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46% of trans people disabled, 52% neurodiverse.

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 29/09/2021 22:33

I'm sure this has come up before - these figures are astonishing, but never seem to be explored in the reports. (This is from Trans Lives 2021 www.transactual.org.uk/trans-lives-21 )

I'm certain these numbers are way higher than in the general population?

Does being trans cause disabilities? Or why does being disabled make you more likely to be trans.

Surely these questions need to be answered rather than just pointed out and then ignored. I would be very interested to know if any of our trans readers have any insight into this?

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 30/09/2021 00:09

@SuperLoudPoppingAction

Threads like this can sometimes be tough to read as an autistic MNer. Sometimes it seems like the kiwi farms attitude to autism rubs off on folk here.

However there is a big overlap between being autistic and central sensitivity syndromes (someone is researching this for a PhD just now - Sarah Grant - she presented at this year's Playing A Part).
So that would be things like fibromyalgia, ehler danlos etc.

So it is quite likely someone may be autistic and physically disabled.

And we know neurodivergent people are more likely to identify as trans or non binary.

I think it's more likely that being neurodivergent is the core factor here. Rather than being disabled making you more likely to be trans or vice versa.

Genuine apologies, I didn't mean to be insensitive.

I had known about the possible link between autism and trans, but the link between disability and trans only seems to come up in these surveys. I was unaware of the correlation between autism and central sensitivity syndromes - that's really interesting!

I wonder why the link between autism and transpeople though it sounds like that could be worth further research.

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EmbarrassingAdmissions · 29/09/2021 23:41

neurodivergent people are more likely to identify as trans or non binary

Is this consistent through the age groups?

I would have as much confidence in Trans Actual's surveys, reports and statistics as I would in similar from Stonewall.

SuperLoudPoppingAction · 29/09/2021 23:31

Threads like this can sometimes be tough to read as an autistic MNer. Sometimes it seems like the kiwi farms attitude to autism rubs off on folk here.

However there is a big overlap between being autistic and central sensitivity syndromes (someone is researching this for a PhD just now - Sarah Grant - she presented at this year's Playing A Part).
So that would be things like fibromyalgia, ehler danlos etc.

So it is quite likely someone may be autistic and physically disabled.

And we know neurodivergent people are more likely to identify as trans or non binary.

I think it's more likely that being neurodivergent is the core factor here. Rather than being disabled making you more likely to be trans or vice versa.

WeeBisom · 29/09/2021 23:22

I’m also amazed at the stats like 80 percent of non binary people have experienced transphobia at work. I’d be curious to know what they mean by “transphobic” - the figures seem shockingly high.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 29/09/2021 23:07

Trans actual don't say who they are. Any idea who is the group of people who run it?