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by supperburg 1611 days ago
The quality of life of a female with Asperger’s is dramatically higher than that of a male. My whole family has it and it’s clear. There’s something about the female brain that is not impacted the same way. The liberal media loves to ignore this and they lean in super hard on “shielding” or whatever where they say the discrepancy is explained by the fact that females just deal with it better. And the rest of the gap is explained by sexism, of course. It’s a fucking lie and it’s bullshit.
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Asperger's is just part of the spectrum,and the experiences of individuals on the spectrum vary widely. Calibrated autism severity scores in our sample are pretty equivalent in males and females, but there are differences between the sexes.
> Calibrated autism severity scores in our sample are pretty equivalent in males and females

Did the "calibration" cause you to find what you wanted to find? How do you even calibrate something like that.

No. It was not calibrated to equalize genders, but for language ability and age.

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/clinical-research-new-test...

My wife has Asperger's and had a hell of a time getting bullied in school.

Women with Asperger's are also more likely to get into abusive relationships and/or abuse drugs.

You sound really angry in this comment and make a lot of assumptions.

Do you feel that the others in your family afflicted with Asperger's had it easier due to their gender? Seems to be a bit of a sore point for you.

Over the years I have become very attuned to the signs of autism. A lot of people who have autism don’t show any obvious signs and are undiagnosed. There are absolute tons of women who have autism and nobody realizes it. The two most common symptoms are being “bossy” or having a hard time keeping their observations to themselves and also being overly sexually promiscuous. These women have sons who are on the spectrum almost without variation. And these females are all very well adjusted and often have very good careers. It’s kind of maddening when you see these women giving birth to tons and tons of men who are super disadvantaged and often end up really badly, much worse than their mothers. Once you learn how to spot it you see it absolutely everywhere. I think it’s unfair that boys are being fucked so hard and there’s no help or recognition for their situation.

So no, women who have diagnosed autism do poorly but as everyone knows, even the liberal media, the disease doesnt treat the sexes equally.

I think you are projecting anger. I always become frustrated when the truth is brushed aside because of petty political or moral reasons. The truth is the light in this dark world.