Influenced by theories of intersectionality, performativity and gender hegemony, this review
sought to explore the intersection of autism and gender in qualitative research into autistic …

While disabilities studies scholars have already taken a great step forward in integrating the
theory of intersectionality, progress is still required. Many theoretical and empirical disability …

The term 'pathological demand avoidance'was first coined in 1983. In recent years,
diagnostic tools have emerged to enable practitioners to identify, name and treat …

While trans identities are typically understood through the distress-based concept of* gender
dysphoria*, some trans people use the term* gender euphoria* to describe their …

This analysis argues that social deficit theories exacerbate the worst excesses of the
medical model, a framework that attributes autism (in this example) as the cause of a …

Background: Being nonheterosexual and noncisgender appears to be more common
among autistic people. This intersection of identities is often stigmatized in research and …

My intentions for this book started from a very simple premise: transgender young people
exist, they know who they are, and they deserve all of the support and care we can give …

Background: This article addresses a gap in current research by considering perceptions of
gender within autistic adults raised as girls. Methods: We report on an online focus group, in …

Purpose: Autistic disorder (AD), Asperger's syndrome (AS), and pervasive developmental
disorder–not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) have been removed from the Diagnostic and …

The paper examines first-hand accounts of differently gendered emotional experience of the
autism spectrum drawn from responses to online surveys, blogs and published …