I honestly think I might have it, it would explain a lot about me but I'm surprised that somalis with aspergers are almost nonexistent compared to low functioning ones
Has any here met a somali with aspergers instead of low functioning autism?
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Yes, my sister is but she is very low on the spectrum
Not Aspergers but similar situation, high functioning and gifted, it's harder to diagnose girls/woman.
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Grow up, do some research and educate yourself.
My brother who passed away few years ago from a car accident had asparagus. I think one of my cousins who is a doctor has asparagus too. I have another low functioning autistic cousin and my family used to blame his mom's side (who wasn't a Somali) for his illness and they used to say "that's what happens when you marry an Ajnabi" but that was in the 1990s.
Somalis are definitely more inclined for autism even if they marry out. My family have been out of Somalia for more than 70 years and we are riddled with autism. Some Somali families have been in Saudi Arabia since the the 1890s and in every family they have 2 or more kids with autism. I actually terrified of reproducing because of that disease. This disease is also common among bedouin descendant Saudis but not among villagers/farmers descendant Saudis which indicates that out ancestors nomadic life style had something to do with it.
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Damn seems like cousin marriage took its toll. We need to ban this shit ASAP.
Were you diagnosed late? I think doctors aren't familiar with how diverse representations of aspergers can be in women in comparison to men.
Ngl Iāve never been diagnosed and I donāt have any mental problems but ā¦ I have a lot of Aspergerās traits.. i wouldnāt be surprised if Iām undiagnosed.
Iām extremely awkward irl, definitely hyperfixate over shit and develop āspecial interestsā etc etc but I canāt say it irl cuz apparently itās āableistā to relate without a formal diagnosis
Itās whatever though 
I feel like whatever I got is an advantage for me anyways 
itās over for everyone once I fix up my attention span and finally get to work on my passions 
Yāall aināt ready at all
Iām extremely awkward irl, definitely hyperfixate over shit and develop āspecial interestsā etc etc but I canāt say it irl cuz apparently itās āableistā to relate without a formal diagnosis
Itās whatever though I feel like whatever I got is an advantage for me anyways itās over for everyone once I fix up my attention span and finally get to work on my passions Yāall aināt ready at all
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We tend to be riddled with low dopamine too, due to rs4680 snp, I'm more inclined to say environment more so then genetic is the cause of the recent uptick of autism and other disorders within Somalis, teenage cannabis usage is 11x more like to land the average somali into drug induced phychosis.
That sounds exactly like my life, I definitely think I have it and it would explain a lot about me
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