The development of gender identity in the autistic child.
The Michigan Gender Identity Test (MGIT) was administered to 30 autistic children to determine whether autistic children could demonstrate a sense of gender identity. The results of the MGIT were correlated with other developmental indices obtained from the Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile. From this sample of autistics, a significant relationship was found between gender identity and mental age, chronological age, communication skills, physical skills, social skills, self-help skills and academic (cognitive skills.
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D012648:Self Care; D012919:Social Behavior