Boy / girl Aspergers differences (and maths)

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There are a number of differences between males and females who are NT. Females tend to be more expressive though this is not always the case. With my parents/BAP mother being a notable exception, NT women also have better social skills.

Is the difference between males and females with ASD any greater than the difference between males and females without? I doubt it.

The same thing may be true in math. There's a difference between NT's, so maybe there's also one among AS. No idea.

I struggled in math classes that didn't use a textbook but did well in those that did. My visual processing is too slow to keep up in a class, so it's important for me to have a clear textbook to explain everything. So I've gotten A's as well as C's in advanced math (Calculus). It just depends. If I had not had the discipline to teach myself, I probably would have gotten D's in everything. So I think grades in this area are not a good measure of ability.

NLD, not gender, is the main variable that interferes with maths in AS.

Another mathematically challenged gal. The only reason I did well in math class is because I could memorize formulas and plug in numbers easily. If I had the more applied math that is the current curriculum, I'm not sure how I'd do.

Someone did mention a girl version of Asperger and a boy version of Asperger, while she had the boy version of Aspergers, according to her diagnoses. Maybe if somebody could find the time to dig up this thread somewhere.

Are math skills really related to gender though? I'm male and below-average at math, while I've met some female aspies who are really good at it.

I didn't notice that Math/Maths difference between the US/UK before. Thanks. I actually like being corrected.

And I've known females (likely NTs) who were really good at it too, including my mother and a girl in my elementary school class.

I am so terrible at math. I would have meltdowns over math in school. I would get so overwhelmed, confused, frustrated and so angry I would just completely lose it.

My best subject was always English. I'm good at grammar, reading, and have an extensive vocabulary.

Dont know much about male vs female in aspergers.
Doubt even the experts have much to say about it.

But not all autistics are like the rain man (math savants), and not aspies are clones of sheldon leonard (science geeks).

Math itself (or maths as the brits call it) is not one, but many quite different aptitudes.

I can recap my math education on aptitude tests up to simple alegebra, and then I hit a brick wall at simultaneous equations( i can recognize them, but I cant solve them). But at work I have no trouble calculating that "three for eight dollars" is really 2.67( most of my coworkers cannot do that). And for some reason folks are amazed that when Im asked "how much time does it take light to go from the sun to the earth?' I go "well...light goes about 200 thousand miles a second, and the distance is between the two bodies is about 100 million miles, sooo.. thats five times a 100...500 seconds..which is ...like eight minutes." Seems like everyone oughta be able to do that. Apparently not.