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Busting Autism Myths

My Friend Autism

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The Myth of Autistic Kids

This is a massive myth. Only boys can be autistic. Autistic girls and women often camouflage your autism much better at imitating social skills, suppressing some of their autistic characteristics. Diagnosed later in life than boys and men. And therefore, it seems like only boys get it, but it's just not true. It just shows that the community, the medical profession have a long way to go to catch up on the best way to diagnose women, diagnose girls on a specific way. There's no use trying to diagnose a girl on a test built for boys, right? It doesn't make any sense. But it's a myth. If you ever hear that, oh no, my

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