/moved to SPD General. This topic has more to do with general SPD info and is not an introduction thread.

Yes, I know what you mean. It does happen to be that the specific members who are on here at the moment (and actively posting) happen to mostly just boys with SPD. However, it is certainly not always the case. I've run several SPD support group for the past couple years, and have met many parents with daughters who have SPD. I have also met many women with SPD as adults. It is certainly possible.

Now, is there an overall difference? Are boys more likely to actually have it? The short answer, according to the major researchers, is yes. I'd have to pull out my resources to figure out exactly what the numbers are believed to be, but I have seen that it is commonly brought up that SPD and autistic spectrum disorders are more likely to occur in males as apposed to females. There are many reasons for this, and one may be that the 'sensitivities' of SPD are far more noticeable (and considered problematic) in males than in females, as males have the stereotype of not being so sensitive. [/color]