▁Tony ▁Att wood , ▁Lor na ▁Wing ▁and ▁Christopher ▁Gill berg ▁have ▁proposed ▁that ▁aut ism ▁in ▁females ▁may ▁be ▁under di agn osed ▁due ▁to ▁better ▁natural ▁super f icial ▁social ▁m im ic ry ▁skills ▁in ▁females , ▁partially ▁different ▁set ▁of ▁sympt oms ▁and ▁less ▁knowledge ▁about ▁aut ism ▁in ▁females ▁among ▁exper ts . ▁In ▁his ▁pre word ▁to ▁the ▁book ▁As per ger ' s ▁and ▁Girls , ▁Tony ▁Att wood ▁writes : ▁" Th ese ▁tent ative ▁explan ations ▁for ▁the ▁apparent ▁under re presentation ▁of ▁girls ▁with ▁As per ger ' s ▁Sy nd rome ▁have ▁yet ▁to ▁be ▁exam ined ▁by ▁objective ▁research ▁studies ." ▁ ▁Specifically ▁Jud ith ▁G ould ▁has ▁discussed ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁a ▁per vas ive ▁development al ▁dis order ▁called ▁path ological ▁demand ▁avoid ance , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁officially ▁included ▁in ▁di agnostic ▁manual s ▁may ▁offer ▁a ▁g limp se ▁about ▁how ▁aut ism ▁in ▁females ▁may ▁present ▁in ▁some ▁cases . ▁ ▁Aut ism ▁and ▁differences ▁in ▁gender ▁and ▁sexual ity ▁identification ▁Sex ual ity ▁is ▁often ▁discussed ▁within ▁the ▁aut istic ▁community , ▁with ▁many ▁observations ▁that ▁ident ities ▁other ▁than ▁c is - h eter o ▁seem ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁common ▁than ▁is ▁observed ▁in ▁the ▁ne uro typ ical ▁population . ▁There ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁many ▁formal ▁studies ▁on ▁this ▁to ▁date , ▁however ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁spec ulate ▁that ▁aut istic ▁individuals ▁generally ▁have ▁different ▁ide als , ▁per ception s ▁and