{"id":85083,"date":"2026-02-17T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85083"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:03:20","slug":"new-type-of-autism-emerges-unravels-mystery-of-why-girls-are-less-likely-to-be-diagnosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/17\/new-type-of-autism-emerges-unravels-mystery-of-why-girls-are-less-likely-to-be-diagnosed\/","title":{"rendered":"New type of autism emerges &#8211; unravels mystery of why girls are less likely to be diagnosed"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1VGCMA.img?w=534&amp;h=358&amp;m=6\" alt=\"According to researchers, autism is not necessarily more common in boys - it's just diagnosed earlier\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For decades researchers have thought of autism as a predominantly male disorder but experts now say it may affect as many girls as it does boys.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/health-news\/new-type-of-autism-emerges-unravels-mystery-of-why-girls-are-less-likely-to-be-diagnosed\/ar-AA1VGo4h?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69942c064d584ca6a64aee8ca5f3b2e4&amp;cvpid=27d2b7053f364ca7bdbd1f391eefd9a3&amp;ei=86\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>For decades researchers have thought of autism as a predominantly male disorder but experts now say it may affect as many girls&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Autism-spectrum.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85084,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85083\/revisions\/85084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}