(December 20, 2017 at 1:15 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(December 20, 2017 at 2:22 am)Grandizer Wrote: Women with autism are there in a prevalent manner, theyre just very good at hiding it. There are several articles about hidden autism in women.
Then again, a lot of the time, if the person in question is higher functioning, one can be good at hiding it (sometimes, it's because of therapy, sometimes simply watching enough films to pick up on what's considered normal can help.) I've had some teachers who've only picked up on it because I don't bother with eye contact most of the time. I know for a fact that CL was surprised to find out I live with it. Hell, a lot of people spend most of their lives knowing there's something off and only figuring out it's an ASD later in life (say, Susan Boyle, David Byrne, Gary Numan, and Paddy Considine), but that could just be because autism was obscure until Rain Man, and it took longer for the public to catch on that we don't all act like Raymond Babbitt.
I'll probably be diagnosed with autism next month.
