7 Uncommon Autism Signs In Girls (YOU NEED To Know)

Here are 7 most uncommon autism signs in girls that you need to know.

Autism in girls can be hard enough to identify at the best of times, but given there are many traits and characteristics that are not that common, it can be a bit difficult.

Here are 7 uncommon autism sings in girls so you can have a bigger picture of the types of traits to notice.

1. not responding to their name by the time they are 12 months old
2. preferring not to be held or cuddled
3. not following instructions
4. not looking at something when another person points to it
5. losing certain skills, such as no longer saying a word they could use before
6. difficulty explaining what they want or need
7. difficulty understanding how other people are feeling

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[Rubywing]

I only like hugs when I'm the one initiating them.

[daphniefarkas]

I have such a hard time verbalizing my thoughts and feelings and I am notorious for writing long letters and text messages to get all of my thoughts out.

[anubisfan]

I am so bad at describing feelings, but sometimes I hear a song or picture and then suddenly I am like that's it.

[madisonm.]

Studies for autism are typically done exclusively on boys, which is why there is a significant bias toward males with autism in how people with autism are diagnosed and what symptoms of autism are. That is why there appears to be more boys with autism. Women with autism are much harder to diagnose because of this bias.

[fionascheibel]

I like hugs from trusted people. But it has to be tight hugs.

[acetraineraster]

"losing skills as time goes on"
Does this apply to us formerly-gifted people? We used to be gifted in things like language, but as time went on we starting falling behind and lagging not because we went into higher grades with people who share our same grade level, but because our brains just couldn't keep up anymore?...

[emilybeaudette]

When I look back at how I was when I was a child, I think I displayed a lot more signs of autism, but I made a huge effort in high school to learn how to be social, and now it’s harder to tell. But one thing I notice is that I don’t verbally respond to people most of the time, and I have to use a lot of energy to maintain a conversation. Is that common?

[alicewright]

At school I always hoped that the teacher wouldn't put someone next to me because I don't like people being around me.
I like super tight hugs or my duvet.

[bluedamsel]

If this information had been readily available back during my early years, it would have saved me from ridicule and receiving smacks for being 'unruly' or 'dumb'.

[shadowstar]

As a Girl on the spectrum i find this really interesting and looking at these signs and looking at my childhood i am surprised that the signs were so clear yet not me (as i found out about autism in 2017) or my family didn't see the signs earlier

[deonnastaples]

The losing skills thing, I always loved reading and was really good at it but now I get lost fast and hate reading

[jennifer]

That used to be a thing in my family. Mom would be talking about something asking if I messed it up or put it back in the wrong place, and she'd point to it, like this:
"Did you leave the coffee pot on?" (points to it)
I continue looking at her, thinking back about my day "Did I have coffee today? If so, when? Do I remember turning it off?" And before I could answer she'd get angry and say "Pay attention!" and point to the coffee machine again. Trying to focus on remembering and answering her question truthfully, I didn't want distraction, so I again wouldn't look.
"I'm asking you a question. (points again) The least you could do is look at what I'm pointing to. Answer me!"
I (despite all the distraction) arrive at the conclusion that, no, I didn't use it today so there's no way it was me that left it on, and so I say "No."
Then she'd reply "You didn't even look!", and I'd always reply "I KNOW what a coffee pot looks like, I don't need to look at it to tell you if it was me that left it on!"
She would fixate on the not looking part and blame me for everything anyway. 🤦

[kalenhightower]

I love how respectful and caring you are of women and girls on the spectrum. The language you use is so loving and even giving people tips on how to communicate through texts and emojis is so sweet. Thank you so much ❤️

[thatsprettygood]

Girls in general are taught that they must be social and be the one making people comfortable in a social envrionment. I think that is why girls with autism have better social skills or are better at hiding their symptoms, because a girl having autistic symptoms is a lot less accepted than a boy having them (though it is not particularly accepted in boys either).

[etheriaart]

When I went for my diagnosis, they said I can’t be “more on the spectrum” because I “give eye contact” (I don’t, i pretend) and I can tell people’s feelings. They showed me pictures of like monkeys or something and was like, are the monkeys happy or sad. So I said sad, he said why? I said, the other monkey bonked him on the head. The psychologist knew I’m a character artist. He was diagnosing me like a little boy. Also, I talked at 11 months old and walked at 12 months old. Reading by 2, all that. Everything else you said is me. Like if someone points I’m like... WHERE...WHAT?? I also HATE authority. “Because I said so” is NOT good enough. I have lost skills and I now exhibit dyspraxic traits as well as auditory processing issues. But I don’t feel I ever had these? I must have done. I dunno. It’s hard because they won’t diagnose me, they said I AM on the spectrum but they can’t say “you have ASD” because I can tell people’s feelings. Because I’ve learnt. Not because I just can. But they don’t know that do they.

I also can’t express what I need/want and I’ll just start crying and say THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT. it’s really fucking hard in a family setting. It makes everyone else’s life hard. That’s all I care about, I can be really fucking exhausting. Even for myself. Like even though I can tell from someone’s face what they’re feeling, I can’t guess. I can’t read the room. It’s fucking so hard. Or maybe they look sad, but they’re not? Idk it’s hard to explain, I’ll see myself out!

[ZukiTanuki]

I am losing skills as i get older. I used to be a super fast learner, my verbal skills used to be super eloquent and now i speak quite broken. I didn't realise this was a thing. Then again I have only been diagnosed for 4 years.

[lexTS]

I’m fourteen and I think I may be autistic.
Looking back, I realized I had a TON of meltdowns and still do.
The majority of my meltdowns were about my clothes. I hated how they felt, and it was really hard for me to find clothes that weren’t itchy.
I still do have trouble with clothing, but not as much.
I can’t talk to people I don’t know well, and i also can’t make eye contact with them.
I also don’t like to be completely verbal and tend to go a couple hours without talking.
I also tend not to not answer with talking. I usually don’t know what to say, or just don’t want to say it.
I don’t mind hugs all the time, but often I do pull away.
I like them if I’m the one who started it, or if I really need comforting.
I have a lot of trouble with instructions, following them, and remembering them.
I also have a really hard time with difficult school work. I break down a lot.
If I’m not fidgeting with something I start spinning my arms around.
As for the skill thing, I’ve never really paid attention, but I’m sure there are words I struggle with that I didn’t used to.
I tend to have a hard time sleeping too.
I’ll often go into my parents room and have them put me back to bed.
If I ask to sleep with them and they say no I get really upset and start crying myself to sleep.
I also have a really time opening up about things, and if I can’t get it out I get very angry and start yelling at the person I’m talking to.
For instance: I want to tell my mom I thing I have autism but I can’t. Of course there’s other things I have trouble saying but this is one of them.
I also have a really hard time relating to people, and understanding they don’t see things like I do.
Sooo how likely is it that I’m autistic? ‘:)

[amybe]

Hey my daughter responded not consistently. She has ASD level 2 and ADHD. She seeks tight hugs, bump into people. She rage a lot, she has difficulties following one simple instruction at a time, she has speech delay, echolalia, spins a lot, line up everything, form patterns...She is 4

My son in the other hand, doesn’t like to be cuddle, they are opposite.

Both of them have difficulties understanding people’s emotions and feelings...

[ausomeaspie]

I really struggle with feeling how other people are feeling. My boyfriend once accused me of being self centred. He said "Sometimes I don't think you think about other people's feelings."

Please talk more about loosing vocabulary. In my case sometimes I just forget very simple words, and I feel angry because of this. When i want to say somethings I just don't know the word like "paper" so I keep using words like "stuff". I mean a lot...