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Reubs J Walsh1, Lydia Krabbendam2, Jeroen Dewinter3,4
1Faculty of Behaviour and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, TR-3B-84, van der Boerchorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.j.walsh@vu.nl.
Abstract:
Prior research has shown an elevation in autism traits and diagnoses in individuals seen for gender related consultation and in participants self-identifying as transgender. To investigate this relationship between autism and gender identity from a new angle, we compared the self-reported autism traits and sensory differences between participants with autism who did or did not identify with their assigned sex (i.e. cisgender or trans and non-binary, respectively). We found broad elevation of most cognitive autism traits in the trans and non-binary group (those who identified with a gender other than their assigned gender), and lower visual and auditory hypersensitivity. We contrast these data to existing hypotheses and propose a role for autistic resistance to social conditioning.
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