Does it Matter Whether Autism Makes People Trans? #shorts

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[thatonerandomautistic]

I'm autistic and I'm a girl. I am weird and my sensory issues and social skills affects the way I look and feel. People think I'm trans. I'm not. I'm a girl who has short hair, is only able to wear athletic shorts and t shirts, and hangs out with boys. My aitism contributes to all of this.

[mediangamer]

Autism is a thing that varies completely between everyone who has it, no two autistic people actually have the same disorder, it’s a spectrum that has infinite differences. A lot of people share some similarities but that’s because they’re common factors. There will always be different things like sensory preferences. So what this means is that autism makes someone different from one another the same way someone with a neurotypical mind is different to other neurotypical people. It technically has an effect on if you end up as trans or not. But the same argument can be made for someone who doesn’t have autism, or literally any other mental illnesses/disorders and whatnot. I’m autistic myself and I’m rather happy being a heterosexual sis male. And I’m happy with myself this way. It’s different for others because others are just always different, autistic or not.

[ELIAHAVAH]

THANK YOU!

My therapist specializes in autism; and she said she was going to a conference where they were potentially going to be discussing this very topic – high rates of gender dysphoria among autistic patients. She asked me my opinion.

I said, “WHO CARES? What, because they're autistic, does that suddenly make them NOT trans? Are autistic people incapable of knowing themselves?” (Later she said she quoted me in her talk at the conference, hahahaha.)

But ya, it's PURE ablism.

[silverish]

Exactly. Like it's nice if we can learn more about this potential connection to better understand both being autistic and being trans, but it shouldn't influence how you treat a person. Autism or not people should still respect a person's gender identity, no reason to assume it's suddenly not real.

[felaax]

I agree, and it seems logical that the people that are both on the spectrum and trans don't care. But still I feel like it is an interesting correlation, that could help us further understand things about both autism and being trans.

[SiLLySWIRLEEy]

I’m autistic and when I tell people oh I do this oh I am this then people are like “it’s because you have autism and y-your ADHD!”

[autumndawn]

I think the people who say that really mean “How do you know that once you deal with your autism symptoms that you’ll still feel like you’re trans?” You don’t. There are people who have said that once they managed their autism they realized it basically cleared up the idea that they were trans. I don’t see a problem with that at all. In fact, I think people with actual gender dysphoria would love to find ANY way to not have that feeling anymore (thus why they go through altering their bodies entirely). Thus, if you’re unwilling to manage your autism to possibly mitigate feelings of gender dysphoria, then perhaps you don’t have actual gender dysphoria? Point is, it does make sense why it matters.

[marysheedy]

Autism often makes people feel uncomfortable in their bodies. Old-fashioned rules for males and females work for most autistic people. The result is that autistic people often identify as trans.

[nancygonzalez]

Yes it does. Autism does NOT make you trans. Autism makes you different and trans people make them think they are trans.

[natecorsn]

autism is one thing but I fucking hate it when people try to say its caused by trauma.

[keir]

Ha ha yeah I consider myself as genderless since I was a kid but I didn't find out that I've got aspergers until I was 38 and ironically I already knew that there's a link between the two but because I'm dyslexic plus deaf in my right ear I thought that cancelled out the asd

[vetar]

Try telling this to "progressive" Norway

[Brutus]

you are insane, you can't just ignore the freudian unconscious

[Rayunn]

wtf i'm autistic but i still am not trans i'm a boy so i won't disrespect god who made me a boy