Gender ID/Expression and Diagnosis

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I recently went for an autism spectrum assessment and apparently it went very wrong (according to my therapist who couldn't be there but I relayed the story to after). From my perspective the person doing the assessment was indeed disruptive when he told me that he could probably rule out ASD and that I might have PTSD instead (this was just after some basic interview questions). It's now been less than 48 hours later and I am still trying to understand all of it and one of my theories is that possibly the mismatch between my gender identity and gender expression could have caused confusion.

I am AMAB with a gender identity of non-binary more fem than masculine. My gender expression is male for multiple reasons, and I am out to very few people which is easy enough because while I experience gender dysphoria its minor, I have my outlets for expressing myself, and it's just easier TBH.

I relate much more with female aspies and female aspie traits than male aspies. I have also built up a lot of the coping mechanisms that the various pundits claim make diagnosis in girls/women difficult.

I would have explained this variance to them but they never asked... I guess because for most people it's not a problem.

Did anyone else experience these kinds of difficulties? If so what did you do about it? I know this is likely to have a rare set of people with a similar experience but any help and thoughts would be very appreciated. ♥

If understand it correctly you went to an autism spectrum assessment, they asked you a couple questions and decided that you don't have an ASD and they didn't even finish the assesment.
That's not fair at all.
When you get the autism assesment they should do the whole assesment before deciding anything about a diagnosis.
I would file a complaint and insist to get tested thoroughly instead of them ending the assement after just a couple of questions.

I think you've described why you related more to female aspie traits more than to male aspie traits very well in your post and i suggest printing it out and giving it to them.

I think you could ask them if you do meet the requirements for an ASD diagnosis for females if you don't meet the requirements for an ASD for males.

I hope it goes well.

Well... not only did it come back saying that I am anxious rather than being on the spectrum...

It also put me in the range of having "Interests similar to most men"

Great... so not only am I wrong about ASD... I am also not feminine enough to match my gender identity or even to seem sort of off... It turns out, thanks to the report... that everything I've known about my identity is a lie I tell myself because I am stressed out... great...

I'm sorry to hear that.

Have you seen the topic about the sage sex and gender test in these forums?
There 's a poll with the question: Do Your Results Seem Accurate?
Only 44% of the people here say that the testresults are accurate.

There's a video on YouTube by with Mackenzie Waddilove with the title Transgender Tomboys! | Masculine Trans Women! that i agree with very much:

I relate to this a lot.
I feel like a lot of people see aspies and autsies needing to be asexual or even weary of sex and gender identity all together.

The person doing your assessment does not sound like the type of person who is open minded enough to give you a proper diagnosis.

The opposite kind of happened to me, I went to counselling for my gender issues, I’m a female to male trans guy. While I was there my counsellor suspected I had ASD and then I did the test and got diagnosed. It’s sh***y though because for a while my parents thought that because I have autism I can’t be trans, I had to tell them that both things are very different and it’s entirely possible to be both autistic and trans at the same time *rolls eyes*

How about genetic testing to see if those with gender dysphoria may in fact be intersex?