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13 Dec 2018, 3:19 pm



Excellent video. I hope Alex puts this on the main page.


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13 Dec 2018, 10:31 pm

This was good. I think it also gives me insight into what you hear about females generally being harder to diagnose than males after watching the women in the video.



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20 Dec 2018, 11:03 am

I did see this and it was very interesting. A lot of it is true and helps shed light on a lot of things. Of course if you happen to be a female on the spectrum with strict parents I would not recommend showing your parents this video. They did touch on the vulnerabilities experienced as a female on the spectrum as well as being more prone to sexual assault then non autistic women