Gender

I understand there's apparently a higher proportion of transsexual (or transgender in general) people with ASD than in the general population, though I don't recall where I heard it offhand.  I'm both, for the record: both were apparent from a fairly young age but also buried for years too, so I was over 40 before they were formally diagnosed.  Better late than never, I suppose.

I occasionally hear people suggesting that patients (or their carers) should take an either/or approach to dealing with them based on the assumption that one may explain the symptoms of the other, although personally I don't agree and don't think that deferring investigation and treatment is a particularly good idea.  Delaying either wouldn't have been helpful to me, although delaying both was certainly most unhelpful of all.

I understand there's apparently a higher proportion of transsexual (or transgender in general) people with ASD than in the general population, though I don't recall where I heard it offhand.  I'm both, for the record: both were apparent from a fairly young age but also buried for years too, so I was over 40 before they were formally diagnosed.  Better late than never, I suppose.

I occasionally hear people suggesting that patients (or their carers) should take an either/or approach to dealing with them based on the assumption that one may explain the symptoms of the other, although personally I don't agree and don't think that deferring investigation and treatment is a particularly good idea.  Delaying either wouldn't have been helpful to me, although delaying both was certainly most unhelpful of all.