Autism in Women: An Unofficial List
Autism in Women: An Unofficial List
This list is meant as a springboard for discussion and more awareness into the female experience with autism. By Samantha Craft Females with Autism: An Un
Hello,
I wanted to share this list I learnt about by scrolling Reddit.
The author of this list, Samantha Craft, from The Art of Autism website, has created a list of features Autistic women may feel identified with.
It seems Samantha has shared this list for other Asperger women to see if they relate to these traits and comment about the features they may have in common.
There are a total of around 8-10 sections focusing on different areas of life, like personality, inner world, socialization, sensitivity, executive disfunction...
I will share my thoughts in the comment section to keep the original post 'neutral' enough.
Have a good day.
EDIT2: i will change the original title in the blog post from "Females with Autism" to "Autism in Women".
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sorry, could you explain? is it about the polemic semantic weight in the word 'female'?
i feel "non-binary/fluid" most of the time but i didn't socialize enough to use some words correctly.
Wow those points are... very unspecific. Like completely normal human things. Almost like the stuff found in a horoscope. Everyone will identify with that.
oh, you mean like Barnum Effect? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect)
i don't know what is normal anymore... i always thought i was neurotypical, common, but i got BPD diagnosed, bullied, stigmatised because of these 'completely normal human things'. yesterday i was told it could be a feminine Aspie.
sorry... i'm ashamed, but it's just my fault, i couldn't understand. thanks for your comment.
Perhaps there are more "telling" signs in section B, which I can still not find.
What should you be ashamed of? What fault?
I can identify with quite a few of these, although a few freak me out. #9 treated friends as pawns in youth... oh goodness I hope I did not, I don't think I did!
Personally I feel as a girl (vs boys) I feel I was taught to be sensitive to others people's feelings, while simultaneously being autistic and not understanding the feelings and always saying the wrong thing. Cursed