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Exactly like this one guys and this video, I'm talking about nine super
awesome, very interesting autism in girls symptoms that you need to know
if you're looking to diagnose or understand girls on the autism spectrum.
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So I've done a few videos on autism and females and autism and masking
and all those kinds of stuff.
So if you, I wanting to look at the other videos in my catalog, all about
female autism, spectrum condition.
Then there is a link in the card above here for a playlist on that, and there'll
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But in terms of this video, I'm going to go through nine specific autism
symptoms in girls so that you can have the best chance of identifying it.
By the end of this video.
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So the first thing we're going to talk about here, the first
symptom is selective mutism.
Now selective mutism is something that comes very, very common
with autism, but more common in females on the autism spectrum.
And I'm not entirely sure why, because I'm not a brain surgeon
or a neurological scientist or neuro developmental scientist.
So I don't actually know the reasons, but I do know that it happened.
So this basically means that.
A person could be very, very, um, you know, outspoken and outgoing
with a certain group of people.
But then when they're faced with somebody new or someone or a place that they're
not so familiar with, or even a place they are familiar with, but they'll do
the same thing every time they go there.
They're just quiet.
Just mute.
I've nothing to say.
People on the autism spectrum.
Always have a lot to say, just like me and every single video I upload.
I just talk the talk and talk because I know I want to talk about something, but
in terms of girls and selective mutism, it's really bizarre because they will
talk and talk about that or subject again and again, and again and again,
but in terms of certain situations and certain crowds, they're just completely
silent, which is pretty interesting.
And I find that so fascinating because selective mutism, I mean, yeah.
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Let's get on to number two.
Number two is masking masking is where a female on the autism spectrum would
be, uh, pretending to be a persona putting on a front, if you will, like
acting out during the day to kind of get through awkward situations, like being
around a lot of people, social anxiety situations like in school or work or
traveling because they are wanting to.
Overcome this because it's kind of like the human nature to overcome it.
And girls are just experts at this masking, which is obviously one of
the reasons why it's difficult or more difficult to actually diagnose
females on the autism spectrum because of the masking, um, idea behind
it because they, they, they can't really see the symptoms or the, of
their traits or the characteristics because they're masking it at the
time, which is very, very interesting.
Um, and, and masking is something that's very, very apparent.
And, um, there are a bunch of really interesting
information that are about that.
Masking and girls on the spectrum, which I have put in a video in my playlist, or to
check out a lot of playlists I was talking about earlier, because I'll leave it on
the screen as well, because it was really, really interesting to see my friends who
are also female on the spectrum talking about their experiences with masks.
I think because I feel like it's something that everybody yeah.
On the spectrum does do from time to time.
But females in the autism spectrum.
Seem to do it consistently, which leads me to number three, which is
the next one in this set, right?
Because this kind of comes into play with this, and this is the end of the meltdown.
Now, if you're a female and you're on the spectrum and you've got about your
entire day masking from, as soon as you leave the house, as soon as you
come back, it's exhausting, exhausting, all that resource, all your mental
capacity to deal with the fact that.
You're kind of like freaking out inside and you're trying your best to act as
kind of cam as possible is to overcome these things as possible in work.
Cause you want to do your best and work in schools.
You want to do your best in school in university or in like a day out with
friends or whatever, because at the end of the day, you're trying to, you know,
fit in as much as possible in your mind.
To that situation or scenario that you're in, but when you come home and
you just lash out, because you just had all this, it's like holding all this
stuff and you kind of get home and you just kind of, you dump it all down.
And then you say, you know, enough is enough and that the smallest thing
can take you off, or you just kind of get so overwhelmed emotionally that
you just have this huge meltdown and you're crying for a panic attack.
And then it takes you all night to recover.
And then the whole process starts again, which is not a good cycle to be in, which
is why it's important to have a diagnosis, because then you can have access and.
How can support, you know, what he needed really by the end of the day,
meltdown is something that is very, very apparent and anybody who knows
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So number four is obsessive collecting.
Now people on the autism spectrum.
Typically have a, it's an obsessive interest, right.
A specific, special interest.
Like they might be really interested in race cars or airplanes or music
or whatever, and they kind of niche down into that and they learn all
the things about it and they'll read about it and they'll talk about it.
And that's their thing like min is, fight club, as you can see by my hat, but yeah.
Girls on the autism spectrum, actually take it a little bit of a step further.
And they actually do like an obsessive collection of stuff.
Like maybe a collection of Teddy bears or Carebears or books or DVDs, or
like small trinkets from kinder eggs.
It could be anything could even be nail varnish.
You can could be like shoelaces.
It could be anything, but they have collection of it.
And they collect all of those things.
Now moms and dads know expect to, I mean, because their basements garages
and their lofts and attics are full of the collectors items of the people
that they know are on the spectrum.
And, um, Yeah, it's, it's quite interesting.
And I think this is one of the most interesting ones, because they'll
they'll know everything like the Twilight thing, you know, everything
about the, why, all the characters and spin off stories and they'll have
all those DVDs and yeah, I love it.
And Harry Potter is a big one for people on the spectrum as well.
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Okay guys, number five is issues with friends.
Now, girls on the spectrum may find it really difficult to maintain friendships
because they have a reason, but had time relating to another person.
And yeah.
Uh, you know who people who are neuro-typical because the brain works
slightly differently to other people.
That's absolutely fine, but what is the outcome?
Well, the outcome is that they're going to have difficulties making
friends or maintaining friendships, which is absolutely fine, but
you know, helping support is definitely needed in those areas.
Okay.
Number six is exhaustion and fatigue.
Now think about it.
If you're a selective mute and you're trying to mask, and you've got all
these things going on in your mountain, down at the end of the day, and you're.
It's exhausting exhaustion and fatigue, and you're a female end of the day.
And your body's going through all kinds of changes and you growing up
and, you know, females have like the, the, the, the, like the rough end of
the stick, and then they have the bad children and all that kind of stuff.
So it's kinda like all of that mixed yeah.
With, uh, on top of the neural development or condition, like
autism can be very exhausting and fatigue, uh, written because.
Yeah, it's just exhausting.
It's a lot to deal with a lot to do with, you know, and hormones
racing, what, and the other, especially growing up in teenagers.
So if you know exactly what I'm talking about, guys, just yet, you know, you
know exactly, but thinking about it because exhaustion and fatigue, it
goes along with this lesson, it's a good way to figure that out and
something that probably people would never really spoke to you about, but
it's definitely in there on that list.
Okay.
Number seven is difficulty with eye contact.
And then we all know what people in the autism spectrum have difficulties
with eye contact, but in actual terms of actually trying to maintain eye
contact and in conversations and, uh, and social situations is super difficult
for people on the autism spectrum.
And it's no exception for the females.
Females have the exact same issue.
Um, um, they, uh, more, more or less prone to it, just like males are
with an autism spectrum disorder.
So if the other things match up and this one is also there.
Well, this is why, because they're definitely a leaning towards the fact
that maybe on the spectrum, okay.
Number eight is extreme shyness, or just being like quiet.
Now this comes from the fact that selective mutism and also a
personality of an introvert, like an introverted person wants to just
be quiet and do their own thing and potentially is shy around new people.
And that shyness can also come, come up with, with the selective
mutism and cause this kind of thing.
So, you know, that.
If you can tell your best friend or somebody who's like
a female who's on the spectrum.
And they're quite quiet in certain situations.
And they're quite reserved.
It's because of the fact that they have extreme shyness.
And I know like the people I say all the time, you know, like parents,
like, Oh, she's really, really shy.
And because she's more of an introverted person and she, I think about things
that are more stimulating rather than things that are not stimulating.
Like if you go to your friend's house to watch them, you know, eat.
go outside in the garden and listen to your mum and dad talk.
It's the most unstimulating thing ever, especially for
a kid who's on the spectrum.
So zone out and do their own thing.
That is shyness in a nutshell.
Okay.
So number nine, ultimate one is basically forsee eating, not fussy eating.
It's not really fussy eating.
It's actually.
A sensory processing disorder, where they have difficulty with eating certain
foods, because it's more like a picky eater because certain textures and
certain smells and certain kinds of formations of food can freak them out
and cause meltdowns, shutdowns, and all kinds of stuff that you don't really
want happening to you in your life.
So, um, fussy eating, you guys know exactly what I mean because you call
it fussy eating, but it's actually not.
I did a video, literally just on eating issues with autism
are ways around helping it.
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