There are clear differences between and some- and there may be protective factors in a female brain.

Autism is not a snapshot. It's a life.

It is not all that common, but there is a phenomenon where autism could get worse at about age two. There are some controversies whether regression is a prominent part of autism, but many people feel that it's very hard to diagnose autism before you can begin really talking in detail with a child.

Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed.

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by two main components: an inability to interact socially with other people with joint attention to understand other people's thoughts.

In autism there is just genes in part more or less of a probability that you will have the disorder, and that is where interactions with the environment are key.

There is no question there are differences between male and female brains. They are called sexual dimorphisms and you can point to different anatomical structures.