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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday July 16 2017, @08:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the parent-reported dept.

Women and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other daily living skills, according to a study published in the journal Autism Research.

Led by researchers within the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National Health System, the National Institute of Mental Health, and The George Washington University, the study is the largest to date examining executive function-including the ability to make a plan, get organized, and follow through on the plan as needed-and adaptive skills-ability to perform basic daily tasks like getting up and dressed or making small talk- in women and girls with ASD.

"Our goal was to look at real world skills, not just the diagnostic behaviors we use clinically to diagnose ASD, to understand how people are actually doing in their day to day lives," says Allison Ratto Ph.D., , a psychologist in the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National and one of the study's authors. "When parents were asked to rate a child's day-to-day functioning, it turns out that girls were struggling more with these independence skills. This was surprising because in general, girls with ASD have better social and communication skills during direct assessments. The natural assumption would be that those communication and social skills would assist them to function more effectively in the world, but we found that this isn't always the case."

The study collected parent-reported data from several rating scales of executive function and adaptive behavior, including the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Parent Form (BRIEF) and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (VABS-II). The group included 79 females and 158 males meeting clinical criteria for autism spectrum disorders, ranging in ages from 7 to 18 years old. The groups were matched for intelligence, age and level of autism and ADHD symptoms.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170714164906.htm

Journal Reference: Emily I. White, Gregory L. Wallace, Julia Bascom, Anna C. Armour, Kelly Register-Brown, Haroon S. Popal, Allison B. Ratto, Alex Martin, Lauren Kenworthy. Sex differences in parent-reported executive functioning and adaptive behavior in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 2017; DOI: 10.1002/aur.1811


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  • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Monday July 17 2017, @01:12AM (7 children)

    by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 17 2017, @01:12AM (#540105) Journal

    " The natural assumption would be that those communication and social skills would assist them to function more effectively in the world"

    Absolutely not a natural assumption unless one thinks that females survive and possibly prosper (if they do) mostly due to communication and social skills and not due to their abilities, achievements, intelligence, and/or personality traits.

    See what they did there? Why don't they throw on "beauty" and "sex appeal" on top of that for good measure? It is after all what they are actually saying even though they most likely think they're "fighting the good fight".

    Focusing on gender etc. rather than individuals is a losing game, until that changes so-called feminists, anti-racists, politically correct, and so forth are their own worst enemies. Not that the rest of us ought to care but I guess I did simply because it's so fucking stupid.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 17 2017, @01:54AM (4 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday July 17 2017, @01:54AM (#540120) Journal

    And those of us who don't focus on that soft-skill bullshit get castigated for "acting like men," "not knowing our place," etc etc etc. We can't fuckin' win. I decided years ago to stop caring and just do what I needed to do, and to Hell with anyone who doesn't like it.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @03:11AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @03:11AM (#540143)

      decided years ago to stop caring and just do what I needed to do, and to Hell with anyone who doesn't like it.

      And that is one of the bigger difference between gender roles in our society. As A boy, I assumed that "just do what I needed to do" was the default state, and the exceptional choice would be to try and cater to people wishes.

      I really like not being expected to try and follow people expectations: being a man is convenient. No one gives a shit that I don't care, and do whatever I want. No one ever cares that I'm a crazy wacko.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 17 2017, @03:28AM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday July 17 2017, @03:28AM (#540155) Journal

        Yyyyyyup. I envy men that. It really, *really* rubs a lot of people the wrong way when a woman is anything but a compliant people-pleaser. Like, dangerously so in some cases.

        Inevitably all the "gender traitor"-caliber insults come out. "What are you, a fuckin' dyke?!" is apparently one of their favorites (because we ALL KNOW that any woman doing anything besides cooking, cleaning, sexual favors, or some unholy combination of all three is gay...). More correct than they know, and I am certainly having more sex than they are, or at least I *hope* they're not doing anything that carries the risk of reproduction...

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:25AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:25AM (#540190)

        No one ever cares that I'm a crazy wacko.

        A nice helpful confusion when you are a crazy wacko. In reality nobody really cases about you as a man. As long as you are productive and don't demand anything in return. Otherwise there is a jail for you where you can do your crazy wacko shit without bothering other people.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:11AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:11AM (#540187)

      You 'get castigated' by women, not men. And don't bother refuting, there is ample research to show that shaming is domain of women.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @05:29PM (#540417)

    I think you swung the pendelum too far, but you filled in the right blanks.

    Anyone with problems communicating have problems in our society. But attractive women often get a free pass--justified or not.

    And plenty of men will be happy to abuse such a situation if they can control it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @06:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @06:16PM (#541078)

    I find it natural to assume that communication and social skills would assist anyone to function more effectively in the world.

    > See what they did there?

    You're reading between the lines, adding a meaning that wasn't necessarily intended.