ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Diagnostician Sex/Gender-Bias and Challenges in Assessing Females for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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- Experiences of females on the autism spectrum through the perspective of minority stress theory: a review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Examining Sociodemographic Factors Related to Autism Screening Rates of Children in Early Intervention.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Patterns of Mental Disorders in a Large Child Psychiatric Sample (N = 65,363): A DREAMS Study.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- Population-level gender-based analysis of the educational journeys of students with autism spectrum disorder in British Columbia, Canada.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
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- A common genetic variant in the Neurexin family member CNTNAP2 is related to language but not communication skills in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Central Sensitivity Symptoms and Autistic Traits in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Time is of the essence: Age at autism diagnosis, sex assigned at birth, and psychopathology.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- A comparison of the presentations of males and females with autism spectrum disorder and those narrowly below the diagnostic threshold.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Exclusion of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a "leaky" recruitment-to-research pipeline.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Relationship between antibiotic exposure and subsequent mental health disorders in a primary care health system.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite the importance of clinical judgement in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) assessment, little is currently known about challenges faced by diagnosticians when the client is female, any sex/gender biases during the assessment process, and how these issues affect diagnostic outcomes. Forty-seven ASD diagnosticians completed a questionnaire containing two hypothetical case studies (a 'male' and 'female' ASD presentation), with sex/gender randomly assigned within each. Diagnosticians reported greater ASD symptom severity when female sex/gender pseudonyms were allocated to the case studies, but their confidence in ASD diagnosis was similar regardless of condition. Diagnosticians identified a large number of challenges associated with assessing females for ASD. Many of these related to sex/gender differences in ASD presentation and limitations of diagnostic instruments.
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