Autism Spectrum Disorder and Gender Dysphoria
The CDC indicates that 1 in 36 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network.
This represents a sharp increase up from 1 in 10,000 in 1970.
There has also been a less well delineated rise in gender dysphoria (GD) which is driving the clinical development of transgender medicine.
A natural question is: could ASD and GD be linked?
While the epidemiology of both conditions is not well developed, several papers have reviewed the available evidence and have found a link.
Van Der Miesen et al, in a narrative review concluded that about 20 percent of GD patients indeed have ASD.
When large, well performed epidemiological studies are completed it would not be a surprise if ASD is found to be an independent risk factor for GD.
More complex analyses will be needed to understand if both conditions, which co-exist, have common pathophysiological determinants.
So the next time there is a news story on transgender rights, surgical advancement, hormone therapy, and psychological outcomes, keep in mind that autism is likely playing a role in the interpretation of what is portrayed to the public.
References
Data & Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder, CDC 2023
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Correlation is not causation. The rise in vaccine-related ‘autism-like’ symptoms may satisfy fluid criteria for the DSM-V, but it can hardly be described as true ASD, a genetic birth defect. To link Autism to Gender Dysphoria is as non-sensical as saying all gun owners are potential mass murderers. GD is a propensity to become psychologically imprinted by unqualified activists and enablers to “explain” complex psychoses to the sufferer of them.
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