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Sex and gender differences in autism exist regarding prevalence, presentation, and diagnosis.. Men and boys are more frequently diagnosed with autism than women and girls. It is debated whether this is due to a sex difference in rates of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or whether females are underdiagnosed.
Baron-Cohen and associates assert that E–S theory is a better predictor than gender of who chooses STEM subjects. [5] The E–S theory has been extended into the extreme male brain (EMB) theory of autism and Asperger syndrome, which are associated in the E–S theory with below-average empathy and average or above-average systemising. [6]
In two different studies researchers have found that women perform higher on verbal tasks and men perform higher on spatial tasks (Voyer, Voyer, & Saint-Aubin, 2016). These findings are consistent with studies of intelligence with regards to pattern, females performing higher on certain verbal tasks and males performing higher on certain ...
[34] [108] There is an "ample level of evidence" in favor of the potential benefit to companies of hiring people with autism on tasks that mobilize their strengths, [109] [81] [110] such as problem-solving, attention to detail, precision, memory, technical skills, or factual and detailed knowledge of specialized fields.
The neurodiversity paradigm is a view of autism as a different way of being rather than as a disease or disorder that must be cured. [39] [41] Autistic people are considered to have neurocognitive differences [33] which give them distinct strengths and weaknesses, and are capable of succeeding when appropriately accommodated and supported.
A 2021 study suggested that viral infections in childhood could also be a risk factor for autism in boys, while other studies have hinted at associations between autism and vitamin D deficiencies ...
A few years ago, Jason Katims, the TV writer behind shows like "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood," started to think about what adulthood would look like for his maturing son who is on the ...
British autism advocates want autistic people acknowledged as a minority rather than as disabled, because they say that "disability discrimination laws don't protect those who are not disabled but who 'still have something that makes them look or act differently from other people.'" [16] But the autism community is split over this issue, and ...