Help! Are there any women in this Community with ASD

Hi there, I'm also one of those strange women that can't really complain about a lack of empathy. The people that diagnosed me with level 1 autism (that's what Asperger's is called now) were quite aware of this though, they said this is what more and more research concludes, that quite a few people with ASD are actually quite empathetic but are overwhelmed by the intensity of that feeling or have difficulties to react in a suitable way. So the experts do (start to) recognise that, it may just take a while until it also gets to the more conservative ones among them. 

Hi there, I'm also one of those strange women that can't really complain about a lack of empathy. The people that diagnosed me with level 1 autism (that's what Asperger's is called now) were quite aware of this though, they said this is what more and more research concludes, that quite a few people with ASD are actually quite empathetic but are overwhelmed by the intensity of that feeling or have difficulties to react in a suitable way. So the experts do (start to) recognise that, it may just take a while until it also gets to the more conservative ones among them. 

good comment and welcome....do you find that being empathetic and outwardly seeming to be "coping" means that you are sometimes exploited by others? 

Due to the Aspies...being organised, reliable, hardworking, nurturing and seeming to be on top of things...(plus adverse to conflict)....I am a sucker to agreeing to help others as a way to try to accepted and to be "useful" as a way of trying to belong...

sorry, that was an epic first message back....

really glad that the research is seemingly seeping through to medical practice....