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1-2% of males are autistic. A female with stereotypically male traits isn't autistic on that basis.
by lonelappde 7y ago
1-2% of males are autistic. A female with stereotypically male traits isn't autistic on that basis.
- derefr 7y agoOne of the key things to know about high-functioning ASD is that it's underdiagnosed; which means that many people who have high-functioning ASD only figure out they're on the spectrum if someone points out to them (or their parents) that they "seem autistic"—and they then take that assertion seriously and ask a doctor. People who are gender-nonconforming and/or trans, are more likely to have the main trigger event for being diagnosed with autism: being told that they seem autistic. Which will lead to more of them "being" autistic (in the medical-statistics sense, under which people who have ASD but are never diagnosed, get categorized as "neurotypical.")