▁des ires ▁than ▁ne uro typ ical s ▁or ▁simply ▁do ▁not ▁compreh end ▁or ▁agree ▁with ▁society ' s ▁expectation , ▁making ▁them ▁more ▁apt ▁to ▁diver ge ▁from ▁the ▁norm . ▁ ▁G ender ▁identity ▁A ▁study ▁looking ▁at ▁the ▁co - occ urrence ▁of ▁AS D ▁in ▁patients ▁with ▁gender ▁d ys ph oria ▁found ▁ 7 . 8 % ▁of ▁patients ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁the ▁aut ism ▁spectrum . ▁This ▁is ▁much ▁higher ▁than ▁the ▁estimated ▁ 1 % ▁of ▁people ▁with ▁AS D ▁in ▁the ▁general ▁population , ▁suggesting ▁a ▁link ▁between ▁aut ism ▁and ▁gender ▁variance . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁yet , ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁no ▁studies ▁specifically ▁address ing ▁the ▁occurrence ▁of ▁aut ism ▁in ▁inter sex ▁individuals . ▁ ▁Sex ual ▁satisfaction ▁ ▁A ▁study ▁conducted ▁by ▁By ers ▁and ▁Nich ols ▁( 2 0 1 4 ), ▁expl ored ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁sexual ▁satisfaction ▁of ▁high - function ing ▁aut istic ▁individuals , ▁with ▁research ers ▁testing ▁the ▁sexual ▁and ▁relationship ▁satisfaction ▁of ▁ne uro typ ical ▁versus ▁high ▁function ing ▁aut istic ▁individuals . ▁The ▁results ▁suggest ▁that ▁men ▁with ▁AS D ▁are ▁generally ▁less ▁satisfied ▁with ▁their ▁relationship ▁or ▁marriage ▁compared ▁to ▁ne uro typ ical ▁men ▁and ▁women , ▁and ▁women ▁with ▁AS D . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Hans ▁As per ger ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁people ▁to ▁study ▁aut ism , ▁yet ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁four ▁students ▁were ▁male . ▁Another ▁early ▁research er , ▁Leo ▁K anner ▁described