In China, it is known as “the lonely disease”. The Japanese term translates as “intentionally shut”. Across the world, there is a perception of autistic people as aloof, socially awkward and isolated, ...

Diagnoses have climbed by 175 percent in just the last decade—with the greatest increases in girls and women. Here’s how our understanding of autism is changing. Girls and women are being diagnosed ...

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In recent years, there has been increasing awareness that autistic girls tend to present differently than autistic boys. This often leads to the underdiagnosis (or delayed diagnosis) of girls with ...