Girl autism verse male autism SURVEY

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I think there may be a point on female/ male sub catagory AS.
Unlike alot of folks with AS, I dont have trouble with non verbal communication, nor sarcasm, nor pruducing non verbal communication. I am also female. What I do have alot of trouble with is other issues of overstimulation, occasional meltdowns, anxiety, stimming constantly, talking with strangers..I dont like to. learning problems expecially in math and spelling as you can see. I have alot of sensory problems.
but the actual communicating is not as problematic as I heard males mentioning. I do have a hard time with getting the meaning of what someone is saying if what they are saying and what they mean are two different things. I call it speaking in code. It goes on alot living in the south east US. Heaven forbid folks just come out and say exactly what they mean

example of code speak: I went to a mud bog (for those who dont know what that is, it is an event where folks all over the state come to drive their trucks through a mud pit. Those who get through the 4 feet of mud, the fastest, win money, also included is mud wrestling, lots of beer, and some household furniture on the back of pick ups to watch they show in living room comfort)
Anyway I told this lady who ran a botique that I went to the elko mud bog last weekend.
She looked at me, smiled a wide grin and said isnt that just precious.
What that means is: You are such a redneck tramp, leave my presence.

precious is usually a code word in the south....for things looked down upon.
but there are many of these code speak in the south, that baffle me and most of the time I have no idea what someone is really saying. Sometimes it just makes conversation like solving detective cases. Usually, I do get it, but long after the conversation is over.

off the bunny trail...back to the survey. I would like to see the result after it is done

I took the Female Diagnosed one for AS. I look forward to seeing your results if you choose to share them with us.

I plan to graph out the results in a few days and share them the ones that are repeats ar ussualy a bit varrid or I am over tired

off subject....but what do autism service dogs do???

I'd like to participate in the survey, but I'm confused by the word "MAJOR". Does it mean major as in 'personally debilitating' or major as in 'causes adverse reactions in others' (which would be their own silly problem)?

i did two of the polls one with diagnosed female aspergers and one with diagnosed female pdd-nos as im diagnosed with both ( psycologist put aspergers psychiatrist pddnos)

I agree that female autistic people often seem to be more social and imaginative - most of the books about aspies by aspies were written by women - but I believe that's because there's more pressure on girls to learn to be social and imaginative, not because of neurological differences.

Are we going to see the results?

yes I am going to try and put them in a format where you can see them it should be vailable this weekend or so

Took the survey. I'm interested in seeing how males and females on the autism spectrum differ. I hadn't even thought about that until I encountered this thread.

I've always felt more male, than female.

took survey