More boys and men have traditionally been diagnosed with autism than girls and women. That’s because researchers have mostly studied males, and symptoms vary by gender, cognitive neuroimaging ...

Autism presents differently in women and girls, which is part of the reason it’s underdiagnosed. But in order to understand how it presents differently, you need to first understand how autism ...

In a 2024 review, Rippon found of the more than 120 studies testing brain models of autism that she examined, nearly 70% of the studies only tested men or included very few women. She noted that ...

A new study of more than 2,500 children under 5 found little difference in autism symptoms between boys and girls.

CNN recently talked with Rippon about autism in girls and women, the challenges of current diagnostics, and how medical professionals can think differently about screening without bias.

Earlier this month, a mother called police to report her 8-year-old daughter with autism was missing from her home. While ...

More boys and men have traditionally been diagnosed with autism than girls and women. That’s because researchers have mostly studied males, and symptoms vary by gender, cognitive neuroimaging ...