Why are so many trans women autistic?

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[–]binaryblob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How do twice-exceptional people fit your "mental disability"-theory?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-forgotten-women/202307/is-autism-a-superpower

I agree with the article that for at least 40% of autistic people there are only downsides.

Having said that, I don't know of any test that demonstrates disability.

"Classic autism" is obviously a mental disability.

In 2013, Zuckerberg made a public statement that he has a mild form of autism called Asperger's syndrome.

Since a few years the idea that "mild forms of autism" exist, has been killed by science (one could wonder whether there is anything scientific about the DSM-V, but still).

Is Zuckerberg disabled? If so, how should we measure it?

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Zuckerberg isn't autistic, that's a myth.

He's highly socially manipulate and that's why Facebook is so successful.

Try another cope.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sir Anthony Hopkins