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Hi there. I'm new...pleased to make your acquaintance.

I'm a female undiagnosed Aspie. I figured out I was an Aspie just a year ago, through a letter exchange with a prominent researcher in the field. I always knew I was different, growing up. I just didn't know how.

At different times in my life I thought I was the only one who thought the way I did (I have a hard time accepting now that might not be true). Experiences have always been more vibrant, which made my childhood filled with imaginative play, and my teenagerhood tumultuous.

I didn't consider AS earlier because I'd always heard AS was "extreme maleness." Yet I always strongly associated myself with being female, a great writer whose worst subject was math (though that's what I ended up getting my MA in), and extremely emotive. Therefore I never really chalked up my alienation with others as a fundamental disconnect between their and my neurobiologies --- I just assumed I was some anxious, depressed, manic, artistic genius (yes, I know, sigh).

However, I fit the female presentation of AS (insofar as it's been described by Atwood and others) quite well. So much so that when I was confronted with the description of the female presentation, and its childhood manifestation, I was stunned for days. It was as if my childhood, personally, was being described. And also my painful young womanhood... but anyway.

I'm a veteran member of other messageboards (TrekBBS all the way!), and even run my own messageboard, so I'm excited to have found this one. I guess I'll just end this with a ---

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to the forums Polymathic.

L.

Nice to meet you, Polymathic.

hello i am michael i like playing video games and maths

2 new mathematicians here now with math mikie and yourself. hello both anjoy your time here at WP. and remember it isnt a forum but a journey.

Thanks, everyone!

To WrongPlanet!! !

Hi welcome to the "right" planet

Welcome Polymathic,

A great introduction to be sure.

I'm not quite certain where you got the extreme maleness from. I'd have thought that male aspies were generally less "alpha-male" than NT men.

- We're less inclined to be into sports (unless it's a special interest).
- We're not usually great action sports people ourselves - the unusual gait... and low muscle tone
- We're also often more inclined to play with girls (when young)
- Many of us go into occupations which aren't necessarily male specific - libraries, computers etc. rather than carpentry.

Of course, there are exceptions too.

There are a lot of females on this site. I don't why anybody ever got the idea that AS is an exclusively male thing.

From one female Aspie to another, Welcome to WP!