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The study aims to investigate whether primary school educators show biases in recognizing autism in girls compared to boys.

June 3, 2020Autism ResearchOpen Access

Recognition of Girls on the Autism Spectrum by Primary School Educators: An Experimental Study

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Experimental study reveals primary school educators struggle to recognize autism in girls, suggesting need for improved training.

The study aims to investigate whether primary school educators show biases in recognizing autism in girls compared to boys.
Participants rated vignettes of autistic children to identify perceived autism based on gender and symptom presentation.
Vignettes depicted both male and female phenotypes to assess biases in recognition by educators.
Educators rated boys as more likely to be autistic than girls, despite identical symptoms.
Significant main effects of gender and presentation on autism recognition were observed.
The female phenotype was under-recognized compared to the male phenotype.

Whitlock et al. (2020) studied this question.

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