Annoying and downright offensive is what I call stuff like that.
I was diagnosed with a form of childhood autism when I was just a few years old, and later I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome when I was 18.
When I decided to transition it was straight out of one of my deepest phases of denial and therefore I was trying to be a girl at that time to the extreme, but I NEVER thought transition was going to give me an easier time when it comes to my AS related problems. I actually thought, and still think, that my life as a male will actually be HARDER in that regard, but that wasn't going to stop me. My brain really is trying to operate a male body and male functions that just aren't there, and that was enough to bring me to the edge of suicide. To me, that's all it is about. I do feel more comfortable presenting as male, and I do relate better to other males, but the driving factor is not getting away from social troubles in any way or form - it is the internal torture of constantly subconsciously counting myself naturally as a guy and feeling completely crap knowing that it's not the physical reality, not to mention how I expect my body to be male and have extreme body dysphoria.
Despite all that, my family still thinks that my "transness" is a mindtrick I'm doing on myself because of AS. Aspies are known for having "special interests" that they can immerse themselves with and become extreme experts in their field of interest, and that's what my family thinks I've done. Thing is, the topic of transsexualism is something I stayed away from like the plague for most of my life, because I was ashamed to be "like that" and wanted it all to go away. That's NOT the way a "special interest" looks.
The mental healthcare on the other hand have treated me very differently from my family. They know I'm diagnosed with AS but that has never been an issue to them. I know that some psychologists actually prefer administering HRT to transsexuals with Asperger Syndrome for the exact reason that we don't care as much about gender roles as neurotypical("normal") people, and therefore supposedly have a higher rate of "success" at becoming happy with transition. And that's the opposite of what they say in that article where they think AS transsexuals would want to transition with gender roles as their reason.
People with Asperger Syndrome are not stupid, but the article makes it sound as if they can't make responsible desicions for themselves. If the person does not already have an AS diagnose but shows AS symptoms I'd agree that it's a good idea to inform the transsexual about it just to indeed let him/her make a more informed desicion. Because in case they DO have AS, and as AS can't be treated, they have to realize that it will stay with them even after transition(maybe relieved a bit due to better confidence and more congruity with their body, but still stay), BUT it should not be treated as a causation. That's what's extremely offensive. They spit on the true reality of the torture that it is to be trans.
