Are females underdiagnosed?

I honestly don't know the answer to this. I've never considered it before. It seems like too big a subject for me to delve into because my own diagnosis takes up almost all of my attention. How would they begin to measure whether one sex is under-diagnosed or not? Would they just look a the numbers of diagnosed males and compare them with the number of diagnosed women? Or would they look up the number of women who go for assessment and do not receive a positive diagnosis? That said, I wouldn't be surprised if under-diagnosis exists across all groups in society.

I honestly don't know the answer to this. I've never considered it before. It seems like too big a subject for me to delve into because my own diagnosis takes up almost all of my attention. How would they begin to measure whether one sex is under-diagnosed or not? Would they just look a the numbers of diagnosed males and compare them with the number of diagnosed women? Or would they look up the number of women who go for assessment and do not receive a positive diagnosis? That said, I wouldn't be surprised if under-diagnosis exists across all groups in society.

Tassimo,

It's true that more females are undiagnosed and even misdiagnosed sometimes. Historically, it was assumed only men could be autistic so all the criteria is based on the observation of autistic men making it gender bias.