Accessing Gender-Affirming Care as an Autistic Person

This tipsheet was created as part of the research project Trans Autistic Experiences of Gender-Affirming Care in Ontario. It contains information, tips, and ideas for autistic people who want gender-affirming care. This document was written by a trans autistic researcher. The researcher asked 12 trans autistic people about their experience of gender-affirming care in Ontario, Canada. This document has these people’s ideas to help other trans autistic people. The researcher also asked trans autistic people to read the document and help make it better. The document is written in simple plain language to be accessible to people with different reading abilities.