than previously (described in case assessments from thought? studies) psychiatrists, psychologists and paediatricians Is the overreliance of the male profile of Females with Autism may autism one reason have more advanced for the language and imitation underreporting of skills in comparison to females? with Autism, which can delay diagnosis. There may be a different profile for females with Autism Little (2002) Explore and describe Mothers of 411 children A letter of invitation was 94% of mothers said child had mothers’ perceptions aged between 4 and 17 posted on two national been bullied of bullying years (82% male, 18% (USA) AS and NLD Frequency of bullying peaked at experienced by their female) websites. Surveys were ages 6, 8 and 10 children with AS mailed to participants Diagnosis of children and Nonverbal who responded. Emotional bullying peaked at age reported on: 75.4% with Learning Disorder Participants completed 13 AS, 15.3% with NLD, (NLD) the Juvenile Victimization 9.2% with AS and NLD Questionnaire (JVQ, Examine the Hamby & Finkelhor, 1999) relationship of child
than previously thought? Is the overreliance of the male profile of autism one reason for the underreporting of females? (described in case studies) assessments from psychiatrists, psychologists and paediatricians Females with Autism may have more advanced language and imitation skills in comparison to with Autism, which can delay diagnosis. There may be a different profile for females with Autism Little (2002) Explore and describe mothers’ perceptions of bullying experienced by their children with AS and Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD) Examine the relationship of child Mothers of 411 children aged between 4 and 17 years (82% male, 18% female) Diagnosis of children reported on: 75.4% with AS, 15.3% with NLD, 9.2% with AS and NLD A letter of invitation was posted on two national (USA) AS and NLD websites. Surveys were mailed to participants who responded. Participants completed the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ, Hamby & Finkelhor, 1999) 94% of mothers said child had been bullied Frequency of bullying peaked at ages 6, 8 and 10 Emotional bullying peaked at age 13