There's increasing concern about peers bullying children with ASD at school and in the community.
The sex ratio in ASD approaches 1-to-1 as the degree of cognitive impairment increases.
Girls may be different than boys with ASD in their lived experience of the disability as well.
Parents answered questions about the ASD diagnosis and severity, and the age and year the child was diagnosed.
In 2007, this older group, born in the 1990s, was less likely to have ASD than younger children.
In this scenario the result to date could be increased diagnoses of ASD for males over females in puberty.
Sex differences in ASD is an important topic, but one that has only recently become the focus of attention.
Some evidence suggests that girls with ASD are bullied less often than boys.
Finally, the causal mechanism petitioners proposed would produce, not ASD, but neuronal death, and eventually patient death as well.
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Karin Hill credits play-partner sessions for helping her daughter Natalie, who was flagged as high-risk for ASD at age 1.
An intriguing finding is that perhaps higher-functioning girls with ASD are missed by clinicians who are not experts in diagnosis.
Understanding those sex differences both biologically and experientially holds the promise of improving the long-term outcome of all children with ASD.
Cohort analyses revealed consistent estimates of both the prevalence of parent-reported ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and autism severity ratings over time.
We are specifically looking at whether or not people who currently have appropriate ASD diagnoses might be affected by this change.
Whatever the reason, the sex ratio in ASD is perhaps the most consistent finding in the field but perhaps the least understood.
Something seems to protect girls from developing ASD and other developmental disorders.
In one of the largest-ever studies of genetics and autism, researchers have identified 24 new gene variants associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Girls on the autism spectrum also engage in fewer repetitive behaviors such as rocking and spinning and less sensory irritability than boys with ASD.
But, there definitely are many more questions to be asked and pursued for answers, specific to why more males are diagnosed with ASD than females.
There is some evidence that among this subgroup, girls have better social skills than higher-functioning boys with ASD and so are not diagnosed as readily.
Croesawodd Cymdeithas Genedlaethol Awtistiaeth Cymru Gynllun Gweithredu Strategol Cymru ar gyfer Anhwylderau'r Sbectrwm Awtistig (ASD) fel cam cyntaf ar gyfer gwella bywydau pobol gyda ASD.
Health committee deputy chairperson Michelle O'Neill explained ASD was one of the fastest growing disabilities with an increase of 500 over the last seven years.
Often, the symptoms of ASD appear as extreme shyness or anxiety in girls, masking that they may not be responsive to the social cues of others.
Ms Gough has personal experience of the disorder through a member of her family and wanted to help passengers whose children have Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Conversely, the sex ratio has sometimes been reported to be even greater than 5-to-1 among so-called "higher-functioning" individuals with ASD, though not all studies agree on this point.
School-aged children diagnosed in or after 2008 were more likely to have milder ASD and less likely to have severe ASD than those diagnosed in or before 2007.
Children with ASD have difficulty communicating, interacting and behaving flexibly.
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Parents report more GI symptoms in children with ASD than children with either SEN or TD children but the frequency of reported symptoms is greater in the past than currently in all groups.
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