Apparent autistic traits in transgender people: a prospective study of the impact of gender-affirming hormonal treatment.
F MazzoliE CassioliJ RistoriG CastelliniE RossiC CocchettiA RomaniT AngottiG GiovanardiM MosconiV LingiardiA M SperanzaV RiccaL VignozziM MaggiAlessandra Daphne FisherPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2022)
The autistic traits in our sample may represent an epiphenomenon of GD rather than being part of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) condition, since they significantly decreased after 12 months of GAHT.