By Jen Malia — 2021
Not surprisingly, the romantic lives of autistic adults are just like those of neurotypical adults: never easy.
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Don’t wait for the most convenient time to rebuild intimacy. You’ll be waiting a long time.
Confusion over why autism is so prevalent among transgender people may be limiting their access to medical care.
Adults with autism report a broad range of sexuality—being much more likely to identify as asexual, bisexual or homosexual than people without autism, a new study finds.
Autistic queer folk may experience struggles for acceptance in both identities.
My story differs from many others who grow up with a developmental disorder, because at the same time, I was also finding my way as a young gay man.
Things have dramatically improved in my life since high school. I am lucky that I have a family that loves me, that I have friends who support me and that I live in a progressive area like Montgomery County, Maryland. Many people are less lucky.
Studies vary widely on the percentage of people with autism who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual. One analysis suggested the rate is 15 to 35 percent among autistic people who do not have intellectual disability.
A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
When a friend first presented to me the arguments for gay marriage, in 1994, I thought the whole idea was ridiculous. In the face of staggering prejudice against us, marriage felt so remote as to be irrelevant.
The political journalist Eric Garcia has autism, and he wrote his new book, “We’re Not Broken,” to “hopefully debunk various myths” about the condition.