Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While several behaviors have been identified as characteristics of autism, neuroscientist Gina Rippon says they are based on what ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects many individuals around the world, but the way it manifests can differ significantly between genders. This disparity often leads to underdiagnosis or late ...

For a long time, autism was seen as something that only showed up in boys—and only in childhood. But for thousands of women, the story is different. Quietly, painfully different. They spend decades ...

Source: PeopleImages - Yuri A/Shutterstock A recent study, "Exploring the Lived Experiences of Autistic Women: A Thematic Synthesis" (Gosling, Hartley, & Purrington, 2024), brings much-needed ...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Friday aimed at addressing the underdiagnosis and late diagnosis of autism in women and girls. Along with GOP Reps. Claudia Tenney (N.Y.) and Brian ...

Researchers have uncovered a possible link between sterol biosynthesis inhibiting medications taken during pregnancy and an ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

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(CNN) — Researchers historically have viewed autism as a distinctly “male” neurotype. These biases and shortcomings are the subject of “Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and ...

(CNN) — Researchers historically have viewed autism as a distinctly “male” neurotype. But why? Is it because they only paid attention to symptoms in boys, and girls haven’t been screened properly?