Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report

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This week, Drs. Casey Burrows from @UMN and Shuting Zheng from @UTexas discuss a new paper looking at sex differences in autism features from 20-40 months of age. A new analysis done with data from the Baby Siblings Research Consortium concludes that, early in life, girls with autism show differences in some autism features (like joint attention) compared to boys. There are many reasons for this, including that boys and girls are just different, period. However, it adds to mounting data which may help explain why more males are diagnosed compared to females. More research needs to examine how girls and females present, what symptoms are harder to observe in females andy why, and most importantly, sheds insight how girls and females with autism need to be specifically supported. More here:

https://www.epicresearch.org/articles/diagnosis-of-autism-occurring-earlier-in-children-though-still-late-for-many-initial-diagnosis-in-adulthood-increasing-in-women

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2837366

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