Hi,
Been meaning to post for a little while. I am a female computer programmer with undiagnosed Aspergers or HFA. I've been studying aspergers since I met someone who had it around 10 years ago. I've wondered over and over why I feel like I relate to people with Aspergers, even though some things did not fit me as well. I always test at varying levels on the side of having HFA (using this since shorter) when I take the tests. I still thought I was ruled out. That was until I started reading various things about women with HFA.
Women when they are little tend to be "little philosophers" rather than "little professors." Women are more likely to imitate other women without really understanding them. I've tried this. It leads to great misunderstanding unless your really sure of what your doing. Women are more likely to have special interests of things like fashion and appearance; for me this was the big one. I couldn't reconcile my desire for beauty with how every book that I read seemed to indicate that people with HFA Or Autism do not care about appearances. Then I read of many cases where women were actual fashion designers, yet had the rest of HFA characteristics. Women are more likely to have varied special interests. I am a computer programmer, but have tried a lot of things and just plain failed. I am most interested in philosophy and mathematics.
My biggest problem is social situations that I just don't seem to understand.
17 Nov 2015, 12:44 am
