Autism, Sex and Science: Simon Baron-Cohen at TEDxKingsCollegeLondon

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  @lorienholistichealth5124 · 1 year ago

  I'm a girl but i always preferred boys toys as a child - now at  44, I'm diagnosed with autism and ADHD. I feel relieved with my diagnosis because it explains many of my past challenges and takes away the thought that I'm insane and loosing my mind.

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  @jofox8066 · 9 years ago

  I have autism, I graduated from Cambridge in Natural Sciences and went on to become a software engineer.  I am very pattern orientated in everything and,also fitting the description, my father was an engineer.

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• TI

  @Time_Bender · 8 years ago (edited)

  This guy must have won a whissssstle competition in his childhood.

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• VE

  @vegggiiieee · 10 years ago

  I know this video is from before she won, but I&apos;m surprised no one has mentioned Maryam Mirzakhani yet!<br>I don&apos;t why so many people feel offended by this video. He stated facts, he did not reinforce any stereotypes what so ever. Heck, he even said women&apos;s science ability is just as men&apos;s, they just apply it differently. On AVERAGE, damn it. I think this video is great, and, as a female with autism, I can relate.

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  @Manny123-y3j · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m not sure why people get so upset about this talk. I&apos;ve yet to see anyone produce any facts disproving what he&apos;s said. It&apos;s like people don&apos;t understand that something isn&apos;t wrong just because they don&apos;t like it. :/

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• SU

  @summerparker6555 · 9 years ago

  Thank for you the &quot;easy to understand&quot; facts. This is really interesting as my son has autism and his father and both grandfathers are highly skilled technician/mechanics. Which to me is kin to engineering in a sense.

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• TH

  @theanarchonazbolinquisition · 9 years ago (edited)

  I have aspergers and my dad is an engineer, my my what a coincidence!

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• AN

  @anthead7405 · 4 years ago

  Asprenger syndrom mathematician here, it is nice to here I have macsuline brain.

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• IR

  @Irene-gq4jr · 7 years ago

  Isn&apos;t it the case that girls play with dolls and boys play with cars because that&apos;s what they&apos;re given? I generally pulled my dolls apart to see how they fitted together. I put nice clothes on them because I had a creative eye. By the time I was given a keyboard and taught myself to read music around 8 years old I&apos;d long lost interest in the dolls, and preferred organizing my seamstress mum&apos;s button collection instead. Learning to be sociable and not put my foot in my mouth every time was a long, painful journey for me, one that resulted in being bullied or ostracised at times. Overanalysis of situations helps you overcome that, but it can be a long time coming. However the anxiety never goes. ASD doesn&apos;t always look like Rainman.

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• GA

  @gaillewis5472 · 9 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEYy1GXaNNY&amp;t=313">5:13</a> that 8 pattern is CRAZY! I was taught the times table trick, but have never seen one so extensive.

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  @seatbelttruck · 10 years ago

  There is some question as to whether males are actually more commonly autistic than females... The original study of autism was done strictly with boys, and females display slightly different symptoms than males, which are often less easy to spot. Now, maybe it&apos;s truly more common in males, but further research would be interesting, and could be helpful to women and girls who are on the spectrum but fell through the cracks when it came to diagnosis. <br><br>I can get the Einstein diagnosis, but how is there enough information on Newton to make that kind of guess?<br><br>Anyway, as a female with autism, this is a bit boring since it&apos;s pretty much brushing me aside.

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• LA

  @Larfamaan · 10 years ago

  Can&apos;t handle the high pitched s&apos;es

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