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Why do people think it's OK to be autistic?

Sickle Moon

I don't feel accepted and supported, I just feel defective, judged by everyone, and guilty for what I've done to my family. I know we're all entitled to our opinions and feelings, and that we all think differently, but I just really don't understand why some autistic people 'celebrate' it and think it's OK to be autistic when I honestly don't think there is anything less OK in the entire world, particularly when you're a woman and it's such a man's condition. I often feel my strong sense of identity as a female is being stolen from me.

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  • Hi Sickle Moon. You have an identity crisis, I can understand that. I first suspected I was "Aspie" when I saw a woman in a documentary about Autism and realised I was a lot like her. There are lots of us women in this forum, but as we are visual learners perhaps it would help for you to actually see images or videos of autistic women, to help you understand that being autistic and female is much more common than most people realise. There was a documentary on tv a while back featuring autistic women but I don't know if it's still available in the internet. Perhaps search on YouTube to find something similar.

    I did find some photos and personal accounts of autistic women on the BBC website though - 

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../women_late_diagnosis_autism

    Have a look at them, it may help you come to terms with your own identity. Good luck.

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  • Hi Sickle Moon. You have an identity crisis, I can understand that. I first suspected I was "Aspie" when I saw a woman in a documentary about Autism and realised I was a lot like her. There are lots of us women in this forum, but as we are visual learners perhaps it would help for you to actually see images or videos of autistic women, to help you understand that being autistic and female is much more common than most people realise. There was a documentary on tv a while back featuring autistic women but I don't know if it's still available in the internet. Perhaps search on YouTube to find something similar.

    I did find some photos and personal accounts of autistic women on the BBC website though - 

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../women_late_diagnosis_autism

    Have a look at them, it may help you come to terms with your own identity. Good luck.

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