>The false belief that there were fewer female aspies was pervasive, for example, and that was troublesome for many girls. I'm gonna push back on this. There i

>The false belief that there were fewer female aspies was pervasive, for example, and that was troublesome for many girls. I'm gonna push back on this. There isn't an objective way to diagnose someone with autism like there is with, say, a vitamin B deficiency. What we do know is the medical community continues to diagnose boys with this condition at a much higher rate than girls. This would not appear to imply a "false" belief.