Autism Research

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Autism in research

Female Phenotype Autism

ASD & peri- & menopause

Other Research

the TL;DR: “An autism diagnosis can be a critical milestone toward effective and affirming support” 

Autism Research - Pubmed (hyperlinked)

  • Hirota, T., & King, B. H. (2023). Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review. JAMA, 329(2), 157–168. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.23661
  • Hodges, H., Fealko, C., & Soares, N. (2020). Autism spectrum disorder: definition, epidemiology, causes, and clinical evaluation. Translational pediatrics, 9(Suppl 1), S55–S65. https://doi.org/10.21037/tp.2019.09.09
  • Wang, L., Wang, B., Wu, C., Wang, J., & Sun, M. (2023). Autism Spectrum Disorder: Neurodevelopmental Risk Factors, Biological Mechanism, and Precision Therapy. International journal of molecular sciences, 24(3), 1819. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24031819
  • Lamanna, J., & Meldolesi, J. (2024). Autism Spectrum Disorder: Brain Areas Involved, Neurobiological Mechanisms, Diagnoses and Therapies. International journal of molecular sciences, 25(4), 2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25042423 

Autism Research - Late-Diagnosed ASD (hyperlinked)

  • Russell, A. S., McFayden, T. C., McAllister, M., Liles, K., Bittner, S., Strang, J. F., & Harrop, C. (2025). Who, when, where, and why: A systematic review of “late diagnosis” in autism. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 18(1), 22–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3278 
  • Bargiela, S., Steward, R., & Mandy, W. (2016). The Experiences of Late-diagnosed Women with Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Investigation of the Female Autism Phenotype. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(10), 3281–3294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2872-8 
  • Harmens, M., Sedgewick, F., & Hobson, H. (2022). Autistic women's diagnostic experiences: Interactions with identity and impacts on well-being. Women's health (London, England), 18, 17455057221137477. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221137477 

Vaccines and Autism (hyperlinked)

  • Taylor, L. E., Swerdfeger, A. L., & Eslick, G. D. (2014). Vaccines are not associated with autism: an evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies. Vaccine, 32(29), 3623–3629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.085
  • Gabis, L. V., Attia, O. L., Goldman, M., Barak, N., Tefera, P., Shefer, S., Shaham, M., & Lerman-Sagie, T. (2022). The myth of vaccination and autism spectrum. European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, 36, 151–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.12.011 
  • Gerber, J. S., & Offit, P. A. (2009). Vaccines and autism: a tale of shifting hypotheses. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 48(4), 456–461. https://doi.org/10.1086/596476 
  • Davidson M. (2017). Vaccination as a cause of autism-myths and controversies. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 19(4), 403–407. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2017.19.4/mdavidson 

Female Autism Phenotype (hyperlinked)

  • Bargiela, S., Steward, R., & Mandy, W. (2016). The Experiences of Late-diagnosed Women with Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Investigation of the Female Autism Phenotype. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(10), 3281–3294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2872-8 
  • Howe, Y. J., O'Rourke, J. A., Yatchmink, Y., Viscidi, E. W., Jones, R. N., & Morrow, E. M. (2015). Female Autism Phenotypes Investigated at Different Levels of Language and Developmental Abilities. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 45(11), 3537–3549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2501-y 
  • Stroth, S., Tauscher, J., Wolff, N., Küpper, C., Poustka, L., Roepke, S., Roessner, V., Heider, D., & Kamp-Becker, I. (2022). Phenotypic differences between female and male individuals with suspicion of autism spectrum disorder. Molecular autism, 13(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-022-00491-9 

Just the facts

Autism is a developmental disorder with symptoms that appear within the first three years of life. Its formal diagnostic name is autism spectrum disorder. The word “spectrum” indicates that autism appears in different forms with varying levels of severity. That means that each individual with autism experiences their own unique strengths, symptoms, and challenges. 

— From Autism Research Institute

Jenny Rain RBU