For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

For decades researchers have thought of autism as a predominantly male disorder but experts now say it may affect as many girls as it does boys. The prevalence of the spectrum disorder has increased ...

A young woman named Zoe Grace took to TikTok to share the 11 signs of her autism that were missed when she was a child.

Cases of autism are on the rise, with diagnoses in the US jumping 175% between 2011 and 2022. But while this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month, which brings awareness to neurodiversity, encourages support for autistic individuals, and highlights disparities in access to care, support, and resources.

For decades, autism has been framed as a condition that overwhelmingly affects boys, with girls treated as statistical outliers and, too often, diagnostic afterthoughts. A massive population study now ...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are typically characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, as well as restricted or repetitive behaviors and interests. Repetitive and restricted ...

Autism has long been seen as a condition affecting boys. Researchers say that understanding is finally changing.

It’s long been thought that autism is far more prevalent in boys than girls. But findings from a new study looking at data across more than three decades suggest that may not be the case. Researchers ...

New research challenged the longstanding belief that autism is much more common in males versus females. In a Swedish study of 2.7 million people, male-to-female ratios in autism diagnoses were nearly ...

Blame it on the X factor. Research has long shown that boys are over three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. Data shows that boys are over three times more likely to be ...