I felt sad reading that for a number of reasons.

For one, your characterisation of yourself as "developmentally disabled" when you're clearly very articulate. I have an ADHD diagnosis and normally use the term "neurodivergent". Of course, I'm a white woman, which might be why.

I joking-not-jokingly said that half of being "high functioning" was just being "middle class". I didn't grow up with money, but my school was in a middle class area, and I was labelled "creative" where a working class boy might have been "naughty".

Growing up, I had choices in what I did for a living: a "disability" for a factory worker is a "gift" for a freelance writer.

An interesting research finding is that women in places like Saudi Arabia are more likely to study STEM subjects because that gives them financial independence and an option to leave. It's not that men are better at maths, it's that women are better at English - when all things are equal, most choose to do the thing they find more interesting. Arts and humanities are luxuries now.

The usual qualification for therapist professions is a psychology degree, which is considered on the "softer" side: practitioners must have a high level of empathy and communication skills which women typically score higher on than men. Psychology degrees are not on the list of top-earning professions, so most men aren't motivated to overcome their slight disadvantage in these areas: it's just easier to study software engineering instead.

That might answer the gender question, but why the white woman thing?

Perhaps, and I'm speculating, it's the income thing. Based on my limited knowledge of the US, I understand that Black incomes are typically on the lower side, so if you have the chance to study for a degree that gets you a lower income job or a degree that gets you a higher income job, you'll probably choose the higher one.

Is that the ideal situation for you, or other people seeking treatment? No. Hopefully, though, it might point to an explanation based not on prejudice but simple economics. I hope to see a more diverse mix in future, but that's mostly reliant on people being able to choose their study fields and ultimate jobs on factors other than paying the rent.