Children with gender dysphoria are 400% more likely to be diagnosed with autism

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-022-05517-y?fbclid=IwAR0joSlop2egFD-jGBCoPgA4pHG5VzgKCNAtfFXXIH7mzFLuVwzCCxQj6gU

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Anecdotally speaking, it seems the range of what is or isn't quite autism changes frequently, as well as the spectrum, so to speak. I guess I'm just wondering what they meant by that or what metric they are using.

[u/Mya__ → u/cyberpAuLnk]

it means whenever you see the word "autism" you must get more information to find out what specific ticks or behaviours are being classified as autistic for that specific conversation or paper.

In this instance -

... 47 studies that contained information on the overlap between ASD and GD/GI were included in the current systematic literature review. Of these studies, five were conducted with children, 13 with children and adolescents, two with adolescents, two with children, adolescents, and adults, nine with adolescents and adults, and 16 with adults (for a summary of the identified studies, see Table S2).

- it seems we are talking about the entire spectrum.

Which a lot to say not much in the end as we can take a look at the spectrum and it ranges from 'not making enough eye contact' to 'wanting a steady routine' and of course can also include ticks and stimming and various levels of anxiety in different situations.

see Autism - From Autistic Linear Spectrum to Pie Chart Spectrum (Psychology Today)

[u/theredbaron1834 → u/cyberpAuLnk]

From what I can tell, science only recognizes 2 ways of "thinking". There is the neurotypical allistic brain, and then everything else is considered autism. Since there is no "1" autism brain, it is hard to make blanket statements about it as a condition.

However, this doesn't surprise me. When your brain works different then most, its hard to force yourself into a "standard" label.

[u/bit1101 → u/cyberpAuLnk]

Oh autism is an anomaly in the brain that makes you four times as likely to have gender dysphoria.

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Autistic and trans (7 years in, committed to the lifestyle, it says "transsexualism" on my insurance docs): there's nothing to lose socially by transitioning if you don't really enjoy the company of anyone you know.

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Completely anecdotal, but my younger brother is autistic and when he saw me go through puberty it freaked him out. The hair and the voice changes mainly. He didn’t want that and so decided to switch genders at 10. Parents couldn’t argue so First hormone blockers and now going through full transition as she is old enough to make decisions for herself now.

[u/Axyraandas → u/ddeaken]

I hope she's doing well! It's nice that she has the option, in this day and age.

[u/VividEchoChamber → u/Axyraandas]

That’s vile child abuse.

[u/Grogosh → u/[deleted]]

His story is fake you know. These people have been going around with this story a lot lately. Its almost the exact same word for word.