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Selo
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01 Jan 2008, 9:19 am

Female Aspie here, and I've been diagnosed.

It has been proven by various studies that ASDs in general affect more boys than girls, though Rett Syndrome is an exception.

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01 Jan 2008, 9:28 am

Male wid AS.

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11 Jan 2008, 2:28 pm

It seems there is a 3:2 ratio. Would it just be that there are actually less females, or are they not diagnosed as often, perhaps due to symptoms in boys being far more obvious?

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11 Jan 2008, 3:02 pm

I would suspect that females are not diagnosed as often, because the stereotypical aspie is a male.

Also it seems that it manifests slightly differently in females in that we tend to have different interests and are probably better at "faking it".

(I am female & undiagnosed, although the more I learn about AS, the more convinced I am that I have it.)

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11 Jan 2008, 3:08 pm

Both.

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11 Jan 2008, 3:15 pm

Males make up the majority of forums quite often!
The board may be a bad representation because of this, although it may reflect the reality of less diagnoses in females by pure chance.

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11 Jan 2008, 7:47 pm

Female, contrary to popular belief.

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11 Jan 2008, 9:14 pm

Selo wrote:

It has been proven by various studies that ASDs in general affect more boys than girls, though Rett Syndrome is an exception.

It's only been shown they're diagnosed more in boys than girls. It hasn't yet been figured out whether there are forms of autism that happen in girls more often but look different than the stereotype. After all, the stereotype of autism was formed by studying, overwhelmingly, boys.

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11 Jan 2008, 9:39 pm

48:42? Looks pretty even to me.

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11 Jan 2008, 10:40 pm

Female...duh...not diagnosed...lots o' symptoms though....

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11 Jan 2008, 10:54 pm

howzat wrote:

Male wid AS.

I'm sorry, but I REALLY have to ask! Your "spelling" speaks AGAINST an AS diagnosis! What did your psychiatrist say about your spelling? I seriously doubt it is an act because it is so consistant, and you have not answered any questions from others.

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11 Jan 2008, 11:01 pm

Sora wrote:

Males make up the majority of forums quite often!
The board may be a bad representation because of this, although it may reflect the reality of less diagnoses in females by pure chance.

You're right about that. Historically, there have been FAR fewer women interested in technology. The fact that computers are almost a commodity, and they have GUIs and the WWW have really skewed that, but it is still hard to take such a poll. It is like polling about political opinions at a thrift store across the street from a democrat convention.

BTW I'm male, and an AS diagnosis really fits, even though I haven't been diagnosed since it became a possible choice in the US.

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11 Jan 2008, 11:06 pm

2ukenkerl wrote:

howzat wrote:

Male wid AS.

He uses chatspeak.

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11 Jan 2008, 11:12 pm

"Are you male or female?"

Yes. :twisted:

shopaholic wrote:

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I know almost as many females on the spectrum as I do males. Females are often not diagnosed (imho) since they don't seem to meltdown quite as often (and sexist males tend to write those off as females being "menstrual") and one of the most prevalent factors I've seen in female behavior is they make poor decisions about men, particularly when young. I don't know of one who hasn't been (or is getting) divorced and often had been assaulted, either by a husband or boyfriend in the past. Assaulted verbally, sexually and physically in many cases. I don't think they pick up the "warning signs" that NT women may. While most of them I know aren't truly "social" they fake it better than most male Aspie's I know.

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12 Jan 2008, 1:38 am

m91 wrote:

I've always been wondering if there are more male aspies than females, as it seems to be on this website. So I made this poll to find out.

Is it just that there are more male aspies, or is just that AS is more difficult to diagnose in females, possibly because it is more socially acceptable for them to be shy and quiet (specially in relationships)?

Don't for get the intersexed people,

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12 Jan 2008, 1:50 am

my vote is probably invalidated due to the fact i have PDD-NOS

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