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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 591639" data-attributes="member: 15793"><p>Another thing is that it doesn't always ping radars when girls are picky about clothes and food. After all, they're girls, of course they're picky! It's after a while when you really see the level and intensity of pickiness (and how it doesn't wear off and influence of peers doesn't kick in) that it registers that something is really different here.</p><p></p><p>Also with girl Aspies you expect a little strangeness to go with that intelligence they have. After all, their peers are often a little dumb in comparison (or seem so, especially to them!). These girls would rather talk to grown-ups (like their male counterparts), and their very verbosity makes you wonder how anything could possibly be wrong (unless you happen to have a very good Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) radar). One of my daughter's principals used to work with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids and my daughter didn't even ping her Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) radar. It took an expert to test her and find that not only was she an Aspie, she was actually functioning *below* her <em>apparent</em> functioning level, she just has an above average IQ (no surprise to me there) and is able to <em>present</em> as higher functioning than she actually is - at least in small doses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 591639, member: 15793"] Another thing is that it doesn't always ping radars when girls are picky about clothes and food. After all, they're girls, of course they're picky! It's after a while when you really see the level and intensity of pickiness (and how it doesn't wear off and influence of peers doesn't kick in) that it registers that something is really different here. Also with girl Aspies you expect a little strangeness to go with that intelligence they have. After all, their peers are often a little dumb in comparison (or seem so, especially to them!). These girls would rather talk to grown-ups (like their male counterparts), and their very verbosity makes you wonder how anything could possibly be wrong (unless you happen to have a very good Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) radar). One of my daughter's principals used to work with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids and my daughter didn't even ping her Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) radar. It took an expert to test her and find that not only was she an Aspie, she was actually functioning *below* her [I]apparent[/I] functioning level, she just has an above average IQ (no surprise to me there) and is able to [I]present[/I] as higher functioning than she actually is - at least in small doses. [/QUOTE]
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