I’ve always known I think very differently, but I chalked it up to being “gifted.”
I always felt giftedness like a double-edged and heavy sword, but I was told I wasn’t trying hard enough.
We women are often told we aren’t trying hard enough.
Autism, now described as “autism spectrum disorder” (ASD) is massively underdiagnosed in girls and women. The ratio of boys to girls with ASD was officially 4:1. It’s been recently revised to 2:1.