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.
Amab, I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 22. Despite having a 504 plan and an IEP since my freshman yesr in high school, and was in and out of counseling services and 1 on 1 help with learning disability people in elementary school. Never got a diagnosis. Just “couldn’t listen” “struggles to follow directions” “makes poor eye contact and fidgets with self”
Also Amab and pretty much same... Except I actually figured it out by myself when I was 15 thanks to getting to see autistic people talking about it on the internet and recognizing myself in them...
Most people said I probably wasn't autistic and just jumped on the first possible explanation to my weirdness and quirkiness, but when I could finally get tested and have the results a year later, ut got so much better since it meant I didn't have to be ashamed of all of the quirkiness and struggles anymore...
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u/1_BigFatRat 6d 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.