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The OET Autism Framework: Rethinking Clinical Practice with Adolescent and Adult Autistic Females.

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    The OET Autism Framework addresses diagnostic disparities for autistic females by integrating optimal distinctiveness, empowerment, and trauma-informed care. This strengths-based approach guides collaborative treatment planning and choice for autistic adolescents and adults.

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    • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
    • Gender Studies

    Background:

    • Autistic females face significant diagnostic disparities, including misdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, and late diagnosis.
    • Gender assumptions and biases in autism scholarship have historically perpetuated harm and influenced treatment decisions for autistic females.
    • Existing diagnostic and treatment approaches often fail to adequately address the unique needs of autistic adolescent and adult females.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce the OET Autism Framework as a social justice response to diagnostic disparities in autistic females.
    • To propose core principles for the clinical application of the OET Autism Framework.
    • To encourage critical analysis of the framework's efficacy and assessment tools.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical intersection of optimal distinctiveness, empowerment theories, and trauma-informed care.
    • Incorporation of lived experience narratives into a holistic therapeutic assessment.
    • Revisiting seminal and present-day autism scholarship to identify gender-related biases.

    Main Results:

    • The OET Autism Framework offers an intersectional, antioppressive, and strengths-based approach to assessment.
    • Proposed core principles guide practitioners in collaborative goal setting, treatment planning, and choice for autistic females.
    • The framework aims to mitigate harm caused by gender biases in autism diagnosis and treatment.

    Conclusions:

    • The OET Autism Framework provides a novel, social justice-oriented model for supporting autistic adolescent and adult females.
    • Implementation of the framework's principles can foster more equitable and effective therapeutic relationships.
    • Further research is recommended to explore the framework's efficacy and refine assessment tools.