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Girls on the Spectrum Often Go Unnoticed

January 15, 2019

By: Rita Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Source: Disability Scoop

PHILADELPHIA — “Weird.”

Nichole Lowther has heard the word her whole life.

Bright, even charming, she nonetheless never felt comfortable in groups or making small talk. A hard worker, she had a tough time finding or keeping a steady job. Could it have been her unvarying wardrobe, her lack of eye contact, her encyclopedic knowledge of “Star Trek?” Then there were the times in public when a loved one would pull her aside and plead, “Be normal.”

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