#aspergersinfemaleshowandwhyitsdifferent

[theaspieworld]

Aspergers is 3 times LESS likely to be diagnosed in females, and this is the shocking reasons why! It is frustrating to see girls and women on the autism spectrum being misdiagnosed at first and rejected help and support they most desperately need. This is coming to a tide change in the community with the help and support of people advocating for change and major charities listening and pivoting on the issue. I have listed here 3 of the main reasons why the current diagnoses of females is 3 times less likely than that in males. 1.Old Research The original research on the subject of autistic and Aspergers was created back in the 1940s and this research was focused on behaviour in boys exclusively which overshadowed a lot of the years to come in terms of autism belief and research. 2.Professional Attitude A lot of the time misdiagnoses of autism in girls is due to the attitude of the medical industry and it is very rigid in the old way of thinking about autism in males. 3.Masking Females with autism are masters in the art of masking which is a way of covering up your autistic traits to seem ‘normal’ to other people as a survival technique. Of course this creates issues when an official diagnostician is trying to analyse behaviour. If you have anything to add please pop it in a comment below, I read and respond to every comment. Follow @TheAspieWorld for more autism content. Video: https://youtu.be/Amxn3uOHioc?si=GiUI52RYLvSZz3Hu https://bit.ly/3TJd0vS