Published on 12, July, 2020
Please know that I'm not writing this to be deliberately inflammatory or provocative, or to have a go at anyone here, but I just feel so isolated as an Autistic woman. Most other Autistic people I've engaged with are men, and seem to have quite a different presentation and outlook on life to me. They are often very blunt, whereas I'm not. When I get emotional, they don't seem to understand - I've been accused of 'emotionally exploding', for example, simply for expressing that I felt uncomfortable with a conversation. It's more than that, though, to be honest I'm finding it quite hard to explain in logical terms...I just don't feel I fit in in the Autism world or the neurotypical world, and I'm wondering if this is because I'm female. Does anyone else feel this way?
As someone who is of the male sex and of a more female gender I do not do the blunt thing either, but I do have to keep a check on my emotional expressiveness particularly around men and most women.
Anyway ~ I very very much indeed found the following website by Samantha Craft really gave me my first complete understanding and comprehension of my autistic traits:
https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/
Perhaps also check out the following seriously good descriptive write up by Claire Jack PhD:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-autism-spectrum-disorder/202104/10-signs-autism-in-women
Also as a post-script ~ "If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism."