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Re:Harvey Mudd College Attempting to Address Tech Diversity ... by geofft on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:37PM (#13320845)
This is pretty far from the most relevant counterargument to that statement, but autism and Asperger's are routinely misdiagnosed / underdiagnosed in girls because the diagnostic criteria are based on boys' behavior, because society expects boys' behavior and girls' behavior to be different and picks up on non-conforming boys' behavior more easily, etc. See, for instance:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/autism-it-s-diffe...

https://spectrumnews.org/opinion/male-slant-to-research-may-...

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Re:Harvey Mudd College Attempting to Address Tech Diversity ... by rokosbasilisk on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:59PM (#13321534)
That article suggests autism in girls is not just different but less severe and more like normal boys development. There seems like something bigger here hidden in the data.
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Re:Harvey Mudd College Attempting to Address Tech Diversity ... by nooron on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:29PM (#13321281)
Thank you for mentioning this! I've heard the hypothesis that some Autistic Spectrum Disorders are misdiagnosed as Borderline in women. I don't know how credible that hypothesis is, or how well-substantiated, but it seems reasonable to me.
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