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Autism Diagnoses Rising in Females, Narrowing Gender Gap

February 9, 2026

Diana Schendel, PhD, a professor in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was quoted in a Feb. 9 New Haven Today (Connecticut) article about a new Swedish study suggesting that autism incidence in girls and boys may be nearly equal and highlighting the need to investigate why girls are often diagnosed at an older age than boys.

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