Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

In this webinar, Eileen Crehan, Ph.D., orients listeners to concepts and terms, and the state of science relating to sexual orientation and gender identity in autism. Resources on sexuality and relationship education programs are also shared for self-advocates, parents, and clinicians to aid in better supporting autistic individuals.
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[@tgmickey513]

I so wish the rest of the med and education professionals thought more like you. Unfortunately there are still many who are decades out of step.

[@HesterKrommendijk]

Extremely informative and really interesting! Being Dutch, it was a nice way of seeing a (semi-)objective presentation on this. You're giving a lot of other resources and informative data, without losing an academic way of looking at it.

[@horsequeen399]

I am a woman who has autism and I am attracted physical and emotional to women is that ok

[@StephenMatrese]

As an Aspie parent, I dread this talk with my NT kid

[@de-spenserofknowledge7107]

Thanks for this.

[@gabriellalaplace]

Thank you for the statistics and explanation of terms.

[@kennethreid7334]

I didn't know there was a specific corrolation between Autism and Queer Identity.

[@roblox_gamer1091]

THIS IS GOOD BACKGROUND AUDIO FOR FPS GAMES

[@gabriellalaplace]

When I think of male and female nothing comes to my mind, I'm most likely like someone who doesn't know. Sometimes I choose female online if there is no other option. Also, I'm asexual. I have not done a diagnostic test just screening test. I saved a few scores. Autism Canada said I was high risk. I got 38 and 30 to 50 is high risk. I got 20 out of 80 on the empathy quotient. So, I might be Level 1 Autism. I scored better than the average of non autistic people on a Repetitive Behavior Test. I have aphantasia and alexithymia.

[@shanesorensen7878]

Adult guardianship is a threat to gay rights and gender identity and something we need to address and possibly make a law that says that you must respect a wards right to be gay or transgender if you want guardianship over an adult autistic.

[@ziggy1285]

Research and statements very nicely formulated and presented.

[@homoerotic85]

I'm glad I found this video. I am cis-gay and at 36 years old I recently found out I am on the very end of the Autism spectrum. One interesting thing to me is my autism traits are closer to that of a female with autism than a guy. I think myself and most other gay guys I know has the heart and soul (mental compacity) of a woman so I wonder if that's why my autistic traits are closer to a woman's, or if it's something deeper. I'm wondering if there is any research about depression and autism. Up until age 24 I didn't have or experience anxiety or depression. Once it hit, it hit hard. I can definitely say that if I never had depression I would have never realized I was autistic. The worse my depression the more pronounced my autistic traits appear. For example- before depression I would regularly talk on the phone and have conversations for hours. It always felt a little odd speaking on the phone I always liked in person conversations much better. Once depression & anxiety took over it became harder and harder to have a conversation on the phone. For about 10 or more years I now have a phobia of phone calls specifically for personal calls- calls just to talk. I don't mind business phone calls because they are pretty black and white and for a reason.

[@learningnochoice]

I find it difficult to express my gender. I feel like I have no gender. Others have the experience that they are befriend with a guy... But I am a women. But I am. Indifferent with regard to my gender.

[@johnsonbrown134]

Thank you!

[@jackclegg7222]

A very good intelligent talk thank you 😊

[@rachelrock1577]

The statistic "at least 5% of pregnancies have a chromosome combination other than that" is presented misleadingly, as if to suggest almost 5% of the population has sex chromosome abnormalities. No! Most pregnancies with abnormal chromosome number, aka "anneuploidies" are not carried to term. Then, you have to consider tht most humans have 46 total chromosomes, only 2 being sex chromosomes. Thus, the number of people born with some sort of sex chromosome abnormality is closer to 1/450.

[@dzheykhud98]

im autistic but i aint part of the lgbt community you cant just predict that every autistic person is gonna be part of the lgbt.

[@graysonnoelle929]

Thanks for this. I lived in Park City Utah for most of my teenage years. During my sophomore year of high school I never learned about about the LGBTQ+ community and domestic violence. I came out as a lesbian on December 11th 2015 and came out as non binary on February 6th 2021 and officially diagnosed with Level 2 ASD on October 17th 2021.

[@cindy6576]

My boyfriend and I do t hug hold hands or kiss. I don’t try out of respect. Would it ever be appropriate for me to try to make that happen one. In a while? If I did, is there a way to do that without making him uncomfortable? I respect him and so r want him to mask. I love him as he is but holding hands occasionally would be nice for me if he also enjoyed it too but I don’t think he would or else he’d do it. I focus on much better connections we have than typical Hans holding and kissing. Hugs a are la second with him patting my back. I don’t want to change him but curious if I should initiate a little bit and if so, how.

[@2TROLL1]

If I'm sexually attracted to a tree' and there's no one in the forest to see me'; am I a tree?