Published on 12, July, 2020
I wondered wether there’s something in being on the autism spectrum and having reduced sexual desire-not come across anything in my reading yet so wondered what people’s experiences are? Oh and asking as a woman too. Thanks
Is this any use to you?
https://autism-help.org/adults-aspergers-sexual.htm
" … People with ASD appear to have a lower sexual drive and minority sexual status is overrepresented compared with the non-clinical population. … " :
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087961#s5
Just to mention that the first link copies part of:https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A_survival_guide_for_people_on_the_autistic_spectrum#Sexual_relationshipsI wouldn't agree with the generalisations about men and women, but maybe it has some useful basic ideas about dating and the article opens saying there is a lot of diversity of sexuality on the spectrum, which there is.
The second link may overgeneralise, as so happens to autistic people. As mentioned below, a greater proportion of ASD women (and men) have less frequent desire to be with a partner, but that's not true for all autistic people by far.
Some more recent research (both open access):Dubreucq and Dubreucq (2021) 'Toward a Gender-Sensitive Approach of Psychiatric Rehabilitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Systematic Review of Women Needs in the Domains of Romantic Relationships and Reproductive Health' https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpsyt.2021.630029
Joyal et al (2021) 'Sexual Knowledge, Desires, and Experience of Adolescents and Young Adults With an Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study' https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpsyt.2021.685256
Interesting 1st article, haven't read the 2nd one yet---but very cool.