Girls with Autism: Camouflage and Chameleons

First person accounts along with a review of research by Christine Nordahl of the MIND Institute.

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Christine Nordahl, Ph.D.

Davis, California

Dr. Christine Nordahl is professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at UC Davis. Her research program utilizes neuroimaging to study brain development in autism across the life span. Since 2006, she has spear-headed neuroimaging efforts of the UC Davis MIND Institute Autism Phenome Project, a longitudinal, interdisciplinary study aimed at identifying clinically meaningful subtypes of autism. She is particularly committed to evaluating the entire autism spectrum, including girls with autism as well as the entire range of autism severity and intellectual abilities.