Published on 12, July, 2020
This is quite a broad subject and there is a lot of information available on this nowadays in the form of books and video.
However, I'm unable to access these due to an inability to read factual matter nowadays (I've tried 2 books on autism and gave up on both) and I simply can't process the spoken word properly.
So part of the reason for this thread is to learn from others.
It's not exclusively for women to post here.
It was sparked by comments on another thread about beauty and people's perception of how a 'beautiful' woman should behave.
I've had a disagreement with another member here before who felt that an autistic woman who was attractive could just dress a certain way and the men would follow.
However, my personal experiences of this is very different.
I don't want to make this introduction too wordy but I'm hoping that others here will want to contribute.
Women present differently to men and I read on this forum quite a lot of comments (based on incorrect assumptions) that appertain to men, not women.
'The different way in which girls and women present under the following headings have been identified below; social understanding, social communication, social imagination which is highly associated with routines, rituals and special interests. Some examples are:
The presence of repetitive behaviour and special interests is part of the diagnostic criteria for an autism spectrum disorder. This is a crucial area in which the male stereotype of autism has clouded the issue in diagnosing girls and women.'
https://autismhampshire.org.uk/about-autism/women-and-girls-on-the-autism-spectrum
I thought I'd bump this back up again (I am the 'deleted user' O/P).
"undefeated user" ! = Debbie