list of female AS traits

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That's a really interesting point. Maybe this could be posted in General and the NTs on the board asked to respond?

nice, but I disagree about the appearance part- as I said in previous forum- I care about my appearance. But yes, the hippy hair is sooooooo true!
the rest applies to me- it's good, I'm finally finding out about myself after 17 years of confusion ( well, about 14, coz when i was little, life was sooo much simpler...)

Okay, so I've just read that and... and I just wonder why the hell it's taken me so long to figure out that I am probably AS. The only thing that wasn't quite true to form for me was the emotional/physical, because I seem to experience more of what AS males experience. And I was incorrectly diagnosed with Bipolar. I'm kinda feeling overwhelmed at the moment.

Holy s**t. That's mad crazy.

EXACTLY ME

every single thing on that list describes me. i literally read the first few pages of reviews on this board and then paused so i could go order that book. i have struggled my entire life, but things have been infinitely more difficult the last 6 months or so. i graduated from college in the spring so now i no longer have school as a distraction; i am finally having to face the reality that this is how i am, and this is how difficult it is going to be for me to go out in the world and actually live. if the book helps me, i am going to give it to my parents to read, so that maybe they will finally begin to understand me after 22 years of getting angry and telling me i just have a negative attitude towards life.

thank you for posting the list. it was very comforting for me to see that so many other women could relate to it.

ok its a little creepy to be described so well by that list isnt it?????
PS: Im so glad im part of the "enjoys sex" gropu rather than the "strongly dislikes it"....

I was wrongly diagnosed as a bipolar also!

every single thing on that list describes me. i literally read the first few pages of reviews on this board and then paused so i could go order that book. i have struggled my entire life, but things have been infinitely more difficult the last 6 months or so. i graduated from college in the spring so now i no longer have school as a distraction; i am finally having to face the reality that this is how i am, and this is how difficult it is going to be for me to go out in the world and actually live. if the book helps me, i am going to give it to my parents to read, so that maybe they will finally begin to understand me after 22 years of getting angry and telling me i just have a negative attitude towards life.

thank you for posting the list. it was very comforting for me to see that so many other women could relate to it.

So, I need some girl advice here. My friends do not believe i have aspergers even though i got diagnosed by a freakin psychiatristbecause"you're not autistic*. I have (according to diagnosed) very mild aspergers... I´´m getting quite annoyed at people doubting it. Has anyone had this problem??? (im 26, just got diagnosed)

Only a few things on the list didn't fit me.
In the meantime I bought and read the book " Aspergirls " from Rudy Simone where the list of asperger traits originates from.
Now I have proof at home for the nonbelievers.
Alepmm, maybe let your friends read the list to convince them.

I found that book really helpful.

This is me to a T. Wow.

PS - I had to chuckle at the may sing when happy part - that was the kicker

IQ wise, though, I would be HFA. I'm not smart enough (no offense) to be Asperger's. I'm not a Silicon Valley computer geek type at all, more creative. People think I'm spacey and not very bright (so they tell me).

I was also diagnosed in my twenties, and ran into the same issues with friends. When you say you have an autism spectrum disorder, people think you should be like Rainman or something. If you aren't, they think you are lying. Maybe it's not the best way to deal with it, but I just quit telling people. I'm in my thirties now and only a couple of people outside my family know about my Aspergers. People just think I'm eccentric, and I'm ok with that.

Me too, for the most part anyway!

wow! great read, thanks poster