Research has shown that girls tend to respond to their autism internally, developing anxiety which may appear more like shyness. “It’s not the case with all autistic girls, but they’re more ...

"We see higher rates of diagnoses of anxiety or depression and the autism really gets missed," Martin says, adding the reasons why can vary. Sometimes girls may not fit the criteria of autism ...

Three-quarters of girls with autism may not have been diagnosed with ... “I was selectively mute at primary school because I had so much anxiety. Don’t give up and try to be your authentic ...

Sensory sensitivities commonly overlap with anxiety in autistic kids and teens. For example, let's think about George. George has sensory sensitivities and gets easily overwhelmed by sounds and ...

But they add that “because of stereotyped ideas about what autism looks like and who can be autistic, many autistic women and ...

An 8-year-old girl diagnosed with autism was found safe Tuesday after she briefly went missing in Lunenburg, officials said.

For example, autistic girls tend to be more verbal ... including higher rates of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and even suicide, delayed diagnosis, and a lack of understanding of their ...

New research published in BMC Women's Health has shed light on adolescent girls' own views on why their demographic is ...

“I was raised to believe that eventually, hormones will hit you, and you’ll get attracted to boys or girls ... tense and anxiety-ridden about it,” she says. Gassner says many autistic ...

So, HuffPost UK reached out to Dr Elembaby again for the signs of autism in young girls rather than adult women, which the expert says often “get missed.” What are the signs of autism in girls? The ...