Top products from r/autismacceptance
We found 2 product mentions on r/autismacceptance. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
The Transgender Teen A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non Binary Teens
2. Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Wonderful resource for adolescents to learn about Asperger's Syndrome as experienced by a 13 year oldFull of advice for parents, carers, and teachers of children with ASSoftcover, 216 pages
Hi! I'm a cis-gendered (meaning I identify with the gender I was assigned at birth), NT Mom of an autistic daughter (13) and trans son (14).
For you: the transgender teen was such a great resource for me. I bought copies for my autistic daughter's therapists as well, as they started asking me lots of questions about how to talk to my daughter about her brother's transition.
As far as talking to your child about it-- does he know that there are gender options? Does he know about transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid people? He may not have the vocabulary to go with his feelings. I don't know what his ability level is as far as reading, but there are books/videos to explain these things at many levels of age/understanding.
You sound like an awesome parent. I'll suggest that you check out /r/asktransgender as a semi-safe place to get advice, as well as /r/cisparenttranskid, which is a tiny but supportive group here as well.
(hugs)
I never took things literally (in fact I only ever knew one aspie guy who actually did this), but when I was about 9 years old my dad gave me the book Freaks, Geeks and Asperger syndrome. This book was written by a 13 year old aspie guy who described what having aspergers is like. My dad hoped that this book would help me to learn about my condition, but for some reason I thought that because I also had aspergers, I had to act the same way as the author of the book did when he was my age. So my dad was really surprised when I suddenly started to take everything literally and performing rituals before going to bed.