A proper analysis of autism is long overdue | Letters

Excellent news that the Sesame Street puppet with autism is female, helping to correct the myth that autism rarely affects girls and women (What a children’s puppet can teach us all, 21 March). I hope that, in addition to being female, “Julia” will have significant special educational needs relating to problems with language and learning: 50% of individuals with autism have this “triple whammy”. Despite this, research into the linked language and learning difficulti