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Article saying that transgender people are more likely to be autistic


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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8603733/Transgender-people-likely-autistic-study-reveals.html

 

We've been saying on this forum for YEARS that nonbinary people are autistic at a much higher rate than the general population, and vice versa… What do you think?

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Yep correlations between autism and transgender identities, and autism and non-hetero orientations, have been well established in the research literature for years.

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Phantasmal Fingers

Fake Ted might be autistic - but he's also not arsed about it! 🙂

 

But @Take Fed is definitely very arsed about it. 😉

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Disclaimer- I'm not an expert of psychology/neuroscience.

 

Personally, I suspect that, since people on the autism spectrum tend to be less wedded to social norms, this might manifest as a higher coming-out rate.

There's also the possibility (not mutually exclusive) that having sensory/social issues makes gender dysphoria worse.

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12 hours ago, Karst said:

Disclaimer- I'm not an expert of psychology/neuroscience.

 

Personally, I suspect that, since people on the autism spectrum tend to be less wedded to social norms, this might manifest as a higher coming-out rate.

There's also the possibility (not mutually exclusive) that having sensory/social issues makes gender dysphoria worse.

Yeah, I suspect that's the most likely thing.

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