We Exist: Girls and women living with autism

Right now, only one out of five people with autism are female. With fewer voices to speak out, many of their stories are going untold. This is the story of 5-year-old Faith Crawn and her family.

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[mslewp]

The issue is not lesser in females, it is just underdiagnosed.

[eljagg01]

I love that this reporter proclaimed "This is what it's like to have a child with Autism" while the little girl screamed. How much the mainstream media stereotypes groups they don't understand will never cease to amaze me.

[Storybrett]

@eljagg01 Right, as if a neurotypical child would never cry. All my neighbours here in the house have children with severe autism, if it's about crying, i tell you ;)

[nerinaince]

My daughter is 13 now and was diagnosed when she was 4. She has improved a lot and her autistic traces are there, it is part of her. I love her the way she is and hope she will discover meaning through her limitations. Love is the best therapy I know. They do improve. Keep up the good work.

[Yetti0]

I agree too much negativity.. the mother needs parenting lessons.. its not about her... its about a little human being who happens to be her daughter.. .

[Yetti0]

@mslewp I felt the mother was too negative and fantasizing her child to be a mini me of her instead of an individual... Nothing positive in the report.. shame on the parents.. they need to learn to be parents..

[eljagg01]

@TemujinMSM Are you kidding?

[TemujinMSM]

@FredericaBimble I hope it was obvious that I was being sarcastic. People with Aspergers and Autism are not typically social butterflies but not everyone needs to be a social butterfly. A lot of famous artists writers scientists philosophers etc probably were autistic to some degree. They were able to focus on big problems and create beautiful things than last throughout time because they were not so focused on the day to day and not so self conscious.

[FredericaBimble]

@JohnnyX1239 - Vaccinations do NOT 'cause autism.' There is plenty of research and reports that have disproved that doctor's report and, it was also discovered that he was being paid off. Go look it up. Autism was around long before vaccinations.

[FredericaBimble]

@TemujinMSM - Yes, I wish I were never born.