Responses Relating to Category 4, Theme 2: The Experiences of Feeling Different and Not Fitting in are Common Among Female Students with AS (Parent Participants) Age 6-9 (n=2) 10-13 (n=3) 14-17 (n=3) 0 0 3 (100%) Location Australia United States of United Canada (n=1) (n=5) America (n=1) Kingdom (n=1) 2 (40%) 1 (100%) 0 0 Among the adult participants, this theme was discussed in 14 (58%) of the surveys. It was described by participants in all age groups, and from all locations. Table 4.28 presents the age groups and locations of adult participants who discussed this theme. Table 4.28 Responses Relating to Category 4, 2: The Experiences of Feeling Different and Not Fitting in are Common Among Female Students with AS (Adult Participants) Age 18-24 (n=5) 25-34 (n=5) 35-44 (n=9) 45-54 (n=2) 55-64 (n=3) 3 (60%) 4 (80%) 4 (44%) 2 (100%) 1 (33%) Location Australia United United Canada Europe (n=7) States of Kingdom (n=3) (n=3) America (n=3) (n=8) 3 (47%) 7 (88%) 1 (33%) 2 (67%) 1 (33%) Participants described in detail the experiences which they or their daughters with AS had regarding not fitting in at school, and feeling different; for example: “I always felt very different in school like I was somehow and didn’t belong” ‘other’ (Adult Participant 23, Question 6). Some participants provided comprehensive
Responses Relating to Category 4, Theme 2: The Experiences of Feeling Different and Not Fitting in are Common Among Female Students with AS (Parent Participants) Age 6-9 (n=2) 10-13 (n=3) 14-17 (n=3) 0 0 3 (100%) Location Australia (n=5) United States of America (n=1) United Kingdom (n=1) Canada (n=1) 2 (40%) 1 (100%) 0 0 Among the adult participants, this theme was discussed in 14 (58%) of the surveys. It was described by participants in all age groups, and from all locations. Table 4.28 presents the age groups and locations of adult participants who discussed this theme. Table 4.28 Responses Relating to Category 4, 2: The Experiences of Feeling Different and Not Fitting in are Common Among Female Students with AS (Adult Participants) Age 18-24 (n=5) 25-34 (n=5) 35-44 (n=9) 45-54 (n=2) 55-64 (n=3) 3 (60%) 4 (80%) 4 (44%) 2 (100%) 1 (33%) Location Australia (n=7) United States of America (n=8) United Kingdom (n=3) Canada (n=3) Europe (n=3) 3 (47%) 7 (88%) 1 (33%) 2 (67%) 1 (33%) Participants described in detail the experiences which they or their daughters with AS had regarding not fitting in at school, and feeling different; for example: “I always felt very different in school like I was somehow ‘other’ and didn’t belong” (Adult Participant 23, Question 6). Some participants provided comprehensive
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