DOI:
10.13056/acamh.22473
For this
Papers PodcastDr. Kate Cooper, lecturer in clinical psychology University of Bath, talks about her paper ‘
Phenomenology of gender dysphoria in autism: a multiperspective qualitative analysis’ doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13691, recently published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include;
- What challenges might a person with autism face, as it relates to gender dysphoria, over and above a neurotypical young person with gender dysphoria.
- The communication difficulties between clinicians and autistic service users for gender dysphoria
- What clinicians can do differently to improve this
- What other autism adaptations are recommended for clinical services
- The significant difference in opinions that clinicians, parents, and autistic young people had and elaborates on the implications of the difference in opinions between these groups
- Advice for parents or carers, CAMH professionals and policy makers.
