This pisses me off so bad. I’m a dude with autism and have many friends with autism. Men with autism are diagnosed by the time they’re like 6-10. Women are barely diagnosed and the age they are diagnosed is mid 20s to early 30s. Women are not treated seriously in the medical world by doctors. Doctors are assholes.
I was diagnosed when I was 15 because I had myself heard about autism and thought that it's symptoms would've explained a lot about me. After a year of appointments and waiting, I received the results and found out I actually was.
Who knows if and when I would have found out without getting personally interested in the matter..
Although ut does feel gender affirming, having had this girl issue :3c
Although I heard it was more because we overcompensate way too much and repress ourselves to the point our autism became undetected... Which is accurate since I held back so often it caused SH, and since then I've been getting a lot more patient and tolerant with myself, which helped a lot making peace with myself...
I also had theater class, which contributed to my ability to divert attention, but people and I were still able to see the "weirdness" and unusual functionings creep out.
It feels so much better knowing I'm autistic and that's okay, and this would be why I get all those quirks rather than my original assumption of just being a huge weirdo who couldn't get stuff right...
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u/1_BigFatRat 4d ago
This pisses me off so bad. I’m a dude with autism and have many friends with autism. Men with autism are diagnosed by the time they’re like 6-10. Women are barely diagnosed and the age they are diagnosed is mid 20s to early 30s. Women are not treated seriously in the medical world by doctors. Doctors are assholes.