It’s more likely, though, that one of the primary factors contributing to the absence of girls in Asperger’s practice was the fact that teachers and judges of the juvenile court were a major source of referrals for his clinic. The socialization of junge Wienerinnen to be compliant and self-effacing—to fade demurely into the background—undoubtedly led young women to work extra hard to suppress the behaviors that brought their male counterparts to the attention of the authorities. Similar dynamics would contribute to the underestimation of the prevalence of autism in women into the twenty-first
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