Research has shown a high correlation between autism and transgender identity. While research in this area remains ongoing, some conclusions have been made about the co-occurrence of the two identites.

The current research pulls from a systematic review on autism and trans identity (Bouzy, 2023).

Some conclusions of this research are that

-There is a high co-occurrence of gender dysphoria (GD) and trans identity

-A significant proportion of autistic people with trans identity have a non-binary identity

-People with a trans identity may have a later age of diagnosis of ASD

-Individuals with an overlap of both gender dysphoria and ASD have more psychiatric co-occurrences

-Gender-affirming treatments are less accessible to autistic transgender people