By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy ...

Experts explain why females receive autism diagnoses later than males - A new study has suggested that autism diagnosis rates ...

The study found that the male-to-female ratio of diagnosis decreased over time to the extent that it “may no longer be distinguishable by adulthood”.

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

Autism has never been so widely discussed as it has in 2025. Diagnoses are on the rise, thanks in large part to an increased awareness, and numerous celebrities have shared their experience with the ...

A study published in The BMJ looks at time trends in a male to female ratio for autism diagnosis. Dr Monique Botha, Associate Professor in Social and Developmental Psychology, Durham University, said: ...

Before you read this post, I want to remind you that my perspective is only mine. And that when I describe my experiences as a late-diagnosed autistic female, I am aware that I do not represent the ...

Autism advocates have had mixed reactions to the release of an autism Barbie, designed to increase awareness and acceptance ...

In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

But the National Autistic Society says that about 750,000 autistic adults in the UK remain undiagnosed. And a 2025 review ...