Most scientific journals will tell you that it is four times more likely that boys will be diagnosed with autism than girls. You rarely see a female with this disorder. I just read that currently 1 out of every 99 children are being diagnosed. It is more prevalent in this generation than in the past. They are still trying to figure out what causes Autism. This is a global epidemic and after studying many races, ethnics, social economic groups they have found no singularities to point to it only being with a certain group. It truly is a mystery.
Usually, a certain gender being affected would suggest a genetic anomaly, but after much research they still have not found why it is affecting boys more than girls on the whole.
