Trans adults more likely to be autistic, Times article

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Igneococcus · 08/08/2020 09:13

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d1661bf8-d8e9-11ea-8f95-6d813022b2d7?shareToken=97ad8c8db000611477b2450e544f28b2

According to this article both sex and gender can get "assigend" at birth.

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Igneococcus · 08/08/2020 10:04

The article is terribly muddled but then some of the scientists quoted seem just as muddled.

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wagtailred · 08/08/2020 09:55

This is really worrying. My son attends a special school where over 50% of the cohort has autism as their primary need. They are very vulnerable children and our experience of medical professionals is many have very little understanding of autism. I think some NICE guildelines about gender and autism need to be drawn up that are different than the standard ones.
Eg my son has long hair so he can hide behind his hair and because he hates scissors. His best friend is a girl who has a short back and sides as she hates washing and brusing her hair due to sensory issues.

wellbehavedwomen · 08/08/2020 09:53

and if they had received a diagnosis of autism or other psychiatric conditions such as depression or schizophrenia.

Well, that summarises the level of the article.

BaronessWrongCrowd · 08/08/2020 09:47

'Assigned sex at birth.' No, your sex is observed, unless it relates to an intersex condition. Ffs

JanMeyer · 08/08/2020 09:44

That article seems to think autism is a "psychiatric condition," you'd hope if someone was publishing an article related to autism they would have done some basic googling, because at least then they'd know autism was a developmental disorder.

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