Historically, researchers have thought that autism mostly affects boys and men. But is that truly because they have the neurodevelopmental condition more often than women, or could something be going ...

Autism has always been framed as a condition that mostly affects boys. Yet after tracking more than 2.7 million people born between 1985 and 2020, researchers found that while boys are diagnosed far ...

A new study suggests autism diagnosis rates are “more or less equal for men and women”, significantly challenging long-held assumptions about gender disparities. Previous understanding often cited a ...

Since being ‘late-diagnosed’ with Autism Spectrum Disorder at age 28, I’ve thrown myself into reading about autism, desperate to understand myself and how I went undiagnosed for almost three decades.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication and repetitive behavior. Previous research reveals that people with ASD ...

Previous work on gender and autism suggested that for every four men or boys diagnosed with autism there would be one woman or girl, while one study in 2017 suggested this figure may be closer to ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers assess the probable association between body temperature and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) among Japanese individuals. ASDs ...