It is widely accepted that boys are four to five times more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than girls are, and that for children at the high-functioning end of the spectrum, the gender ratio is estimated to be 10 to 1. However, little is known about why this is the case or about the implications of these statistics as it relates to girls. Is it truly the case that there are fewer girls with ASD, or could it be that ASD manifests differently in girls than in boys, and clinicians are missing the signs?
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