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Male-Femal differences in experiencing life with Aspergers?

Technophobe23

I have been looking on Youtube at videos about Aspergers. I have found a few interesting videos (and a larger number of uninteresting or downright annoying ones!).

Among the most interesting so far, to me, is one called: "Adult Female Asperger's Traits" - don't know if it will paste, but here's an attempt to paste the link:- 

www.youtube.com/watch

It seems to have worked.  Well my reason for having found this so interesting is that I found myself recognizing very many of the 'traits' listed throughout the 4 minutes or so of the video.  Not all of them, but a large majority of them really did ring true.  I am not female though, I am a 55 year old male who has recentyl started the process of being diagnosed. I am now wondering whether (a) it is not meaningful to split AS traits into male / femal, as they are common regardless of gender, or (b) whether I am unusual in having highly female characteristics.

Anyone got any knowedge or thougts on this?

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  • Thanks Cephie, it's good to get some feedback on this. I am having my second assessment interview on Thursday, which will hopefully lead to a diagnosis. I have types up the entire list of traits from the video and scored them acording to my level of agreement or otherwise with each (I used a similar scoring system to the Baron-Cohen AQ50 test).  There is a bunch of 'don't know's in the 'Escape' section, simply because I don;t get what she means. But throughout the rest, I scored mostly 2s, quite a few 1s, a handful of zeros and only three negatives (ie: diagree either mildly or strongly).

    I do wonder whether the traits she describes are especially female, or whether she happens to have been the first person I've come across who has given such a good description of AS traits generally.  

    Do you (and do any others reading this) think the traits described are particularly feminine? They seem pretty normal to me!

    PS: What is the heart attack/stroke reference? Are people with AS supposed to be more prone to these? Is there a gender difference? I know nothing about this so any info would be appreciated, thanks.

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  • Thanks Cephie, it's good to get some feedback on this. I am having my second assessment interview on Thursday, which will hopefully lead to a diagnosis. I have types up the entire list of traits from the video and scored them acording to my level of agreement or otherwise with each (I used a similar scoring system to the Baron-Cohen AQ50 test).  There is a bunch of 'don't know's in the 'Escape' section, simply because I don;t get what she means. But throughout the rest, I scored mostly 2s, quite a few 1s, a handful of zeros and only three negatives (ie: diagree either mildly or strongly).

    I do wonder whether the traits she describes are especially female, or whether she happens to have been the first person I've come across who has given such a good description of AS traits generally.  

    Do you (and do any others reading this) think the traits described are particularly feminine? They seem pretty normal to me!

    PS: What is the heart attack/stroke reference? Are people with AS supposed to be more prone to these? Is there a gender difference? I know nothing about this so any info would be appreciated, thanks.

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