Editing Asperger syndrome (section)

=== Correlated characteristics ===
Research [[Autism and LGBT identities|indicates that individuals with Aspergers]] have significantly higher rates of [[LGBT community|LGBT identities]] and feelings{{What|date=March 2025}} than the general population.<ref name="Graham Holmes-2022">{{cite journal | vauthors = Graham Holmes L, Ames JL, Massolo ML, Nunez DM, Croen LA | title = Improving the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Care of Autistic People | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 149 | issue = Suppl 4 | pages = e2020049437J | date = April 2022 | pmid = 35363286 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2020-049437J | publisher = [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] | quote = A substantial proportion of autistic adolescents and adults are LGBTQIA+. Autistic people are more likely to be transgender or gender nonconforming compared with non-autistic people, and findings from a recent autism registry study suggest that among autistic people able to self-report on a survey, up to 18% of men and 43% of women may be sexual minorities. | doi-access = free }}</ref> They are also significantly more likely to be [[Nontheism|non-theistic]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Norenzayan A, Gervais WM, Trzesniewski KH | title = Mentalizing deficits constrain belief in a personal God | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 5 | pages = e36880 | date = 2012 | pmid = 22666332 | pmc = 3364254 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0036880 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2012PLoSO...736880N }}</ref>