Do boys have a better chance of becoming autistic than girls do?

Answer 1

Yes, statistics say that for 1 in every 150 births (boys and girls) will be affected by autism. The prevalence rate is roughly 4x more common in boys than in girls. As of yet there are no discoveries for why this is the case.

Answer 2

As some of my fellow ansewers already stated a person does not "become" autistic (probably a slip of the tongue I do not hold it agianst you) they are born that way. Many studies have clearly demonstarted that autism spectrum disorders (Retts, PDD-NOS, Asperger's, childhood disintagrative disoder, and autism) are rooted in the genome. The majority ( it think the ratio is either three, four or five to one) is male. This can be a for a number of reason. The first one is that ASDs are a sex linked trait (color blindness and many other examples) or it may have to do with diagnostics. In special education the majority of the students are male (when I was in high school and junior high I was often the only girl). The reason for that was the fact that the males where more likely to be identified because some (not all) misbehaved durring general education classes. They were reffured by their teachers for special ed. While a girl could be sitting in class dealing with an LD (not neccasirly an ASD) in silent. Basicly what this is saying is it could be many reasons why and yes more males than females have been diagnosed with an ASD.

Answer 3

A lot of the leading professionals who have studied autism agree that more males and females are diagnosed with autism, but in recent years they have come to feel that girls and women may go undiagnosed simply because "shyness" and "coyness" which non-autistic girls and women tend to display is seen as "typical" behavior. Boys and men are typically more outgoing, and so shyness in boys is a flag for autism.

Many girls and women mis being diagnosed because of social beliefs about them. It should be recognized that autism is more than just a lack of social interaction or the ability to socially interact well. And it should also be noticed that many boys and men on the spectrum may be able to interact well socially but may have other autistic traits regardless.

Answer 4

Autism is found predominantly in males over females...roughly 3 to 1 is the average. This is true with many other disabilities as well. ADD/ADHD, schizophrenia, dyslexia and turretts are all found more commonly in men than in women. If you look at the make up of most special ed classes that deal with developmental disorders or learning disabilities, you will find them to be overwhelmingly male. To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on why men seem more susceptible to these issues than females, although it would certainly support the basic idea of these issues being based in genetics. In all of these cases, children do not "become" the disability, they are born with it and, depending on which disability they have, manifests itself at later periods during the child's development.

Answer 5

The Center for Disease Control reports 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism. 1 in 84 boys.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

about 4 times better chance

Answer 8

out of 5 children with autism, 4 are boys, so the answer is yes!

Answer 9

yes, statistically speaking boys are more likely to be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder than girls. we don't know why but it affects boys more.

Learning disabilities in general tend to affect boys in larger rates than girls.

Answer 10

Yes they do. And, btw, children probably don't "become" autistic, they're born that way.