Working with autistic transgender and non-binary people : research, practice and experience / edited by Marianthi Kourti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kourti, Marianthi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autistic people.

Social work with people with disabilities.

Social work with trans people.

Trans people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library , 2021.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Here comes trouble : autism and gender performance / Damian Milton -- Beyond 'for your own good' : youth liberation, disability justice, and the importance of autonomy in the lives of autistic transgender children / Shain M. Neumeier -- Autistic cognition and gender identity : real struggles and imaginary deficits / Reubs Walshe and David Jackson-Perry -- Trans, autistic, and BIPOC : living at the intersections of autism, race, and gender diversity / Kielsgard Taylor and Lydia Brown -- Autistic transgender and non-binary individuals : implications for practice at gender identity clinics / Isabelle Hénault -- Reflections on the spectra of autism and gender identity : considerations for professionals supporting autistic transgender and non-binary people / Wenn Lawson -- Developing a good relationship with an autistic transgender or non-binary person as a professional / Marianthi Kourti and Ella Griffin -- Autism, gender variance and alexithymia : overlap, implications and recommendations for practice / Alyssa Hillary-Zisk and Jo Minchin -- The resonant self : masking, scripting and precognition in autistic transgender and non-binary people / Lexi Orchard -- Doing gender in my own terms : my life as an autistic transgender woman / Olivia Pountney -- The experience of gender dysphoria in older autistic adults / Wenn Lawson.

Contents:

Intro

Working with autistic transgender and non-binary people

Cover

Of related interest

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Part 1: THEORY at the Intersection of Autism and Trans and/or Non-Binary Experiences

1. Introduction

Marianthi Kourti

2. 'Here Comes Trouble': Autism and Gender Performance

Damian E.M. Miltion

3. Beyond 'For Your Own Good':Youth Liberation, Disability Justice and the Importance of Autonomy in the Lives of Autistic Transgender Children

Shain M. Neumeier

4. Autistic Cognition and Gender Identity: Real Struggles and Imaginary Defivits

Reubs J Walsh and David Jackson-Perry

5. Trans, Autistic and BIPOC: Living at the Intersections of Autism, Race and Gender Diversity

Taylor René Kielsgard and Lydia X.Z. Brown

Part 2: WORKING at the Intersection of Autism and Trans and/or Non-Binary Experiences

6. Implications for Practiceat Gender Identity Clinics: Working with Autistic Transgender and non-Binary Individuals

Isabelle Hénault

7. Reflections on the Spectra of Autism and Gender Identity: Considerations for professionals supporting Autistic Transgender and non-Bonary People

Wenn Lawson

8. Developing a Good Relationship with an Autistic Transgender or Non-Binary Person as a Professional

Marianthi Kourti and Ella Griffin

Part 3: Living at the Intersection of Autism and Trans and/or Non-Binary Experiences

9. Autism, Gender Variance and Alexithymia: Overlap, Implications and Recommendations for Practice

Alyssa Hillary-Zisk and Jo Minchin

10. The Resonant Self: Masking, Scripting and Precognition in Autistic Transgender and Non-binary People

Lexi Orchard

11. Doing Gender on My Own Terms: My Life as an Autistic Transgender Woman

Olivia Paunteny

12. The Experience of Gender Dysphoria from an Older Autistic Adult: Implications for Practive.

Wenn Lawson

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781805014928

1805014927

9781787750234

178775023X

OCLC:

1281985030