Gender, assigned sex at birth, and gender diversity: Windows into diagnostic timing disparities in autism.

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Later autism diagnosis is associated with risk for mental health problems. Understanding factors related to later autism diagnosis may help reduce mental health risks for autistic people. One characteristic associated with later autism diagnosis is female sex. However, studies often do not distinguish sex assigned at birth and gender identity. Gender diversity may be more common in autistic relative to neurotypical people, and autism is more common in gender-diverse populations. We studied age at autism diagnosis by sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and gender diversity (gender-diverse vs cisgender) status, separately. We studied three separate autistic samples, each of which differed in how they were diagnosed and how they were recruited. The samples included 19

SUBMITTER: McQuaid GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11458814 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature