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    Females with autism: what it’s like to live with Greta Thunberg’s ‘superpower’

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    Post by Kitkat Wed 05 Feb 2020, 14:31

    Autism has previously been thought of as a male condition, but researchers now believe that as many as a quarter of the people living with this complex disorder may be female.

    Greta Thunberg may be best known for her work as an international eco-activist, but it’s not the only issue on which the autistic 17-year-old is shining a much-needed spotlight. “I have Asperger’s and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm,” she has said of the developmental disorder she describes as her “superpower”.

    Autism has long been seen as a male condition, but researchers now believe there could be thousands of undiagnosed cases of women and girls living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the UK — overlooked because of how autism is taught in medical schools and perceived by doctors, teachers and society at large. As a result, diagnostic tests have largely been developed with a male population in mind.
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    more  from The Times article HERE
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