So I recently got diagnosed with autism, and my therapist was talking about how it was most likely missed because of how different the disorder can show itself in boys vs girls.
So, why?
It looks like it’s the same over different populations, so I don’t think it’s anything to do with culture or anything like that. So is it something biological? Maybe it interacts with chromosomes or something?
I keep seeing things that tell me that it’s different, but nothing about why.
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It doesn’t. The male female brain thing is a myth. The reason they diagnose less frequently in female presenting people.is because those people are generally taught to mask any symptoms by societal misogyny. Also, many many doctors and psychs have internalized misogyny and are willing to dismiss ND behaviors in female presenting patients as the result of “hormones” and other things that “irrational crazy women” do because they’re women.
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