Table 1.

Demographic information for each group.

	Group 1, Autistic (N = 101)		Group 2, Self-diagnosed autistic (N = 34)		Group 3, Reading difficulties (N = 49)		Group 4, Control (N = 110)		Group 5, Non-autistic high AQ (N = 18)
Age in years (Mean, SD)	41.69	14.28	41.94	13.31	34.61	15.51	38.11	14.45	39.67	13.58
Females (N, %)	49.5	50	14	41	33	67	80	73	7	39
Males (N, %)	44.5	45	17	50	15	31	30	27	11	61
Non-binary (N, %)	6	6	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	0