Tag: AutiGender

LGBTQIA+, Masking / Passing, Videos2 Comments

Autism & Gender 101 – My Trans Nonbinary Autistic Experience with Autigender

Lyric Holmans

Gender is a social construct and a social identity. Someone’s gender is determined by how they feel. An individual can feel more like a man, more like a woman, they can also feel like both, neither, or something in between.

According to one study that included 641,860 people: “people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times more likely to be autistic as cis-gender people.” Continue reading Autism & Gender 101 – My Trans Nonbinary Autistic Experience with Autigender

Children & Families, Collaborations, Masking / Passing, Mindfulness & Meditation, Podcasts, Relationships / Bullies / Friendships, VideosLeave a comment

The Naughty Autie in Conversation with Lyric Holmans about Autism & NeuroDiversity

Lyric Holmans

This week we’re diving into the down and dirty – from ABA to Problems with the medical model we are not afraid of or avoiding controversy. Continue reading The Naughty Autie in Conversation with Lyric Holmans about Autism & NeuroDiversity

Masking / Passing, Videos7 Comments

What is AutiGender? – The Relationship Between Autism & Gender – An Autistic Perspective

Lyric Holmans

According to LGBTA, Wiki, “Autigender or Autism, gender is a neurogender, which can be understood in the context of being Autistic or when one’s Autism greatly affects one’s gender or how one experiences gender.

Autigender is not autism as a gender, but rather is a gender that is so heavily influenced by autism that one’s gendered and autism cannot be on linked.

Not all Autistic people will identify with Autigender, only those whose gender is influenced by them being Autistic.” Continue reading What is AutiGender? – The Relationship Between Autism & Gender – An Autistic Perspective