Autism Comorbidities
The plan for Spring/Summer 2009 was to cover a variety of autism comorbidities (Tourette’s, SPD, Depression, and ADHD to name a few). This was done in alternating week fashion. Week 1 of each comorbidity is a post about the symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy for the disorder. Week 2 is a personal story written by a parent whose child had an ASD and the comorbidity discussed the previous week.
Those covered:
- Migraine: the Facts
- Migraine: a personal perspective
- Sensory Processing Disorder: The Facts
- SPD: A Mother’s Perspective
- Tourette’s Syndrome: The Facts
- Tourette’s Syndrome: A Mom’s Perspective
Have you researched comorbidity with Gender Identity Disorder? I am transgendered and know of a lot of other transgendered folk that are Aspies. It’s interesting.
I’ve seen that as well on WrongPlanet. It seems transgenerderism and autism often overlap, as do autism and homosexuality. I wonder if it is a genetic/biological relationship, or a product of the social environment(ie autistics/Aspies having less concept of stigma, and thus more open about their gender/sexual orientation).
In that post below I meant “no” instead of “now”. My genetic syndrome is connected to autims but also connected to being a little immature, identifying with the younger crowd, and having gender identity issues.
Here are some articles dealing with that:
Autism and Gender Identity June 2008
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2009/06/autism-and-gender-identity/
http://www.wellsphere.com/autism-autism-spectrum-article/autism-and-gender-identity/722015
Coexistence Of Gender Variance And Autism
http://www.lauras-playground.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8865
CASE REPORTS
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904453/
Female-to-Male Transexuals and Autistic Traits
http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2008/webprogram/Paper2556.html
Co-occurence of ASD in Individuals with Gender Dysphoria
http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2009/webprogram/Paper4222.html
Gender Identity Disorder in a Girl with Autism
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9383652
They queried GID and transexualism but now diagnosis. I think I have dimensions of GID and some personal sentiments towards the “femal-ish side of things” but I wouldn’t identify msyelf with the transexual crowd.
My reasoning being my genetic disorder that has a hormonal imbalance (low testosterone, elevated estrogen) associated to it, which causes female features to develope, such as gynocomastia and wide hips. I consider my GID a direct biological mechanism and barely nothing to do with environment. I tend to think of transexualism as more influenced by environment and social culture (like pride days). Although transexualism, dual role transvestism, gid of childhood is underneath the umbrella diagnosis of GID (also called gender identity confusion or gender dysphoria).
From what I told my psychiatrist and experienced when I was younger was probably gid of childhood (I asked to have a sex change in gr. 7) that grew into dual role transvestism but the transvestism is strictly, for me, based on research, to be biological and some effects to be reversable through treatment. I will never be gay or transexual and will never get a “sex reversal operation”.
Interesting Article: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3088298&page=1
I can definitely see GID or transexualism wrong diagnosis but in my case the research both new and old say that our types can feel like GID or “fem