- Children and adolescents on the autism spectrum are disproportionately represented among the large, newly emerging cohort of children claiming to be transgender.
- Over the past 10 years, there have been at least nine studies connecting Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and transgender identities.
- Rates of autistic traits in these studies range from 5% to 54% among those with gender dysphoria, significantly higher than among the general population.
