Autism and trans

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Randomusername01 · 07/12/2018 17:16

As an autistic person and parent of autistic child, was horrified to read this article, and in particular this line One practical outcome of this research is that clinicians are recommending that autistic youth should be screened for gender dysphoria. Wtf. No no no.

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AspieAndProud · 07/12/2018 17:28

It was the autism correlation that peak transed me.

I think they have it backwards. Children presenting with gender dysphoria should be assessed for autism first.

If you are misdiagnosed with ASD that’s not going to lead to sterility, genital mutilation and a lifetime of hormone dependency.

scotsheather · 07/12/2018 17:26

I would prefer the reverse tbh. Screen all those teens coming to gender clinics for ASD and anything else thats formed their gender identity in a different way to their peers.

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