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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

Women have the same rates of autism as men – but get diagnosed less

A new study suggests autism diagnosis rates are “more or less equal for men and women”, significantly challenging long-held assumptions about gender disparities.

Previous understanding often cited a four-to-one ratio of men or boys to women or girls, a figure a 2017 study had already narrowed to three to one.

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