Rudy Simone
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Rudy Simone (aka Artemisia) is an American author of books on Asperger's Syndrome and autism.
Self-identification and Diagnosis
In 2011 Simone told Time Magazine that she initially self diagnosed with Aspergers after failing to find a doctor within 500 miles of where she lived who would believe her.[https://healthland.time.com/2011/12/27/mind-reading-a-qa-with-the-author-of-aspergirls/ Girls on the Spectrum: Q&A with the Author of Aspergirls Time December 27, 2011]
However, in 2013 she received an official diagnosis and has posted the document publicly.[https://www.shiftjournal.com/2010/10/29/i_m-right-here-rudy-simone-on-life-as-an-_aspergirl_/]{{unreliable inline |date=May 2025}}
Awards
Aspergirls won a Gold Award from the Independent Publishers Group in 2011,{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1442|title=Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry|author=|date=|work=Independent Publisher – feature}} and
Asperger's on the Job won a Gold Award from the ForeWord Review in 2010,{{cite web|url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/aspergers-on-the-job/|title=Asperger's on the Job: 2010 INDIES Winner}}
Published books
Her books have been translated into several languages.
- 22 Things a Woman Must Know if She loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009) {{ISBN|978-1-84905-803-2}}
- 22 Things A Woman with Asperger's Wants her Partner to Know (Jessica Kingsley Publisher, 2012) {{ISBN|978-1-84905-883-4}}
- Asperger's on the Job Must-have Advice for People with Asperger's or High Functioning Autism, and their Employers, Educators, and Advocates (Future Horizons Publishing, 2010) {{ISBN|1935274090}}
- Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010) {{ISBN|978-1-84905-826-1}}
- The A-Z of ASDs: Aunt Aspie’s Guide to Life (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016)
- Sex and the Single Aspie (Jessica Kingsley, 2018) written under the name Artemisia {{ISBN|978-1-78592-530-6}}
References
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External links
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220151601/http://help4aspergers.com/ |title=Help 4 Aspergers}}
{{Autism resources}}
{{Pervasive developmental disorders}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American self-help writers
Category:Writers from New York (state)
Category:21st-century American women writers