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This makes perfect intuitive sense.

Thank you for your feedback. There currently exists a dearth of studies in this area in ASD. There are anecdotal impressions and a handful of case-studies presently suggesting sexual diversity in ASD and gender-identity issues. There have been requests from the community to firstly ascertain the...

Hello Everyone, I am conducting a study on Sexual orientations and Gender-identity, with a specific focus on individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study aims to learn about how people without ASD and with ASD experience their sexuality and come to understand their sexual...

Excellent point and very insightful. Thank you for posting this. Part of my questionnaire in my survey looks at sexual attractions, which are more covert, in addition to sexual contacts and behaviours. We hope to raise support and understanding among the Autism community and promote awareness of...

What are some of the factors underpinning sexual orientation? This is a question that researchers have been looking into, with different schools of thought, some advocating genetic predispositions, neurological underpinnings and others inclined towards psycho-social factors. My research is...

Racism could be owing to cultural factors inculcated from childhood, certain religious principles that do not tolerate certain groups, other times its perpetuated by ignorance, fear, a desire to control and inferiority.

Agree! It would be a combination of certain characteristics and attributes that draws one to another

The MMR vaccine controversy has been investigated, clearing the vaccine of any etiological role in autism, and the Wakefield study implicating the vaccine has been closely examined and the analyses declared fraudulent.

Yes, given that individuals with autism have highly focused interests, have higher systemizing skills and lower empathizing skills, and social impairments, professions that lend themselves to such criteria, will prove more suited to those with autism

Yes, parental age plays a role, in that paternal and maternal mutations contribute toward autism.

A notable and reasonable reason for the apparent increase in autism today, is the quality of diagnostics and awareness today compared to yesteryears. Another reason proposed for the increase in autism rates is epigenetic influences on the embryo, a very interesting research project I was...

Extremely interesting! Yes, my research is specifically looking into childhood experiences and drawing on the foetal testosterone theory additionally among those with Autism, with respect to sexual orientation. Not entirely sure about maternal emotional factors and sexual orientation prenatally...

Sexual Orientation is argued to be an outcome of the nature-nurture interaction. My PhD study looks into sexual orientation and some of the biological underpinnings and socially-guided developmental milestones. Thanks for posting.

Very interesting! Owing to the complexity of the genetics behind ASD, the range of symptomology across the spectrum and the gene-gene interactions, genetic studies in autism continues to be a challenging area. Thanks for posting.

I did a study on paternal and maternal age and their correlation with autism. Increasing parental age is one of the factors implicated in the elevated rates of autism we are finding.