Some light reading.

As I started delving into transgenderism as a subject, I began seeing possible connections. At times it can come off like I'm searching for a 'cure' or trying to find a 'reason' but that is not the case. I am in an unusual situation as I am the mother of a severely autistic boy (Avery) of 19 and a transgendered boy of 16.  Xander (formerly Alex) was also born with a form of late-presenting epilepsy and started having Absence seizures at about 9 yo. He also was diagnosed with Sheuermann's Kyphosis  at around age 12.  Could familial autism, something genetic or a separate variation caused by autism-like variables be responsible in part for transgenderism? We know that siblings of autistics have a higher likelihood of ADD, PDD, ADHD, Down's Syndrome and a few other "delay" conditions. The article below presents some interesting ideas.

"....it appears that there is more than sufficient evidence that transgender persons either have a serious hormonal-based birth defect, have been exposed to exogenous chemicals which have impacted their gender development in the womb, have a genetic karyotype which differs from the general population, or via some other process have a brain structure which is different than would be indicated by their chromosomes. While no single study presents proof beyond any shadow of a doubt or with metaphysical certainty, taken together they do present a preponderance of evidence such that one can say with confidence that transgender individuals have a congenital gene-based difference from cissexual individuals." (http://transascity.org/the-transgender-brain/)

I will continue to read and gather information. 

The Clinics:Gender-Variant children and Transgender Adolscents

Heteros Attitudes Toward Trans

GID is also associated with autism spectrum disorder with a prevalence of 7.8% in 1 large group of children with GID.¹⁰ Because these children also have poor social skills and often exhibit inappropriate behavior in public, they are also a target for abuse irrespective of their gender nonconformity.http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/571.full

Autism and Gender Dysphoric Children.


Discrimination Survey Results for Virginia