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Five hot topics in autism research in 2018
This year, researchers made big headway on autism’s most perplexing questions.
Tag: sex
December 2018
News
Sex differences in brain hint at roots of ‘camouflaging’ in autism
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Autistic women’s activity in a ‘social’ brain region tracks with the extent to which they mask their autism.
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November 2018
Opinion / Viewpoint
Why we need to respect sexual orientation, gender diversity in autism
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Autistic people with a minority sexual orientation or gender identity face specific challenges, from having their self-assessments dismissed to difficulties advocating for their gender needs.
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Sensory issues in autism may have sex-specific roots
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Girls and boys with autism show different patterns of brain activity in response to sensory stimuli.
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September 2018
Opinion / Viewpoint
Quashing sex bias in autism research calls for participant rainbow
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Autism researchers must attend to the need for sex and gender diversity in study design as a rule rather than as an exception.
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News
Autism’s sex bias may originate in brain’s immune cells
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The brain’s immune cells, called microglia, function differently in male and female rodents. In people, a similar phenomenon may make male brains more vulnerable to autism.
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June 2018
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Some autism traits may show up later in girls than in boys
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Girls with autism traits have fewer problems with social communication than boys do early on, but their skills worsen by adolescence.
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Autism’s sex ratio, explained
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More boys than girls have autism; diagnostic biases and genetic factors may explain the skewed sex ratio.
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News
Chromosome 16’s role in brain, behavior varies by sex
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Female mice may compensate for the loss of a piece of chromosome 16 better than male mice do.
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May 2018
News
To get an autism diagnosis, girls need worse social skills than boys
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Girls with an autism diagnosis have more severe impairments in social communication than boys with the diagnosis.