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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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  • I found the vidoe really interesting, and I do think the list could refer to both male and female.

    I think maybe males are diagnosed more easily than females because they are expected to be more outgoing by society, whereas a female being socially anxious, sensitive etc, is often seen more as shyness.

    My daughter was 16 before she finally got diagnosed as ASD Aspergers.  

    She had difficulties from when she was little, but people would say she was just very shy and sensitive, and how lucky I was that she wanted to stay at home and not go out anywhere, and just wanted to be engrossed in her artwork and music.  But the people who said that didn't think about the impact it was having on all areas of her life, and she was struggling even at school.  She fits in to nearly everything on the list on the video.

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  • I found the vidoe really interesting, and I do think the list could refer to both male and female.

    I think maybe males are diagnosed more easily than females because they are expected to be more outgoing by society, whereas a female being socially anxious, sensitive etc, is often seen more as shyness.

    My daughter was 16 before she finally got diagnosed as ASD Aspergers.  

    She had difficulties from when she was little, but people would say she was just very shy and sensitive, and how lucky I was that she wanted to stay at home and not go out anywhere, and just wanted to be engrossed in her artwork and music.  But the people who said that didn't think about the impact it was having on all areas of her life, and she was struggling even at school.  She fits in to nearly everything on the list on the video.

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