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 [[File:autigender.png|thumb|Autigender [[Flags|flag]] created by noitspronouncedgif.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride</ref> The black infinity symbol refers to the rainbow infinity symbol that means neurodiversity.]]
-* '''autismgender''' or '''autigender'''. A gender identity with which some nonbinary people with autism choose to use to describe themselves. (Autism is a relatively rare neurological type that has distinctive challenges and advantages compared to more common neuro-types, especially in regard to social skills, sensory processing, and learning abilities. This makes it a disability, but it is also natural, healthy, and lifelong from birth. It is not something broken, and it cannot be cured. It is part of the diversity of kinds of people, like being left-handed or gay.) Coined on or before Aug 25, 2014 by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl. They defined it as "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.<ref>The since-deleted post in the ''mogai-archive'' blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 0.59% (66) of the responses called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer. Several of these included explanations from the survey respondants that they meant that autism was their gender, or had a significant effect on their understanding of gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />
+'''Autismgender''' or '''autigender'''. A gender identity with which some nonbinary people with autism choose to use to describe themselves. (Autism is a relatively rare neurological type that has distinctive challenges and advantages compared to more common neuro-types, especially in regard to social skills, sensory processing, and learning abilities. This makes it a disability, but it is also natural, healthy, and lifelong from birth. It is not something broken, and it cannot be cured. It is part of the diversity of kinds of people, like being left-handed or gay.) Coined on or before Aug 25, 2014 by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl. They defined it as "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.<ref>The since-deleted post in the ''mogai-archive'' blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 0.59% (66) of the responses called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer. Several of these included explanations from the survey respondants that they meant that autism was their gender, or had a significant effect on their understanding of gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />
 Similar or related: [[Neurogender#Fascigender|fascigender]]