That’s partly because the signs of autism many of us grew up learning about can apply more often to boys and men than women and girls, they say. We spoke to Dr Mikki Lee Elembaby Psy.D ...

Historically, diagnostic tools have been developed based on studies of autistic men and boys, meaning many women do not fit the traditional mold of what autism is “supposed” to look like.

Professor Francesca Happé, an expert in autism from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience in London, says that historically research has mainly focused on men. This has shaped ...

Dr Elembaby previously told HuffPost UK that “autistic men might fixate on numbers, trains, or mechanics,” which more of us associate with autism than a love of literature or nature (more ...