*diagnosed Aspie* I'm totally willing to answer any questions. Or Sam is very good about this stuff.
The other thing is that AS manifests very differently in males and females. Females with AS do tend to socialise; I subscribe to the theory that this is because societal pressure on females to conform to a certain type is stronger, and so girls are less likely to be allowed to remain aloof from social groups. There is also anecdotal evidence (including my own) that in some circumstances groups of neurotypical girls will "adopt" an AS girl and teach her how to behave in a more neurotypical fashion, which would not generally happen with boys.
I read Women From Another Planet (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Another-Planet-Universe-Autism/dp/1410734315) shortly after I was diagnosed and I kept crying as I read it because I felt like I wasn't inexplicably broken any more, and like I finally had a reason for all of the times when I did the wrong thing without meaning to. I'm not saying you are autistic spectrum, but I know a lot of people who have "tendencies" without actually crossing the point where it might warrant a diagnosis, and it's never any harm to understand a bit more about yourself.
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Date: 2010-02-15 11:04 am (UTC)The other thing is that AS manifests very differently in males and females. Females with AS do tend to socialise; I subscribe to the theory that this is because societal pressure on females to conform to a certain type is stronger, and so girls are less likely to be allowed to remain aloof from social groups. There is also anecdotal evidence (including my own) that in some circumstances groups of neurotypical girls will "adopt" an AS girl and teach her how to behave in a more neurotypical fashion, which would not generally happen with boys.
I read Women From Another Planet (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Another-Planet-Universe-Autism/dp/1410734315) shortly after I was diagnosed and I kept crying as I read it because I felt like I wasn't inexplicably broken any more, and like I finally had a reason for all of the times when I did the wrong thing without meaning to. I'm not saying you are autistic spectrum, but I know a lot of people who have "tendencies" without actually crossing the point where it might warrant a diagnosis, and it's never any harm to understand a bit more about yourself.