binary and transgender people
-Whether women may be less diagnosed partly because they have lower incomes on average, which can limit access to specialists, and how this links to the economic culture of different countries
If you’re interested, you can find the interview guide attached, and if after reading them you’re still okay with participating, thank you so, so much
Sorry for the long message, and thank you for reading.
For some context: I’m a French sociology student with adhd, and I have a mid-year thesis assignment (not the final thesis) to submit. My topic focuses on the cultural configuration of the medical field through autism and gender, meaning how social and cultural norms shape medical interpretations and diagnoses.
I was originally supposed to conduct an oral interview, but given the time constraints, a written interview works perfectly fine. Everything would be completely anonymous, and only my professor will have access to it.
I’m looking for somene who think they might be autistic, or someone who was diagnosed late or misdiagnosed before. The interview would consist of open-ended questions, answered at your own pace.
What my work is about ( some points are already well discussed but I find it great to introduce them for the rest to be coherent )
-How gendered education and socialization can lead to different ways autistic traits are expressed
-Later diagnosis in women partly because of this
-Misdiagnosis due to gender stereotypes (for example, borderline personality disorder being diagnosed much more often in women)
-How the cultural definition of “visible” symptoms varies (this also affects men, but the impact is often stronger for women)
-How social norms actively shape the medical system, rather than medicine being fully neutral
-The fact that medical research has historically focused more on men
More broadly, my topic looks at the cultural shaping of the medical field through autism and gender, including:
-How culture and education influence how autistic traits appear, for example in autistic Black women or autistic Asian women
-How diagnosis can be earlier or later depending on family culture, country, and gender
-How gender stereotypes contribute to misdiagnosis (again, borderline personality disorder being much more commonly diagnosed in women)
-How medical research often reflects the culture of the country where it is produced
-How newer understandings of gender raise questions about how autism is currently diagnosed in non-binary and transgender people
-Whether women may be less diagnosed partly because they have lower incomes on average, which can limit access to specialists, and how this links to the economic culture of different countries
If you’re interested, you can find the interview guide attached, and if after reading them you’re still okay with participating, thank you so, so much
Sorry for the long message, and thank you for reading.
