Girls slip through the diagnostic net, said Attwood, because they are so good at camouflaging or masking their symptoms. “Boys tend to externalise their problems, while girls learn that, if they’re good, their differences will not be noticed,” he said. “Boys go into attack mode when frustrated, while girls suffer in silence and become passive-aggressive. Girls learn to appease and apologise. They learn to observe people from a distance and imitate them. It is only if you look closely and ask the right questions, you see the terror in their eyes and see that their reactions are a learnt script.”
Girls also escape diagnosis, said Attwood, because they are more social than boys with the condition. Their symptoms can also be missed because it is the intensity of their interests that is unusual, and not the oddity of what they do.
Doctors are ‘failing to spot Asperger’s in girls’ | Society | The Guardian (via brutereason)
…this… explains a lot.
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Doctors are ‘failing to spot Asperger’s in girls’ | Society | The Guardian (via brutereason)
…this… explains a lot.
(via themarvelousmadmadammim)
