# Rudy Simone

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'''Rudy Simone''' ([aka](/source/Pseudonym) '''Artemisia''') is an American author of books on [Asperger's Syndrome](/source/Asperger's_Syndrome) and [autism](/source/autism).

== Self-identification and Diagnosis ==
thumb|Simone in 2012
In 2011 Simone told ''Time'' Magazine that she initially [self diagnosed](/source/Self-diagnosis) with Aspergers after failing to find a doctor within 500 miles of where she lived who would believe her.<ref>[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]</ref>
However, in 2013 she received an official diagnosis and has posted the document publicly.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.shiftjournal.com/2010/10/29/i_m-right-here-rudy-simone-on-life-as-an-_aspergirl_/ | title=I'm Right Here: Rudy Simone on Life as an "Aspergirl" | date=October 29, 2010 }}</ref>{{unreliable source? |date=May 2025}}

==Awards==
''Aspergirls'' won a Gold Award from the [Independent Publishers Group](/source/Independent_Publishers_Group) in 2011,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and 
''Asperger's on the Job'' won a Gold Award from the [ForeWord Review](/source/ForeWord_Review) in  2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/aspergers-on-the-job/|title=Asperger's on the Job: 2010 INDIES Winner}}</ref>

==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](/source/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](/source/Aspergirls%3A_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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