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A little late here, but thohgut I'd drop my 2c in.. and by the way, this isn't necessarily addressed to the post author or anyone else specifically, just some random thohguts as I read this wonderful post.What's interesting to me, as an autistic female, is how often I see other women (particularly other parents of children with autism) describe feelings and experiences that mirror my own, then quickly add, "But that doesn't make me autistic or anything!" Well, perhaps not, but I wonder if there isn't more of a stigma to being a woman on the spectrum, if only in our own minds. I belong to a group of (primarily) autistic mothers of autistic children, and one common experience is being ostracized by the local NT autism parent clique if we dare to 'come out'. It's as if we must choose: are we part of the autism community or the autistic community?Yes, there's still a lot of mystery and misunderstanding in autism as it presents in women. I think it's one of the reasons many of us were not diagnosed til adulthood. I had no idea what autism was until my kids were diagnosed.The line between "quirky" and "disorder" is a blurry one. I mean, what's a disorder anyway? "Disorder" is a subjective term relative to whatever we decide is "normal". But in terms of myself, I'm normal. In an autism world, I'm probably incredibly normal. :-)There is often discussion about "passing". It's a complicated subject for me. Before I knew anything about autism, I certainly tried hard to pass. Maybe I succeeded and maybe I didn't. Perhaps the fact that the general public is still quite ignorant about autism has something to do with that. I have a friend who is also an Aspie and prides herself on being able to 'play NT'. Me, I can't do it anymore. It's soul-killing.I apologise for the length and rambling of this comment. I have a lot of difficulty articulating my thohguts in a meaningful pattern. Hopefully someone somewhere will get something useful out of it. Cheers!Twitter: @outoutout
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Pundlik
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17 december 2014, 00:45:57
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