Autism in Girls: Free Screening Test
The signs of autism in girls are too frequently overlooked, misinterpreted, and minimized. That’s largely because autism research to date has focused almost exclusively on male presentations of neurodivergence.While autistic girls and boys can present similarly, autism in girls generally looks different.
The social difficulties that are part and parcel of autism, for example, manifest differently in girls, who tend to be more socially motivated.
They may, for example, mask their traits and suppress their challenges to fit in. Girls are also not as likely to demonstrate repetitive or externalizing behaviors.
Some autistic traits — like having special interests — are more likely to be regarded as typical in girls. For undiagnosed girls without intellectual or language disability and with low support needs, an autism diagnosis may be difficult to come by.Think your child may be showing signs of autism?
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