Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people's experiences of health and healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autistic people and transgender/gender diverse people experience poorer healthcare experiences and greater risk of diagnosed, suspected, and assessment recommended health conditions, compared to non-autistic and cisgender individuals, respectively. Despite this, there is a paucity of studies on the healthcare experiences and health outcomes of transgender/gender diverse autistic individuals.

Methods

We compared the healthcare experiences and health outcomes of cisgender autistic (n = 1094), transgender/gender diverse autistic (n = 174), and cisgender non-autistic adults (n = 1295) via an anonymous, self-report survey. All individuals whose sex assigned at birth did not match their current gender identity were categorized as transgender/gender diverse; this was pos

SUBMITTER: Green K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748291 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature