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Webinar on Sex Differences in Autism

Date Last Revised: 
September 21, 2016
Date Published: 
August 30, 2016

In this video, Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, director of the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute at George Washington University, discusses, "Listening to our Daughters (and their Sisters): Insights from the Study of Girls and Women Living with Autism." Dr. Pelphrey was founding director of the the Yale Center for Translational Developmental Neuroscience and the Neurogenetics Network of the Autism Centers of Excellence Program. He also has a daughter with autism.

This webinar on September 14, 2016, was sponsored by the Simons Foundation.

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Additional Resources: 

Article by Dr. Pelphrey in Spectrum: How Dining out with My Daughter Inspired My Autism Studies

IAN articles about sex differences in autism:

  • Are Girls with Autism Hiding in Plain Sight?
  • Conflicting Pictures Emerge of Autism in Girls
  • Not Just for Boys: When Autism Spectrum Disorders Affect Girls
  • IAN Research Report #12: Girls with ASD
  • IAN study confirms that girls receive autism diagnosis later than boys
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Girls and autism
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