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Are females underdiagnosed?

piggy1401

Hi everyone. I sometimes think about something and then can’t get it off my mind... this has been on my mind for the last week.  

People often say that females are underdiagnosed with autism or that they get a later diagnosis than males, what’s everyone’s opinion on that? Is it true? And if so why do you think it is?

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  • 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.

  • in reply to ☕Tassimo ☕

    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.

  • in reply to Daniel

    Thanks, Daniel, for the explanation. It's bizarre that they would only assume males could be autistic. I wonder why they thought that...  could it be that females have a different condition to males or that they don't present the same traits as males or with the same intensity?

  • in reply to miaxx

    Then this is a misunderstanding, if you agree with me don't act like you disagree with me. 

    The subject had nothing to do with age and you came off as aggressive as you've taken me as aggressive.

    So let's leave it here.

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