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Autism in girls: Shy? Weird? Lazy?

Autism in women and girls

October 23, 2019 //  by samdy-sam_1337//  1 Comment

Autism is a stereotypical “male” condition, with some researchers estimating that prevelence in 4x higher in males than females.

But it is becoming clear that autism in women and girls gets missed – for a variety of reasons.

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Think you might be autistic?

October 23, 2019 //  by samdy-sam_1337

“I think I might be autistic… what now?” is probably the number one question I get in comments, e-mails and Instagram.

As we are learning more about autism, more and more adults are getting their autism diagnoses later in life. (Myself included, I was diagnosed at the age of 33)

There are many reasons why this might have been missed as a child: lack of knowledge about how autism can present (especially in women and minority groups), no developmental delays, or perhaps an ability to “mask” autistic traits.

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