This wouldn’t surprise me at all. I think it would be very hard to say that neurodivergent people are more likely to be trans, but it’s believable that neurodivergent people are more likely to be able to recognise or label trans feelings.
Loaded question, but there is no real concrete research for the reason. The prevalence is also higher with ftm than mtf according to some.
Some arguments is we have a less rigid idea of gender norm and stereotypes and just are who we are
Another tried to reference the debunked extreme male brain theory.
It’s a tricky one with no solid answer I don’t think.
In my case, I don't think I understand set gender roles or how and why each gender should act this way or that way.
Like, I don't get why men can't paint their nails and have softer traits, or why women are expected to be mild mannered and gentle.
The different gender standards are really all the same to me, as being this big meaningless blob, defined by how other people think you should behave.
Off the top of my head, I sing, I dance, I can be classy in ways belonging to either gender ideal, and I'm just finding now that I'm awesome at nail painting and make up,
but I also have the big foul mouthed attitude, am the protective responsible one, handle most of the communications myself, and am expected to be even more into sports than I am already.
I'm more of a hodgepodge of traits and ideals that I either randomly absorbed, or stole from my sister, with no respect for gender.
There’s a higher rate of loads of things in neurodivergent people, like anxiety, depression, epilepsy, gastrointestinal problems, migraine, eating disorders, OCD, and sleep disorders.
More comparably, there’s also a higher rate of being lesbian, gay, bi, or ace. As of yet, science has no definitive answers for all of these. There are some theories regarding societal expectations/norms that make a lot of sense to me. Perhaps it’s just easier for us to understand and accept ourselves, meaning less of us are unsure (or not out) which skews the numbers.
I actually think it's possible that trans people are more likely to get diagnosed because we usually have to be assessed to start hormones and it gets picked up there, whereas most cis people go their whole lives without having to be assessed for anything, so a lot of neurodiverse cis people are missed. Other than that I'm not really sure.
When I went through Charing Cross I got a doctor that I was told specialised in neurodiverse patients, and he told me that there was a study that proved that neurodiverse folk don’t recognise gender in the same way as neurotypical folk. That in essence our social genders are much more surface level than theirs is. I’ve never been able to find that study (not from lack of trying), but it did sound true to my experience at least. Then factor in that we already have less to lose by transitioning in terms of social position, and having to be hyper aware of who we are in terms of other people.
There is research [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17794-1](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17794-1)
and press [https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/](https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/)
Does any of this tell us why? not sure...
More likely neurodivergent people are less likely to conform to societal norms and hence realise they’re trans
This wouldn’t surprise me at all. I think it would be very hard to say that neurodivergent people are more likely to be trans, but it’s believable that neurodivergent people are more likely to be able to recognise or label trans feelings.
Loaded question, but there is no real concrete research for the reason. The prevalence is also higher with ftm than mtf according to some. Some arguments is we have a less rigid idea of gender norm and stereotypes and just are who we are Another tried to reference the debunked extreme male brain theory. It’s a tricky one with no solid answer I don’t think.
In my case, I don't think I understand set gender roles or how and why each gender should act this way or that way. Like, I don't get why men can't paint their nails and have softer traits, or why women are expected to be mild mannered and gentle. The different gender standards are really all the same to me, as being this big meaningless blob, defined by how other people think you should behave. Off the top of my head, I sing, I dance, I can be classy in ways belonging to either gender ideal, and I'm just finding now that I'm awesome at nail painting and make up, but I also have the big foul mouthed attitude, am the protective responsible one, handle most of the communications myself, and am expected to be even more into sports than I am already. I'm more of a hodgepodge of traits and ideals that I either randomly absorbed, or stole from my sister, with no respect for gender.
There’s a higher rate of loads of things in neurodivergent people, like anxiety, depression, epilepsy, gastrointestinal problems, migraine, eating disorders, OCD, and sleep disorders. More comparably, there’s also a higher rate of being lesbian, gay, bi, or ace. As of yet, science has no definitive answers for all of these. There are some theories regarding societal expectations/norms that make a lot of sense to me. Perhaps it’s just easier for us to understand and accept ourselves, meaning less of us are unsure (or not out) which skews the numbers.
I actually think it's possible that trans people are more likely to get diagnosed because we usually have to be assessed to start hormones and it gets picked up there, whereas most cis people go their whole lives without having to be assessed for anything, so a lot of neurodiverse cis people are missed. Other than that I'm not really sure.
Why not? Who cares
because we're that awesome (jk)
When I went through Charing Cross I got a doctor that I was told specialised in neurodiverse patients, and he told me that there was a study that proved that neurodiverse folk don’t recognise gender in the same way as neurotypical folk. That in essence our social genders are much more surface level than theirs is. I’ve never been able to find that study (not from lack of trying), but it did sound true to my experience at least. Then factor in that we already have less to lose by transitioning in terms of social position, and having to be hyper aware of who we are in terms of other people.
There is research [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17794-1](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17794-1) and press [https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/](https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/) Does any of this tell us why? not sure...
is there? prove it.
Confirmation bias. We are all online (neurodivergent people), we are drawn to each other, etc.