We were invited to voice our views on Intersection of Gender and Neurodiversity to a team of BBC journalists at this International Women’s Day event.

We discussed:

• The societal legacy of male bias
• The gender diagnosis gap
• Society places certain expectations on women: how they should behave and what they should achieve. These pressures are hard to bear for all women, but especially challenging for ND women
• The differing experiences of women influenced by their race/ethnicity, sexuality, disability, socioeconomic background et