of the nuanced presentations and the Gestalt clinical-developmental profiles, and addressing
contextual biases that influence diagnostic practices. … To mitigate bias in recognition of
autism across sexes and genders, clinicians need to be aware of their own expectancy bias
(towards under- or over-diagnosis of autism) and gender stereotypes [7] , gauging their own
clinical knowledge against the evolving diagnostic concept of autism [33▪,34–41] especially …