Girls are over looked

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I don't know how people with autism are represented where everyone else lives but in Pennsylvania there are commercials on the radio and tv that are supposed to raise autism awareness. They might be raising awareness but at the same time they always ALWAYS end it with 'autism affects boys 4x more then girls'. Yes I understand this is a proven statistic or whatever but I often feel like girls with autism aren't represented. When I hear those commercials I often feel left out... Personally I feel that girls should be more represented..

I kinda know what you mean.......though I am more annoyed by the general assumption that if you have boobs you some how have it easier than anyone else. I mean come on I might be a female but that does not mean I get to get away with that much more.

I tend to get the 'you don't look autistic' to which i keep myself from saying 'really now...you don't look like an idiot'. Or if I refer to myself as having Aspergers people tend to look at me like they have no idea what it is until I explain it. I now just cut to the chase and say that I have a type of autism.

Samara, I'm male and wasn't properly diagnosed until two years ago--when I was 47. With this in mind, exactly what do you think the boys are getting that you're not, or that I got and you didn't?

Girls with aspergers are generally undiagnosed. Since we can 'mimic' things a bit better means we can hide our aspergers a bit better. Still, we have the same problems as males with aspergers do. When I think of aspergers I see a male not a female because more males are diagnosed with it. I imagine lots of people share my vision of aspergers. I couldn't agree more with the female posters here, we need more awareness

I'm not saying that the boys get anything that the girls don't other then more recognition on commercials and such. I think in general people (of both sexes) who have Aspergers can easily be over looked because they don't act like the 'stereotypical' person who has autism. What this post was supposed to suggest was the fact that the media portrays autism as a predominantly male condition which statistics do support but at the same time there should be recognition to the fact that females are effected as well. Perhaps at the end of the commercial have them say "Autism is everywhere" or something not singling guys out.

Thank god for spell check lol

If one can mimic things, then they can't be clinically significant. And the problems are less. Your vision has no proof.

Read this:

http://www.yourlittleprofessor.com/girls.html

It is hard for a girl to be diagnosed with Asperger's and awareness about how Asperger's/Autistic traits are expressed in girls is sadly lacking. My grade school denied that I even could be on the spectrum, simply on the grounds that I'm a girl! Because of this, I wasn't diagnosed until about 4 years ago, when I was almost done with my junior year of high school; that diagnosis only came because my high school guidance counselor knew there was something different about me and referred my family to a place in our area that specializes in diagnosing ASDs in both boys and girls.

I always felt as if it was quite the opposite. Maybe too much of history books.

Yeah definitely. Good thing that it is gaining more and more awareness though. Not so recently ago it was like 100:1, then 8:1, etc...
It's funny how there are so many people who wouldn't even see a problem here.

Suffering in silence. No problems at all. It will all end with suicide, but there is no problem up until then. That's what your vision looks like,[edit: personal insult removed by moderator].

My point was females need more awareness duh. Agreeing with the OP

You don't know what you're talking about. Alright. I bet my diagnosis isn't valid cause I can't conceal my symptoms and have impairments. It's all my fault. All attention should go only to females who can mimic enough not to be diagnosed.

Sure sure. My inappropriately exaggerated point was that mimicking things .......... Yeah, get the point.

Jebus why do you have to mix everything up. There is no white and black here. So it happens that females maybe statistically due to some reasons show different symptoms and some of them do an excellent job in blending themselves in. Not to say that this doesn't come with a price. So you say that there is no "clinically significant" problem here? Maybe your experience was different but you don't have to discredit anyone elses. You have no clue what it's like to appear normal but be eaten alive from the inside. It's f*****g hell, that's what it's like. Sorry for lashing out on you man but really don't see from where you're coming from with this "problem less".

Different symptoms? Different experience? How different can it be while still being the same thing? This is something that is supposed to be detected by professionals according to certain criteria. What studies are there on this? I don't have any clue what that's like. If I appeared "normal" and wasn't a buffoon to others, I wouldn't be eaten alive from the inside. You wouldn't see the hell I'm coming from, as I am not elegant and oh so better off as those you speak of.

I mimic things horribly.