ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020
No Sex Differences in Cognitive Ability in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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- Preservation of Higher-Order Cognition in Autistic Females: Evidence from Two Deeply-Phenotyped Cohorts in Hong Kong and the United States.Research square · 2026Article
- An Investigation of Factors Affecting Bowel Movement Hygiene in Autistic Children.Occupational therapy international · 2026Article
- Large-scale examination of early-age sex differences in neurotypical toddlers and those with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental conditions.Nature human behaviour · 2025Article
- Behavioral gender differences across Pre-School Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: a cross-sectional study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Sex differences in neurodevelopmental trajectories in children with different levels of autistic traits.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Article
- Autism, thy name is man: Exploring implicit and explicit gender bias in autism perceptions.PloS one · 2023Article
- Examine sex differences in autism spectrum disorder in school-aged children and adolescents with fluent language.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Dimensions of cognition, behaviour, and mental health in struggling learners: A spotlight on girls.JCPP advances · 2022Article
- Clinical Profiles of Black and White Children Referred for Autism Diagnosis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Sex-related differences in clinical characteristics of children with ASD without ID: Results from the ELENA cohort.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Motor impairments in Chinese toddlers with autism spectrum disorder and its relationship with social communicative skills.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Focus on High Functioning Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- A Developmental Profile of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in China Using the Griffiths Mental Development Scales.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation on Core Symptoms and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Preschoolers.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Inconsistent findings regarding sex differences in cognition have been found in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study evaluated sex differences in cognitive-developmental functioning in a large clinical sample of young children diagnosed with ASD. The sample included children 18-68 months of age who received the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) through Autism Treatment Network (ATN) sites from 2007 to 2013 (N = 1587, 16.7% female). In this large clinically referred sample of young children with ASD in the United States, no significant differences were found between the sexes for the MSEL Early Learning Composite (ELC) standard score, domain T Scores or age equivalents. These findings persisted when examining different age ranges, cognitive levels and domain profiles.
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