'Author will treat the gendered aspect of what has come to be termed “neurodiversity” and looks at the ways in which taking autism into account may reshape feminist theory and how feminist theory, in turn, can help to think of autism in more compassionate and productive ways. In particular author will argue that the recent turn to emotions in humanistic and social study, coupled with current research on the pliability of the brain and its interrelated nature, can help to form more generous ideas about both gender differences and social-emotional disability.'