Comments on: Study on Adult Sexuality in Autistic Individuals

By: Ettina

Ettina — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:45:27 +0000

One fact about autistic sexually – a significant proportion of us appear to be asexual (no or only very slight feelings of sexual attraction towards anyone). Not all, of course, but more than the general population (the only non-autistic asexual people I’ve heard of are intersexed/transgender).

By: Study on Adult Sexuality in Autistic Individuals: Response from the Researchers

Study on Adult Sexuality in Autistic Individuals: Response from the Researchers — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:00:22 +0000

[...] post here on adult sexuality in autistic individuals led to a very interesting exchange, including critique of the survey itself. The survey is being [...]

By: David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction)

David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:42:13 +0000

Incidentally, my supervisee wrote a sterling paper on autistic sexuality. Maybe these authors should read that first.

By: theasman

theasman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:07:17 +0000

I wouldnt trust shana nichols.

By: Hala

Hala — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:13:30 +0000

Tried to answer; like others was unable to navigate past page 1. I did notice that there was no real way to screen for people who really do have ASC’s. I completely understand that some people are validly self-diagnosed–I know a few of them. On the other hand, there are so many mistaken people, and so many (forgive me for this but) trendies and teenaged kids self-reporting as autistic that the signal-to-noise ratio in communities that don’t require a diagnosis has gotten really skewed. It’s a big part of why I’ve stopped participating in a lot of adult-autistic fora. I am now going to back away from the controversial topic of diagnosis… however, if what dkmnow says about the rest of the survey is true, it will probably tell the researchers a lot about the sexual habits (or whatever) of THOSE people, and little to nothing of actual autistics.

By: Moi;)

Moi;) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:24:37 +0000

Our local IU had a class for parents on this subject last year. I attended, and the woman who ran the class was Really Good. She does seminars in schools, and will speak to groups. If you want her name, let me know.

In the meantime, keep an eye on your “Self” or “InStyle” magazines. Bug was *9* when he started his pubescent journey…

By: Norah

Norah — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:29:07 +0000

I tried it too but, as mentioned above, can’t get beyond page 1, because the page beyond that does not work. So I have no idea of the rest of the survey is.

By: David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction)

David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:20:17 +0000

When I tried it, the site stopped working after the first page. Dunno if I can be bothered to try again. E-mail formss are pretty bad devices for data collection – technology slows the process down. My supervisee (for her M. Ed. thesis work) uses paper. Much more reliable and actually turns out to be more likely to allow an autistic person to use the form in a way s/he understand (from what we saw of one of the returned forms)!

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:16:28 +0000

Still, I think it shows that we all have a lot to learn about and that researchers need to take the perspective and more of autistic much more into account, from the start.

By: Club 166

Club 166 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:10:13 +0000

It’s a shame that something that is sorely needed sounds like it’s off to such a bad start.

Perhaps the authors will rework it and get a little closer to the mark next time.

Joe