Reproductive health and healthcare experiences in autistic and non-autistic individuals assigned female at birth.

Lili Bokor, Francesca Happé, Elizabeth Weir, Donghao Lu, Gavin R Stewart, Miriam I Martini, Mark J Taylor

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Lili BokorDepartment of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-4160-4401

Francesca HappéSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, London, UK.

Elizabeth WeirAutism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Donghao LuInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Gavin R StewartSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, London, UK.

Miriam I MartiniInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3654-4088

Mark J TaylorDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Abstract

BackgroundDespite increased recognition of autism in women and girls, their reproductive health remains underexplored. Understanding reproductive health burden and healthcare experiences is essential to identifying barriers and improving support for conditions that can impact quality of life.ObjectivesInvestigate reproductive health and healthcare experiences among autistic compared to non-autistic individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB).DesignWe conducted a cross-sectional online survey in the UK (April 2024-July 2025) among individuals AFAB aged 18-40 years recruited via convenience-sampling from autism networks, social media, and Prolific.MethodsIn total, 311 participants were included (165 self-reported autistic [

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Autistic DisorderHealthcare DisparitiesReproductive HealthAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited KingdomYoung Adultautismcross-sectionalgynecological conditionshealthcare inequalitiesmenstrual healthreproductive health

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PMID42411262

DOI10.1177/17455057261465645

PMCPMC13342387

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