ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018
Autistic Traits in Treatment-Seeking Transgender Adults.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Gender Dysphoria/Incongruence. A systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Gender Dysphoria and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Among Adults with Gender Dysphoria and Their Clinical Phenotype.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Systematic review of prospective adult mental health outcomes following affirmative interventions for gender dysphoria.International journal of transgender health · 2025Review
- Phenotypic divergence between individuals with self-reported autistic traits and clinically ascertained autism.Nature. Mental health · 2025Article
- Research methods at the intersection of gender diversity and autism: A scoping review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- "You Are the Expert of Your Own Experience": A Thematic Analysis of Experiences of Autism and Gender Diversity in Adulthood.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- Autistic Traits, Gender Minority Stress, and Mental Health in Transgender and Non-Binary Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Theories on the Link Between Autism Spectrum Conditions and Trans Gender Modality: a Systematic Review.Review journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Review
- Development and Initial Validation of the Russian Version of the RAADS-14: A Self-Report Questionnaire to Assess Autistic Traits.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- Similar overall expression, but different profiles, of autistic traits, sensory processing, and mental health between young adult males and females.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2023Article
- Quantitative Analysis of Narrative Discourse by Autistic Adults of Underrepresented Genders.Autism in adulthood · 2023Article
- Effects of social complexity and gender on social and non-social attention in male and female autistic children: A comparison of four eye-tracking paradigms.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- Apparent autistic traits in transgender people: a prospective study of the impact of gender-affirming hormonal treatment.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2022Article
- Implicit and Explicit Gender-Related Cognition, Gender Dysphoria, Autistic-Like Traits, and Mentalizing: Differences Between Autistic and Non-Autistic Cisgender and Transgender Adults.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Autistic Traits, Empathizing-Systemizing, and Gender Diversity.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Sexual and Gender Minority Health in Neurology: A Scoping Review.JAMA neurology · 2021Article
- Mentalising Moderates the Link between Autism Traits and Current Gender Dysphoric Features in Primarily Non-autistic, Cisgender Individuals.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Autistic traits, systemising, empathising, and theory of mind in transgender and non-binary adults.Molecular autism · 2020Article
- Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals.Nature communications · 2020Article
- Gender identity, sexual orientation and adverse sexual experiences in autistic females.Molecular autism · 2020Article
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Abstract
The present study aimed to compare prevalence of autistic traits measured by the self-reported autism spectrum quotient-short (AQ-short) in a transgender clinical population (n = 656) matched by age and sex assigned at birth to a cisgender community sample. Results showed that transgender and cisgender people reported similar levels of possible autistic caseness. Transgender people assigned female were more likely to have clinically significant autistic traits compared to any other group. No difference was found between those assigned male. High AQ scores may not be indicative of the presence of an autism spectrum condition as the difference between groups mainly related to social behaviours; such scores may be a reflection of transgender people's high social anxiety levels due to negative past experiences.
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