zaman Report post Posted June 5, 2008 http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/family...2283587,00.html I found some of the points very enlightening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted June 5, 2008 I found this quite interesting especially having gone so long without a diagnosis myself, I wonder if this was because I grew up a girl (albeit a gender non-conforming one). The descriptions on there sound exactly what I was like as a child. Only after transitioning have people taken me seriously about the problems that I have. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted June 5, 2008 Interesting article: especilly the comments about girls/women with AS having a double struggle to fit into the NT world and the male dominated AS world. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted June 5, 2008 You only have to look at the lists of famous people who, it has been speculated, were in the autistic spectrum - Isaac Newton, Ludwig van Beethoven, Albert Einstein, - to see how boys' autistic traits are synonymous, to some extent, with success Marie Curie? Not that I'm entirely comfortable with posthumous dx. And she is the only one I can think of. I understand what the interviewee was saying about an AS guy possibly being "protected" by a nurturing wife. But I'd say the reverse can be true too. My SIL married her soulmate, a high achieving academic, and he has enabled her to organise her life in a way that suits her. She took early retirement because of the economic freedom this gave her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girl interrupted Report post Posted July 18, 2008 incredible. such an informative and great article. thanks for posting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
