![]() Symptoms in autistic girls can be the complete opposite of boys. Sensory overloads can also be triggered by loud noises or large crowds of people.Īutism is an integral part of my personality In fact, hating the feeling of multiple layers of clothing is also known as a sensory sensitivity and can cause a sensory overload, which can show itself in confusion, panic and extreme anxiety. ![]() This carried into my teenage years, though with much less public nudity. As a child, I hated wearing clothes and found a way to pull them off at the most inappropriate times. Perhaps my screaming tantrums as a young child, which my parents chalked up to growing frustration at my worse-than-most visual impairment, were catalysed by autism. ![]() Girls are also better at passing as neurotypical than boys. Autistic girls tend to have similar symptoms, including sensory issues and hyperfixations, but these often show themselves in quieter ways. I went home on full defence and began to read, more out of disbelief than anything else.Īsperger's syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism, is often overlooked in girls because they don't fit the typical mould, which was modelled on symptoms of autistic boys in the first place. ![]() Instead, my therapist gave me a book called Aspergirls by Rudy Simone. ![]() Doesn't autism mean you have no social skills, can't understand sarcasm and always say the wrong thing at the wrong time? I had been expecting a diagnosis for generalised anxiety or something similar. ![]()
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