Behavioural phenotypes of autism in autistic and nonautistic gender clinic-referred youth and their caregivers.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, referrals of youth to specialised gender services have risen sharply, with ~11% of these youth diagnosed as autistic compared with a general population rate of ~1%. In two preregistered studies, we addressed this insufficiently understood intersection. In Study 1, we examined the number and developmental trajectory of autism traits in autistic and nonautistic gender clinic-referred and cisgender youth (aged 7-16 years) using both screening measures (Autism-Spectrum Quotient Children's Version and Autism-Spectrum Quotient Adolescent Version, Social Communication Questionnaire-Lifetime) and diagnostic tools (Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, Brief Observation of Symptoms of Autism). In Study 2, we examined autism traits among the caregivers of participants from each group

SUBMITTER: Kallitsounaki A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12717293 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature