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Of those of us that are Asperger's Syndrome
How many out there are guys? 56%  56%  [ 34 ]
How many out there are girls? 44%  44%  [ 27 ]
Total votes : 61

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24 Jan 2009, 11:01 pm

Aurore wrote:
I'm a chick.

My theory is that girls are better at hiding it, because (warning: generalization coming) I think we have better social skills naturally.


mais certainement vous êtes correct! That is why we 'present differently'.

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24 Jan 2009, 11:27 pm

Female here.


Aurore wrote:
My theory is that girls are better at hiding it, because (warning: generalization coming) I think we have better social skills naturally.

Not this aspie. D: Even when I was doing my best normal-faking, I was pretty off.


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24 Jan 2009, 11:51 pm

female here, too. :smurfin:

My theory is that females are underdiagnosed because no one pays any attention to us unless we're acting out, and we don't do that as much.



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24 Jan 2009, 11:53 pm

I think it worked out to about 1 in 1,350 or so for female aspies to the general population...
not a 'girl in a million', but it's up there...;)

Male here...;)



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25 Jan 2009, 12:49 am

pakled wrote:
I think it worked out to about 1 in 1,350 or so for female aspies to the general population...
not a 'girl in a million', but it's up there...;)

Male here...;)


I'll take that 'one in a million' moniker! :wink:

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25 Jan 2009, 1:06 am

pakled wrote:
I think it worked out to about 1 in 1,350 or so for female aspies to the general population...
not a 'girl in a million', but it's up there...;)

Male here...;)


That can't be right 8O There's more of us than that. How could I have possibly met four other diagnosed aspie females in my lifetime (except by an extremely lucky chance) if there were so few?


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25 Jan 2009, 1:35 am

I'm still male.

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my gawd, Goatie! good to see you!

Merle
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You have a personal God? Wow. 8O

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sunshower wrote:
That can't be right There's more of us than that. How could I have possibly met four other diagnosed aspie females in my lifetime (except by an extremely lucky chance) if there were so few?


Birds of a feather flock together? I'm guessing you didn't meet them at the place where they diagnose it or it wouldn't be so surprising.


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25 Jan 2009, 4:47 am

Aurore wrote:
I'm a chick.

My theory is that girls are better at hiding it, because (warning: generalization coming) I think we have better social skills naturally.


I think it's been scientifically proven that female brains are built more for social stuff than male ones.



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25 Jan 2009, 8:20 am

GoatOnFire wrote:
I'm still male.

sinsboldly wrote:
my gawd, Goatie! good to see you!

Merle
who is a girl


You have a personal God? Wow. 8O

Hello.

sunshower wrote:
That can't be right There's more of us than that. How could I have possibly met four other diagnosed aspie females in my lifetime (except by an extremely lucky chance) if there were so few?


Birds of a feather flock together? I'm guessing you didn't meet them at the place where they diagnose it or it wouldn't be so surprising.


I've met them pretty randomly actually.

Two I knew of at my old school (one of the two, EVERYBODY knew about (she was the extremely loud/outgoing type like me), the other (a shy one) I found out later).

The third I actually heard about from my counsellor at uni, and we arranged to meet up - she was really nice but I guess we didn"t really connect.

The fourth was at my work, and my boss accidently let slip that this girl had AS too, so after I found out I got to know her, and it turns out we get along really well. :)

So yes. But none of those were in the case of us flocking together, all were random occurrences. I reckon by the "flocking together" rule I've also met a few aspie girls, but as I'll never know if they were AS officially, they don't count.

So four would be more like the absolute minimum number of aspie girls I've come in contact with over my lifetime.


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25 Jan 2009, 8:41 am

Female here. I think I'll make a poll...


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25 Jan 2009, 8:43 am

DeLoreanDude wrote:
Aurore wrote:
I'm a chick.

My theory is that girls are better at hiding it, because (warning: generalization coming) I think we have better social skills naturally.


I think it's been scientifically proven that female brains are built more for social stuff than male ones.


Or maybe female brains are just better at constructing networks?

I find that I'm much better at understanding subjects that require network style systemising (Chemistry, Evolutionary Biology etc.).

I definitely have the "networking software" installed, which other females would probably use more for socialising. I just use it more for other things.

The thing is, I still can't sync up easily with people and my non-verbal timing is definitely off. I often don't know how to respond to people or initiate conversations.
I also focus on subjects such as objects and tasks which aren't people.
I still observe people rather than get lost in interactions.



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25 Jan 2009, 9:07 am

Female here.

My family Aspies are always the first born in the generations we can observe. My grandpa, my aunt, myself, my nephew, and possibly my daughter. The boys seem to have it more severe than the girls, or I should say their symptoms are more extreme. My sister believes a lot of what people had to say on this (girls aren't so obvious, we socialize better, etc.). But, I disagree, at least for sake in my family.

I started to give examples, but it got really long. I guess to sum it up, some things we are equal on to the level of our Aspieness. Some things are more extreme, and I think that's a gender thing. In my family though, the males are better at socializing than the female aspies. The females monologue more so than the males, and the males seem to make friends much easier than the females. Not only that, the males are often very well loved by the community. Everybody looks up to my grandpa because he's so smart. His daughter has just as much knowledge as him on her special interest, but because she likes birds, she gets deemed the bird brain. Some things that run in the family are not that common to Aspergers, but it is Aspie related to us, so maybe this whole thing is only in my family. I still don't feel like Aspergers is the most accurate thing we got going here in my family, but I think it's the closest diagnosis available. Besides the Aspie nature, we also have a strong mechanical mind thing going here too. I really think the two go hand in hand with my family. I'm so glad I typed this out because I didn't realize this that much, and I have a cousin who is ADHD, and I'm wondering now (as he is the first born).



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25 Jan 2009, 9:08 am

Sora wrote:
Female here. I think I'll make a poll...


That would be great.

Female too.



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25 Jan 2009, 9:27 am

female, I've only met male apies (friends with most of them) although there is one girl I talk to that I think has it but she hasn't said anything about it so it doesn't really count


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25 Jan 2009, 9:39 am

Also, keep in mind that 1:150 people are on the autistic spectrum.



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25 Jan 2009, 9:57 am

AmberEyes wrote:
DeLoreanDude wrote:
Or maybe female brains are just better at constructing networks?


I am yet to meet a female who can network better than I can. Oh, wait, you were talking social networking... When it comes to computers though... But for the social, shoot me now, I won't ever be able to build a really good network.