Are the diagnostic rates of autistic females increasing? An examination of state‐wide trends
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry2024Vol. 65(7), pp. 973–983
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Clare Harrop, Brianne Tomaszewski, Orla C. Putnam, Claire B. Klein, Elena Lamarche, Laura G. Klinger
Abstract
Our results indicate that the proportion of females diagnosed with autism has increased steadily over a 20-year period, which likely reflects greater societal knowledge of how autism may manifest differentially in females.
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