Any black females with aspergers?!?

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lol,oh stereotypes,gotta love them

I work at a college with a few black aspie males, and one mixed-race aspie female.

<--------Suspected Black female Aspie...a couple of other threads:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postx109473-15-0.html
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt171124.html

I know who you're talking about; I'm at every meeting and I've never seen her either. My (black) wife runs the women's meeting in Seattle, but she's not AS.

I think there's a lady, username is "myth" here who may have AS. You would have to ask her.

There's a couple around, spend enough time here and I'm sure you'll run into one or two.

I know this is an old post, but my 7 year old AA daughter has Aspergers. was wondering if you know of any resources or support groups?

You might have better luck creating your own thread in the Parents' Section.

me!!

African American aspies like me are extremely rare

The first person with AS I ever met was a black girl and I had to drive 4 hours to meet her. Had pizza briefly then she had to leave. Never heard from her again sadly.

Jeez.

I looked at this thread and I thought I posted that.

What he said ^^^^^^

I'm black, female, and Aspie (as is my twin brother, minus the female part, obviously ). We're not rare; what's rare is that we are able to get an actual diagnosis. Not a lot of black people have the means to pay for the process of being diagnosed, or the post-diagnosis options. Alternatively, a lot of black people (sigh) are in denial that their children can have mental or neurological disorders, especially if they come from third-world countries into first-world countries (as was my parents case). There's a sad paranoia that comes with being marginalized already because of one's race/cultural background/social upbringing, so being further marginalized because of mental or neurodevelopmental disorders is "not allowed". It took my parents about 25 years to come to terms with the fact that my sister had bi-polar disorder and wasn't just 'extremely moody/manic' and strangely suicidal ("There's nothing wrong with you, you just need to eat better.") and she was finally formally diagnosed. They're even in denial about what they themselves display (the list is long, but extreme social anxiety, both also have high IQs (all four of us kids do), social isolation, depression, are among the few things).

I've never been formally diagnosed, but after taking very veryvery careful look at what was provided on the internet, as well as talking to a few people I finally came to a conclusion that my quirks and my twin's quirks and co-morbidities have a name. He's also very happy to put a finger on it. When I have the money and means, I will go through the steps, but it's difficult to diagnose Aspergers in adulthood :<. My two other siblings also display signs of other mental/neurodevelopmental disorders, but haven't pursued them as deeply as I have, but they are aware of my findings and feel that I have a solid argument. But recently, my sister wondered aloud if she might be autistic because of experiences she has had throughout her life (I mean, I've even told her that all four of us are likely on the spectrum and she didn't deny it). I think my family's finally opening up to the problems that we actually have.

I can't stop, so I'm going to stop before I get too ahead of myself.

Last edited by ParadoxalParadigm on 12 Oct 2015, 10:25 am, edited 1 time in total.

I would agree with you on all the points you've made.

My wife is black. I'm white. She's from Trinidad and Tobago. She doesn't understand high-functioning autism/Asperger's too well. She understand low-functioning autism better.

I was diagnosed when I was three years old--with autism. A little later with "brain damage." This was during the 1960s.

I'm not seeking an Asperger's/HFA diagnosis now because there is no purpose in obtaining one.

Good luck with your further research.

Your screen name reminds me of H. L. Menckens witticism: "A paradox encased in an enigma surrounded by a conundrum--or something like that." You might know it...but if you don't, I'd Google it.

<--- Aspie from Trinidad & Tobago.

Here in Seattle an adult diagnosis can be beneficial because of housing issues. The Developmental Disabilities Association here has rooms in houses in quiet neighborhoods set aside for those on the spectrum. I'd like to live in one of those rooms as I'm homeless now and a diagnosis would help me greatly.

I should definitely ammend my statement because you bring out such a good point. When someone is higher functioning, detecting it is even harder, so it's obvious if the child is severly autistic. If they can "breeze by", there will be a sense of willful ignorance on an observers part, or they will think the child is just being difficult.



I've definitely heard of it! Thanks for a source though; I will look it up. My usernames for years usually tend to be iterations of ravens, paradoxes, or patterns ahaha.

I'm a black woman who is currently seeking diagnosis.

I'm glad I found this post. I've also found some cool sites that feature articles and blog posts on this topic.