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Autism - Gender Ratio
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Professor David Skuse explains that autism is more common in boys than girls.
Transcript:
Some estimates put the position of boys on the autistic spectrum as high as one percent, the condition being about four times as common in boys as girls.
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autism. autistic, spectrum, disorder, diagnosis, male, female, boy, girl, gender, ration, david, skuse
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