Gender identity, sexual orientation and adverse sexual experiences in autistic females

Abstract Background There is growing recognition that autistic females present with more diverse gender and sexual identities than their non-autistic counterparts. Likewise, autistic females are also at an increased risk of adverse sexual experiences. As higher rates of sexual victimisation are obse...

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Main Authors: Laura A. Pecora, Grace I. Hancock, Merrilyn Hooley, David H. Demmer, Tony Attwood, Gary B. Mesibov, Mark A. Stokes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Molecular Autism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-020-00363-0