How bad is autism research?
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
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So, actually a study of male teenagers. This tells us nothing about autistic people generally. Moving on/
Their team looked at 108 autistic people, nearly all with intellectual disability and high support needs, all young. They also looked at 52 young men, of which only 10% were interested in anything 'inappropriate'. (Included, being Trans (!?)/
Really?
Prejudice.
OK, finally, they rely on Payne 2020. Er, this looked at 9 sex offenders in prison. I'm not joking.
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Nothing compares any group to nonautistic people.
Nothing looks at people older than say 25.
Nothing looks at women.
Another gigantic mess, and we're left in the resulting disaster zones.
Let's do better.
On one hand society says: "are these Autistic kids going to be pervy?" and on the other (unless they are in mainstream ed) "Don't tell them anything about sex or consent or staying safe."
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