Quick takeaways

• Asperger's is a neurological disorder characterized by social communication difficulties, interruption of normal brain functions, sensory sensitivities, and motor skill impairment, but individuals with Asperger's share traits such as special interests, love for learning, naivete, literal thinking, clumsiness, meltdowns due to emotional overload, persistence, high integrity, detail orientation, and logic.

• Asperger's is often overlooked in women and girls due to the belief that it is a male-dominated condition, and the tendency of females to mask their symptoms, lack of research on girls, and a lack of specialized tests for women, making it essential to conduct more research and increase understanding to improve the diagnosis of Asperger's in females.

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