Is Autism Really a Male-Dominated Condition? A New Study Suggests Women Have It Just as Often, but Are Diagnosed Later in Life

An excerpt from a Feb. 4 MedPage Today article quoting Diana Schendel, PhD, a professor in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was mentioned in a Feb. 19 Smithsonian magazine 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.