Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls; however, little
is known about the nature of this sex/gender discrepancy or how it relates to diagnostic�…

Although considerable work has documented higher prevalence rates of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) in boys, fewer studies have focused on sex differences within samples of�…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore sex differences in autistic traits in relation to
diagnosis, to elucidate factors that might differentially impact whether girls versus boys meet�…

Abstract The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) and the Social Responsiveness
Scales (SRS) are commonly used screeners for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data from�…

Background Concerns have been raised that scores on standard measures of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms may differ as a function of sex. However, these findings�…

Background: The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) is a screening instrument with
established validity against the Autism Diagnostic Interview‐Revised (ADI‐R) in children�…

BACKGROUND: One of the most consistent features of the autism spectrum disorders
(ASDs) is the predominance among males, with approximately four males to every female�…

Little is currently known about the autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-related difficulties of
females narrowly below the ASD diagnostic threshold and whether the disorder�…

Background Existing reviews of screening tools for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) focus
on young children, and not all screening tools have been examined against validated�…

Abstract The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST)(formally known as the Childhood
Asperger Screening Test) identifies autism spectrum conditions by measuring social and�…