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26 Sep 2015, 4:24 pm

An interesting article in Buzzfeed about autism in women and girls and why we are so often overlooked and misunderstood:

Buzzfeed: Why Women With Autism Are Invisible



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26 Sep 2015, 4:35 pm

Another couple of articles on the same topic:

https://iancommunity.org/cs/simons_simplex_community/autism_in_girls

http://felicity-house.org/miscellaneous/invisibly-autistic-women-and-the-autism-services-crisis/



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26 Sep 2015, 4:37 pm

I believe in what you believe...but Timing is everything.

You attract more bees with honey than vinegar.



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26 Sep 2015, 4:46 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I believe in what you believe...but Timing is everything.

You attract more bees with honey than vinegar.


I'm not sure what you're talking about. I'm trying to have a discussion with autistic women about autism in women and why it is under-diagnosed and misunderstood, because of my experiences of being misunderstood and misdiagnosed for many years. I don't understand your reference to the attracting of bees.



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26 Sep 2015, 4:50 pm

The timing is not right. That's all.



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26 Sep 2015, 5:09 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
The timing is not right. That's all.


When is the right time to have that discussion, and how do i get permission to have it?



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26 Sep 2015, 5:23 pm

Probably a couple of hours from now, plus a more conciliatory, open-minded approach.



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26 Sep 2015, 5:25 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Probably a couple of hours from now, plus a more conciliatory, open-minded approach.


I really don't follow you. How do I frame this discussion in a "more conciliatory approach"? Can you give some examples of language I could have used or different articles I could have linked that would be more conciliatory in tone?



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26 Sep 2015, 5:29 pm

Don't get on people for having a different view than your own. I understand you're passionate about your view. But the best discussions are those which acknowledge other viewpoints, while virtuously expressing your own.



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26 Sep 2015, 5:31 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Probably a couple of hours from now, plus a more conciliatory, open-minded approach.


Another question: when you say I should use a more conciliatory approach, who is it you think that I need to win over with my tone? Do you mean I should be more conciliatory to other women with autism? I really don't understand your usage of this word in regards to the discussion I am trying to have with other women on this forum.



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26 Sep 2015, 5:34 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Don't get on people for having a different view than your own. I understand you're passionate about your view. But the best discussions are those which acknowledge other viewpoints, while virtuously expressing your own.


I'm not trying to acknowledge other viewpoints about women with autism, I am trying to have an actual discussion with other women with autism about what it's like to be a woman with autism, about the frustration of feeling underrepresented and underserved, misdiagnosed and misunderstood because of being a woman with autism rather than a man with autism. Is that hard to understand for you?



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26 Sep 2015, 5:41 pm

I can't win (shrug)



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26 Sep 2015, 5:48 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I can't win (shrug)


That might be because you're in a thread that is supposed to be about women with autism talking about what it's like being a woman with autism, which you are not, telling me I need to be more "conciliatory". Maybe this is just not a discussion that needs to involve you, and that's why you're feeling like you can't win. Perhaps not being involved in this discussion and therefore not "losing" would be a solution to your problem.



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26 Sep 2015, 7:28 pm

wilburforce, please read and respect the rules. This is the second time you post the same topic in less than an hour.

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