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Flag of Autistic Pride at a "Pride is a Protest" march in June 2021. Current research indicates that autistic people have higher rates of LGBTQ identities and feelings than the general population. [1][2][3] A variety of explanations for this have been proposed, such as prenatal hormonal exposure, which has been linked with sexual orientation ...
For many autistic people, characteristics first appear during infancy or childhood and follow a steady course without remission (different developmental timelines are described in more detail below). [66] Autistic people may be severely impaired in some respects but average, or even superior, in others. [67] [68] [69]
e. Sex and gender differences in autism exist regarding prevalence, presentation, and diagnosis. Men and boys are more frequently diagnosed with autism than women and girls. It is debated whether this is due to a sex difference in rates of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or whether females are underdiagnosed. [1][2] The prevalence ratio is ...
When I tell people that my 12-year-old son, Michael, is autistic, there are usually two types of responses.First, there’s the “sad eyes” — you know, the look people give you like you’ve ...
The theory of the double empathy problem argues that autistic people do not lack empathy as often supposed by people who see autism as pathological. Rather, the experiences of autistic and non-autistic people are so different that it is hard for one to understand how the other thinks; for example, non-autistic people may not understand when an ...
Special interest (autism) Special interests are highly focused interests common in autistic people. [1] Special interests are more intense than typical interests, such as hobbies, [2] and may take up much of a person's free time. A person with a special interest will often hyperfocus on their special interest for hours, want to learn as much as ...
Hans Asperger. Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a term formerly used to describe a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. [5]
British autism advocates want autistic people acknowledged as a minority rather than as disabled, because they say that "disability discrimination laws don't protect those who are not disabled but who 'still have something that makes them look or act differently from other people.'" [16] But the autism community is split over this issue, and ...