That is not a misprint. I believe that in some cases, our sense are heightened and are almost animal-like [...] Again this may be more germane to females, as psychic sensitivity (woman's intuition) is somewhat split along gender lines anyway. And it’s really scary to think about that, that I could have…lost myself along the way as I tried to survive the neglect and loneliness. Report and downvote instead of getting into arguments with trolls. Feeding trolls often takes away from OP's ability to get help with their post. Mods will handle trollish/drama posts and comments if you report them. She does state that psychic sensitivity [in Autistic folks?] hasn't been proven by science yet, but most of the language / phrasing she uses is matter-of-fact.

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I SUSPECTED Asperger’s as long ago as 2000, but it wasn’t until 2011 that I noticed a memory problem at work and t a neurologist pinned down my problem; the good news, she said, was that it wasn’t Alzheimer’s – it was High Functioning Autism. I think the subtitle should have been Empowering Ablebodied CisHet White Females with AS, because wow it did not take an intersectional approach to this topic at all.Whether it's because of the author's own views of gender identity or because of the time in which it was written, this just does not make sense to me, reading these words in 2019.

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I do not understand the value of the concept of gender. I have always been the type to stand up for people retaining their dignity and freedom. However, I do not understand why people who are challenging gender norms knowingly choose to partake in the concept at all. She writes that autistic "girls" do not understand nor like gender roles but will (and have to) accept them later on in life. By saying that, she only reinforce these norms. Much of the book was oriented towards the parents of girls with Aspergers. This had no relevance to me whatsoever. I also found most of the advice proffered to be not particularly helpful. TM: Wow that’s a big area because what we do know from even just recent research study, but I’ve known this for quite some time but there is time in between clinical evidence and research based evidence that females are at a very vulnerable, due to their social naivety, do get taken advantage of a lot. When it comes to dating, I think it’s really important that they learn about safety skills and what to do if they don’t feel comfortable and when not to put themselves in a place where they maybe unsafe because of their literalness or they misinterpret other people’s intentions which get them into quite some danger. So I think having a mentor about dating and reading about dating and how to be safe is extremely important. So when I work with teenagers and girls depending on where they are developmentally we’re often talking about safety in dating and what’s appropriate and what’s not appropriate. And how to protect yourself and things like that.

What a shame! The first third or half of this book had enormous value and promise. However, the second half of the book was something else entirely. So, reading over this list, I feel like I have all of the symptoms save for #4: It’s there, but not as heavy as I’d like it. Also took that online test — managed a score of 33. Where 34 is where the level is for “Autism Likely.” There were also a couple of passages that particularly disturbed me because they seemed to conflate the author's experience with the experience of all women with Asperger's, although I'm still not sure how much of this is the intrinsic content of the passages and how much of it is what I brought to it. Two examples below: no.2: I have such a hard time displaying emotion at the appropriate times and everybody is always asking why I’m so emotionless or if I’m “okay”. The last thing annoys me the most because usually there is nothing to be specifically happy about at that moment and maybe that’s okay. Rudy Simone has Asperger's Syndrome (AS) and has been a strong advocate for those with the condition for some years. Her approach to writing is to say it as it is, and simply. She does this to good effect. What I particularly like about this tome is she quotes regularly from interviewed girls and women with AS and consequently adds many voices to hers in her coverage of a myriad of topics, from challenges in schools, to the impact of puberty on aspergirls. Nothing is taboo. There were also a few quotations that caused me to laugh out loud - it's good to be able to infuse some humor in what is a topic that can get quite serious.

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In general, I thought this was a great book. It covered a wide range of topics, included a lot of perspectives, and was written with humour and insight. It’s the loneliness. It’s from extending towards people, trying to be understood and always getting shut down and dismissed. Feeling Other Than, always, on the fringe and not wanting to be, like an afterthought. I've struggled with writing this review, because this book has good qualities and I think it's very helpful for someone who suspects that they or their child has AS. However, it is heavily slanted by the personal experiences and point of view of the author. So much so that at times it put me off or distracted me from the information I wanted. Am i the only one who finds this statement racist. Or is it only racist if you reverse the British and East European?Over the course of multiple years, Ashbie developed lore and a webcomic-like relationship with other meme characters, including a best friend named Ellie (an alternate Doomer Girl Wojak variation) and a boyfriend named Aidan (an Apu Apustaja's VR avatar which is a parody of The Frog Prince [22] [9] [11] [12]). She also has a hard-of-hearing friend named Heidi, a mom named Nina [20], a big brother named Ashton [20] and a little sister named Ashlie. [20] Ashbie's father Ha-Ru is deceased. [21] Ashbie also has a Hispanic family member named Luna Martinez. [18]

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no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood you are confusing “pretending to be sad” with empathy…Its not that she wouldn’t expect an allistic person to pretend to be sad. She would expect an allistic person to show empathy. (If you think empathy is pretending to be sad you might want to get that looked at by a professional. I can tell you that I dreamt of 9/11 hours before it happened and also had a vision of the 2004 tsunami when I was in Thailand, ten months before it occurred. I'm sure you won't believe that, but you might agree that cats and other animals can sense earthquakes, even though that too is not proven by science. Just because science can't prove it—yet—doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Being a parent of a girl with autism biases my reading interest toward books on the topic, and to date I have read a lot. Aspergirls is quite atypical of many i have read and refreshing in style.

It's cisnormative all the way, non binary autists are erased from the picture, as well as trans women and trans men (they should be included as society's injunctions about feminity weigt on them too). In Episode II, Tania discusses 39 red flags to learn about and be observant about in people. She offers tips and advice and uses actual cases from her work to illustrate why Neurodiverse individuals are often taken advantage of. She includes those who are highly sensitive individuals, intuitive individuals, shy and passive individuals, and those that describe the traits of being an empath. Even if they think I’l lying about how my Classmates saying I’m the worst one in our class even though technically they are WAY more destructive than I am, and I’m not exaggerating much That’s not clear at all and doesn’t follow logically, being able to describe emotion is not the same as feeling emotion. I’ve felt overwhelming amounts of empathy but often have been unable to express or communicate it “properly” to others. Just because I can’t communicate it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. I guess Gay, bi, asexual, trans, aromantic, nonbinary etc people don't exist. Very, very heterosexual. Heteronomative or however you spell it. Also not everybody wants a husband. But I got the idea from the book that netting a husband is 'worth it' because 'autism ladies are naieve, childlike and need protection :)))' and so that they are cared for like a stereotypical 50's housewife.