Autism Survival Manual - Girls and Autism

This is a video about girls with autism i made this one since there is next to no information about girls and autism/asd's most of the information you find is about boys so i thought i'd try and help tip the balance back to the middle a little with this video.

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• autism
• autistic
• asperger
• aspergers
• syndrome
• asd
• asperger's
• girls
• female
• diagnosis
• girl
• females

[happydorkgirl]

I am female, 29, and very recently diagnosed Aspergers. This video did help me very much. :)

[weaveintothewin2]

@happydorkgirl cool thanks glad my video helped you :-)

[ihatenumbers987]

I'm a 13 year old girl and I think I have autism/Aspergers. I often don't speak to people in conversation unless asked to, with my very close family and friends being an exception. I tend to have difficulty expressing my true emotions to others. Also, I usually learn basic social cues from past experience, or from watching others in conversation.

[weaveintothewin2]

@ihatenumbers987 well if its anything like here in the uk it is far easier to get diagnosed in school though the learning support teachers or learning support office if you have one if not you can get a referral from your doctor or go though a charity for people with autism hope that helps

[sasto65]

Thankyou. I've enjoyed many of your videos. I'm a female with ASD. I do the behavior you described, not speaking unless asked. It's not shyness in my case, but a lack of understanding conversational rhythms. If I'm asked, then I know it's my turn. Sometimes I can exchange for a few sentences before going quiet. If there is more than one other person, there is so much for me to understand. In listening, I can forget to talk.

[weaveintothewin2]

@sasto65 thanks for your input and views really helps create a fully picture for everyone :-)

[n31348]

Hi, I'm 28 and female. Thanks for making this video. I am a lot quieter/more passive than most guys with Aspergers but I have also always had really strong obsessions with various subjects, luckily this was something I could use academically so my Aspergers has been a huge blessing as well as a source of problems. As a child and teenager I was a loner with bad social skills, but since leaving home at 18 I have caught up somewhat by analysing others so now I can mostly mask my AS when I want to.

[weaveintothewin2]

@Sicowkaksin no probs sorry it wasn't true for you :-) i'll try and improve the information as there is more available.

[Sicowkaksin]

This information isn't accurate for me but it might be for others.

[weaveintothewin2]

@Stephitza no probs glad you liked it it's good to get feedback because as an autistic spectrum male i have no idea if my video is correct from the information i found around the net so it's good to get feed back :-)