As the mother of an autistic teen, I came across a local 'Neurodiversity Hub' which offers services to young people on the spectrum. If you go through the staff bios on their website, however, half identify as queer, trans or non-binary. What chance do autistic kids have of escaping the pull of the trans cult, with organisations like these?
The Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity by Laura Dattaro. 14th September 2020
. . . . People who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times as likely to be autistic as cisgender people are.
The results come from an analysis of five unrelated databases that all include information that referernces autism, mental health and gender.
The five datasets together include 641,860 people, mostly adults; 30,892 have autism and 3,777 identify as gender diverse. The majority of the data — from about 514,000 people
About 30,000, or 5 percent, of the cisgender people in the study have autism, the researchers found, whereas 895, or 24 percent, of the gender-diverse people do.
Having been a support teacher for many years and having to teach these children on the ASD spectrum I started to wonder about how many of these children who in many cases are just different are on the spectrum. Now with the growth in sex confusion which I never saw in all my years of teaching I wonder again at the validity of this diagnosis. Time, remediation if necessary , understanding, social skill training, kindness and expecting normal behaviour is the way I always treated my students. Wait till they grow through childhood, adolescence and enter adulthood. Life is not like school. Life has choices. But make them as adults.
The three of my four children who were diagnosed withADHD were treated like that with all love I had for them. Only one made bad choices and died as a 41 year old alcoholic.
'A review of Evidence and Best Practices’ is a report published on May 1, 2025, by the United States Department of Health and Human Sevices (HHS)
The conclusions were:
Many U.S. medical professionals and associations have fallen short of their duty to prioritize the health interests of young patients:
• First, there was a rapid expansion and implementation of a clinical protocol that lacked sufficient scientific and ethical justification.
• Second, when confronted with compelling evidence that this protocol did not deliver the health benefits it promised, and that other countries were changing their policies appropriately, U.S. medical professionals and associations failed to reconsider the “gender-affirming” approach.
• Third, conflicting evidence — evidence that challenged the foundational assumptions of the protocol and the professional standing of its advocates — was mischaracterized or insufficiently acknowledged. Finally, dissenting perspectives were marginalized, and those who voiced them were disparaged.
While the conclusions of this report are most encouraging and difficult to fault it need be stated that HHS was instructed by the Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to produce such a report withing 90 days. Given Kennedy’s lack of any formal training in medicine and his penchant to promote nonsensical theories, there may well be a hidden agenda that is yet to surface.
RFK Jnr is making the connection between vaccination and these chronic childhood conditions- my experience with my own children diagnosed with ADHD concurs somewhat with that.
I think the schedule of so many substances injected into tiny bodies is the issue. I don’t know whether RFK jnr is right or not but it is an area that is worthy of research.
The Australian Breastfeeding Association has updated its position on male breastfeeding, recognizing the needs and choices of transgender and non-binary individuals. The organization has developed resources, including training videos and a dedicated resource on "Breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding," to support the LGBTQIA+ community, including transgender and non-binary individuals who may wish to breastfeed or chestfeed. While the association's primary focus is on supporting mothers in breastfeeding, they now acknowledge and respect the diverse ways individuals choose to parent and provide support accordingly.
"chiefly male patients for whom there is some research supporting treatment, and the more recent atypical profile of predominantly female teenage-onset patients, for whom data is lacking."
1. The dutch studies did not show success. De Vries et al 2011 on puberty blockers failed replication (Carmichael et al, 2021) and 2014 was only a year after surgery, did not determine benefit to GD because they changed their measurement survey depending if they were before or after surgery, and one of the original 70 died from surgical complications, perhaps brought on by puberty blockers earlier. Abbruzzese et al 2023 has detail and so many of your earlier great posts!
2. The majority of the patients in these two key dutch studies were female. Not male. Even though boys did dominate the population coming in for treatment early on.
"chiefly male patients for whom there is some research supporting treatment, and the more recent atypical profile of predominantly female teenage-onset patients, for whom data is lacking."
1. The dutch studies did not show success. De Vries et al 2011 failed replication (Carmichael et al, 2021) and 2014 was only a year after surgery, did not determine benefit to GD because they changed their measurement survey depending if they were before or after surgery, and one of the original 70 died from surgical complications, perhaps brought on by puberty blockers earlier. Abbruzzese et al 2023 has detail and so many of your earlier great posts!
2. The majority of the patients in these two key dutch studies were female. Not male. Even though boys did dominate the population coming in for treatment early on.
As the mother of an autistic teen, I came across a local 'Neurodiversity Hub' which offers services to young people on the spectrum. If you go through the staff bios on their website, however, half identify as queer, trans or non-binary. What chance do autistic kids have of escaping the pull of the trans cult, with organisations like these?
The Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity by Laura Dattaro. 14th September 2020
. . . . People who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times as likely to be autistic as cisgender people are.
The results come from an analysis of five unrelated databases that all include information that referernces autism, mental health and gender.
The five datasets together include 641,860 people, mostly adults; 30,892 have autism and 3,777 identify as gender diverse. The majority of the data — from about 514,000 people
About 30,000, or 5 percent, of the cisgender people in the study have autism, the researchers found, whereas 895, or 24 percent, of the gender-diverse people do.
Having been a support teacher for many years and having to teach these children on the ASD spectrum I started to wonder about how many of these children who in many cases are just different are on the spectrum. Now with the growth in sex confusion which I never saw in all my years of teaching I wonder again at the validity of this diagnosis. Time, remediation if necessary , understanding, social skill training, kindness and expecting normal behaviour is the way I always treated my students. Wait till they grow through childhood, adolescence and enter adulthood. Life is not like school. Life has choices. But make them as adults.
The three of my four children who were diagnosed withADHD were treated like that with all love I had for them. Only one made bad choices and died as a 41 year old alcoholic.
Teaching is a noble profession and you Jillian exemplfy that!
Treatment for Paediatric Gender Dysphoria:
'A review of Evidence and Best Practices’ is a report published on May 1, 2025, by the United States Department of Health and Human Sevices (HHS)
The conclusions were:
Many U.S. medical professionals and associations have fallen short of their duty to prioritize the health interests of young patients:
• First, there was a rapid expansion and implementation of a clinical protocol that lacked sufficient scientific and ethical justification.
• Second, when confronted with compelling evidence that this protocol did not deliver the health benefits it promised, and that other countries were changing their policies appropriately, U.S. medical professionals and associations failed to reconsider the “gender-affirming” approach.
• Third, conflicting evidence — evidence that challenged the foundational assumptions of the protocol and the professional standing of its advocates — was mischaracterized or insufficiently acknowledged. Finally, dissenting perspectives were marginalized, and those who voiced them were disparaged.
While the conclusions of this report are most encouraging and difficult to fault it need be stated that HHS was instructed by the Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to produce such a report withing 90 days. Given Kennedy’s lack of any formal training in medicine and his penchant to promote nonsensical theories, there may well be a hidden agenda that is yet to surface.
RFK Jnr is making the connection between vaccination and these chronic childhood conditions- my experience with my own children diagnosed with ADHD concurs somewhat with that.
I can see your point Jillian - RFK can somehow relate the review findings:
Measles Vaccine > Autism > Gender dysphoria > Transition
"I rest my case"
I think the schedule of so many substances injected into tiny bodies is the issue. I don’t know whether RFK jnr is right or not but it is an area that is worthy of research.
A Timely Update on Chestfeeding:
The Australian Breastfeeding Association has updated its position on male breastfeeding, recognizing the needs and choices of transgender and non-binary individuals. The organization has developed resources, including training videos and a dedicated resource on "Breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding," to support the LGBTQIA+ community, including transgender and non-binary individuals who may wish to breastfeed or chestfeed. While the association's primary focus is on supporting mothers in breastfeeding, they now acknowledge and respect the diverse ways individuals choose to parent and provide support accordingly.
I’m still bewildered that male breastfeeding’ is legal, let alone encouraged and promoted by authorities.
Thank you for this news!
Wanted to argue with this:
"chiefly male patients for whom there is some research supporting treatment, and the more recent atypical profile of predominantly female teenage-onset patients, for whom data is lacking."
1. The dutch studies did not show success. De Vries et al 2011 on puberty blockers failed replication (Carmichael et al, 2021) and 2014 was only a year after surgery, did not determine benefit to GD because they changed their measurement survey depending if they were before or after surgery, and one of the original 70 died from surgical complications, perhaps brought on by puberty blockers earlier. Abbruzzese et al 2023 has detail and so many of your earlier great posts!
2. The majority of the patients in these two key dutch studies were female. Not male. Even though boys did dominate the population coming in for treatment early on.
"chiefly male patients for whom there is some research supporting treatment, and the more recent atypical profile of predominantly female teenage-onset patients, for whom data is lacking."
1. The dutch studies did not show success. De Vries et al 2011 failed replication (Carmichael et al, 2021) and 2014 was only a year after surgery, did not determine benefit to GD because they changed their measurement survey depending if they were before or after surgery, and one of the original 70 died from surgical complications, perhaps brought on by puberty blockers earlier. Abbruzzese et al 2023 has detail and so many of your earlier great posts!
2. The majority of the patients in these two key dutch studies were female. Not male. Even though boys did dominate the population coming in for treatment early on.