TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the Link
T2 - Evidence of the Rates of Autism in Studies of Gender Diverse Individuals
AU - Strang, John F.
AU - Janssen, Aron
AU - Tishelman, Amy
AU - Leibowitz, Scott F.
AU - Kenworthy, Lauren
AU - McGuire, Jenifer K.
AU - Edwards-Leeper, Laura
AU - Mazefsky, Carla A.
AU - Rofey, Dana
AU - Bascom, Julia
AU - Caplan, Reid
AU - Gomez-Lobo, Veronica
AU - Berg, Dianne
AU - Zaks, Zosia
AU - Wallace, Gregory L.
AU - Wimms, Harriette
AU - Pine-Twaddell, Elyse
AU - Shumer, Daniel
AU - Register-Brown, Kelly
AU - Sadikova, Eleonora
AU - Anthony, Laura G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Turban and van Schalkwyk assert in their Translations article, “‘Gender Dysphoria’ and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is the Link Real?,”1 that an over-representation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in gender dysphoria is unsupported based on current evidence. They suggest that increases on ASD-related measures in transgender and gender-diverse groups are likely due to the nonspecificity of ASD screening tools (ie, false positives). They posit that findings of apparent ASD increases in gender-diverse youth might stem from “environmental factors related to social deprivation,” namely “a high prevalence of minority stress, poor peer relationships, and familial non-acceptance.” They suggest that in this context these social characteristics “could represent a reversible condition, because these patients do not have the intrinsic social cognitive deficits that underlie ASD.”1
AB - Turban and van Schalkwyk assert in their Translations article, “‘Gender Dysphoria’ and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is the Link Real?,”1 that an over-representation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in gender dysphoria is unsupported based on current evidence. They suggest that increases on ASD-related measures in transgender and gender-diverse groups are likely due to the nonspecificity of ASD screening tools (ie, false positives). They posit that findings of apparent ASD increases in gender-diverse youth might stem from “environmental factors related to social deprivation,” namely “a high prevalence of minority stress, poor peer relationships, and familial non-acceptance.” They suggest that in this context these social characteristics “could represent a reversible condition, because these patients do not have the intrinsic social cognitive deficits that underlie ASD.”1
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.04.023
DO - 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.04.023
M3 - Letter
C2 - 30392631
AN - SCOPUS:85055914544
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 57
SP - 885
EP - 887
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -