Autism is more commonly diagnosed in males than females. One explanation is the 'female
protective effect': there is something inherent in being female which reduces the likelihood of …

The suggested overlap between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and gender dysphoria/
incongruence (GD/GI) has been much disputed. This review showed a relationship between …

Autistic masking is an emerging research area that focuses on understanding the conscious
or unconscious suppression of natural autistic responses and adoption of alternatives …

Social camouflaging describes the use of strategies to compensate for and mask autistic
characteristics during social interactions. A newly developed self-reported measure of …

Based on Francesca Happé's best-selling textbook, Autism: An Introduction to Psychological
Theory, this completely new edition provides a concise overview of contemporary …

Emerging research suggests overrepresentation of gender diversity among autistic youth.
Previous gender diversity research with autistic children has relied on parent-report based …

540 Autism 24 (3) many autistic individuals experience an incongruence between assigned
sex and gender identity (van der Miesen et al., 2016). In a recent Dutch study, around 15 …

Transidentity and autism frequently co-occur. Previous reviews have focused mainly on
frequencies. Here, we conducted a systematic review to condense all the studies and …

Social identities relate to psychological perceptions of group memberships and form part of
the self-concept. Socially identifying with groups has previously been found to associate with …

Gender identity is a core component of human experience, critical to account for in broad
health, development, psychosocial research, and clinical practice. Yet, the psychometric …