well this sucks. this one says NINE out of TEN autistic women are sexual assault victims. and I'm sure the rates are similarly high for other genders, but unfortunately not enough research has gone into it
BackgroundResearch indicates that sexual violence affects about 30% of women in the general population and between two to three times as much for autistic wo...
As an autistic fem presenting person I can say I've definitely, unfortunately experienced a lot of sexual assault, I don't have a very good dangerdar (though it's improved a lot from bad experiences and the help of the internet in looking for red flag sentences/words)
I don't know if there's hard data on it, but I've heard it said within the criminology community that autistic women are more at risk because they're less likely to be diagnosed and receive support, with undiagnosed autistic women the most vulnerable group.
hi yep multiple times