Someone posted this link to try to prove that gender identity was inate, but all the genes they found associated with transgenderism just so happen to be the same ones associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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I dropped science high school so I can't really get through a paper like this. Could someone explain though, does correlation here equal causation? Like, is the high crossover due to some genetic component or are people with ASD more likely to be taken advantage of by the trans communities (esp the online ones) and therefore will show up in higher numbers in studies? Is it possible that transwomen (males) who have AGP will be more likely to have ASD because men with ASD will be more likely that their non-ASD counterparts to develop paraphilias?

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Overall, no one knows the full answer. But as an autistic person I do understand the body- brain issue. Many austic people don't feel their bodies in space. I myself feel extreme discomfort if my arms are dangling by my sides. It's hard to explain, but often time my arms feel alien to me eviden i look at them because my brain isn't registering that they're mine. A similar phenomenon is experienced by schizophrenics, they're able to tickle themselves because their brain doesn't register that it's them that's touching themself.

A lot of what trans people say about their experiences sound word for word what austic and schizophrenic people say about how they perceive themselves.