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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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  • Thankyou everyone for your kind words we are navigating this with my son this is very overwhelming for me I can't imagine what it feels like for my son who has high spectrum autism and yes my son will be joining this the doors are opening for him now i will let yourselves know that he has masked and hidin his gender dysphoria which I have just come across 1 wk prior to his pycholigist appointment this is raw and I'm trying to soak in this information on top of his autism and gender dysphoria connection is with autistic young adults I'm still learning 

  • in reply to DONNA50

    I have a transgender child (ADHD, rather than autism). It is sad that most of the trans people he knows have some level of alienation from their parents and other family members. Not something that has happened in my family, despite autistic dislike of change on my part. If you remain supportive of your child, you will be doing the most constructive thing you could possibly do.

  • in reply to Martin
    • Thank you so much martin for uour kind words I will stand by my son her/she as I said its very overwhelming finding out the autism and gender dysphoria but I will stand by her we go through this journey together thanku for your kind words 
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  • in reply to DONNA50

    You are very welcome. I have come to the conclusion, after trying hard to understand gender dysphoria, that I will never be able to have more than a superficial and intellectual understanding. This is because I have never experienced it myself. However, I think that this is fundamentally unimportant, compared to the continuing and unwavering support that my son will have from me.