19. Boys Are Three To Four Times More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Autistic Disorders
Their neural circuits are far more charged up than a girl’s. Moreover, boys have an excess of white matter. This disproportionality creates these disorders. Boys are three to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders than girls. While experts do not yet have a solid answer for the obvious gender discrepancy, some believe that girls with mild autism may be better able to mask their symptoms and thus go undiagnosed.