Girls on the Autism Spectrum

Girls on the Autism Spectrum

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Russia, Spiderweb Music, Superbugs

Episode: Russia, Spiderweb Music, Superbugs

  • Apr 27, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 12:49 mins

Autism manifests so differently in girls than in boys that sometimes it seems like an entirely different disease. Kevin Pelphrey, a professor of neurology at the University of Virginia Brain Institute, explores these differences and how they cause girls to undiagnosed and untreated for autism.