SchaferAutismReport: Autism and Asperger Syndrome Underdiagnosed In Women, Researchers Say

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Autism and Asperger

Syndrome Underdiagnosed In Women, Researchers Say

Rose, Health Correspondent and Carlyle

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Autism and related conditions are being underdiagnosed

in women and teenage girls, with many cases being confused with eating

disorders or other problems, researchers say.

With symptoms such as social isolation,

communication difficulties or a fanatical interest in categorising objects

or obscure mathematical

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problems, autism has previously been seen as a male preserve.

Up to 80 per cent of diagnosed cases of autism

are in boys, with the proportion rising to an estimated 15 male cases for

every female with Asperger syndrome, a milder form of the condition. However,

researchers due to speak at Britain’s first academic conference on the issue

will suggest that many more girls are on the autistic spectrum than

previously thought, with doctors and parents failing to notice or

misinterpreting the telltale signs.

Cases at the less severe end of the spectrum,

where sufferers do not have speech problems and can have high IQs but have

difficulties interpreting the world and its complex social rules, are thought

to be particularly underdiagnosed.

“Girls are less likely to have language delay

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