When conducting research of autism within females it became apparent that often females with autism were described as ‘anxious’ hence why it was harder to give them the correct diagnosis. But it was also mentioned that people who deal with autism could sometimes develop mental health issues for example anxiety and depression due to the fact that most autistic people try to mask their autistic traits which is a lot of pressure to be dealing with on the daily, as shown to the side 59% of autistic people said that anxiety had a great impact on their lifestyle as it was leading to exhaustion & meltdowns with some dealing with fatigue and burnout which can obviously massively affects someone’s quality of life.
National Autistic Society (2023)