These biases and shortcomings are the subject of “Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls,” a new book by brain imaging expert Gina Rippon. Rippon, professor emeritus of ...

Credit: Getty Images Understanding autism symptoms in women can help physicians better identify and support women with ASD, to ultimately improve their quality of life. As physicians and researchers ...

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This was it. This was where years of research and self-doubt had brought me; years of switching from pill to pill and doctor to doctor. It had been almost a decade of collecting diagnoses like BPD, ...

New AACAP policy statement not only recommends payers offer coverage for evidence-based developmental relationship-based therapies, but also advises all physicians consider DRBI when recommending ...

Women with autism tend to present differently than men, a fact which has often led to misdiagnosis and under-diagnosis. As a result, women who have autism and don’t receive a diagnosis tend to judge ...

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MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has published a new policy statement recommending health insurers and physicians include a broader range ...

(CNN) — Researchers historically have viewed autism as a distinctly “male” neurotype. But why? Is it because they only paid attention to symptoms in boys, and girls haven’t been screened properly?