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Gender identity

DONNA50

Hello first of all thanku for letting me join this community I have fought this year to get my adult son assessed for autism it has now bn confirmed after his first session last week that he is high spectrum autistic which I am very very grateful for this. In primary the teachers thought it too but I refused to believe it he is now 21 and it has bn confirmed that he is my question I want to ask is that he has a gender identity in which he feels different ie: You know were this is going can anyone else relate thanks

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  • Hi there. I don't personally, but I've been researching a lot in the last few months, and it comes up a lot that gender/sexual identiy is something that is more fluid on the spectrum -I think it was said to come down to not having the same societal need to conform  (See a site called Neurodivergent Insights -https://neurodivergentinsights.com/?swp_form%5Bform_id%5D=1&s=gender).

    I know people who have tranisitoned, and being supportive and affirming is the best thing you can do, and use the pronouns they identify with. If you get it wrong, correct yourself, this shows you can make mistakes but are willing to learn, and I was told this is validating for them until it becomes hard not to use their right terms!

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  • Hi there. I don't personally, but I've been researching a lot in the last few months, and it comes up a lot that gender/sexual identiy is something that is more fluid on the spectrum -I think it was said to come down to not having the same societal need to conform  (See a site called Neurodivergent Insights -https://neurodivergentinsights.com/?swp_form%5Bform_id%5D=1&s=gender).

    I know people who have tranisitoned, and being supportive and affirming is the best thing you can do, and use the pronouns they identify with. If you get it wrong, correct yourself, this shows you can make mistakes but are willing to learn, and I was told this is validating for them until it becomes hard not to use their right terms!

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