females/males ratio in wrongplanet

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It seems that I always hear about the differences between male and female Aspies in regards to finding a partner--but almost never in regards to anything else.

For example, is it easier for male or female Aspies to get or maintain employment? Are male or female Aspies more successful in their studies?

And also, not everyone with AS has it to the same extent. There are some with severe AS, and others (like me) that can easily pass as an NT in many situations.

Tim

The 10:1 statistic for high functioning autism probably comes from, say, childhood diagnoses or something limited like that. The aspie girls might be a little less obviously aspie and so fly under the diagnostic radar. Those statistics are probably also old. I doubt you can get truly accurate statistics.

As for women here, practically any online psychology thing that allows women will be dominated by them, because in our culture psychology tends to be more of a stereotypical female interest, while males gravitate toward things like computers, sports, and gaming. I do think these interest gaps are probably more cultural than biological. Why shouldn't men be as interested in psychology? Why shouldn't women be as interested in video games and computers? I'm studying astronomy, and I've heard that while male astronomers are more common than female astronomers in the US, in some countries female astronomers are more common than males.

NT girlfriends (e.g. myself) and NT mothers will also up the overall statistics in favor of women here.

The ratio cited is way off.

My daughter just took part in a study by the UC Davis Mind Institute. I had a chat with the specialist in charge of the study who is the one who diagnosed my daughter to validate if she was eligible for the study. She told me that the personality differences in AS boys vs girls lead to girls being underdiagnosed. Most AS girls are read as being shy, introspective, creative, tom-boyish, and bookwormy. Girls tend to keep their AS under control in public and have melt-downs in private- in the safe home environment. Boys tend to be more agressive, exhibit more ADD-type behavior, and are less guarded in public. Girls tend to make a few close friends(usually other girls who are similar in personality) while boys have a harder time socializing and making friends. Also, the coordination problems aren't as big of a deal for girls as they are for boys who are supposed to be naturally inclined to play sports.


BTW, I found this site while looking up inso on AS before my daughter was diagnosed officially. We knew she was autistic since she was about 2. The more I read about AS, the more I saw it in myself, my father, 2 of my brothers. It fits. Also, my hubby is self-diagnosed AS as well. Like attracts like?