{"id":213,"date":"2024-12-19T03:22:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/?p=213"},"modified":"2025-06-04T05:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:31:39","slug":"supporting-gender-diverse-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/supporting-gender-diverse-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Gender Diverse Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Supporting gender-diverse youth with neurodevelopmental conditions requires understanding and care from clinicians, caregivers, and support teams. Academic articles highlight the need for specialized approaches that respect both gender identity and developmental needs. Clinically, providers must address systemic issues like biases in healthcare and limited access to trained professionals. Caregivers play a vital role by offering affirming environments at home and advocating for inclusive resources. Support teams, including educators and therapists, should collaborate to create safe spaces and ensure that youth feel validated. Cultural and racial biases can add further barriers, emphasizing the need for equity-focused strategies. Together, these efforts help gender-diverse youth thrive in their identities and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/26895269.2024.2317392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supporting the health and wellbeing of trans autistic school-aged youth: a systematic literature review<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.asha.org\/doi\/10.1044\/2024_PERSP-23-00151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doing the Inner and Outer Work: Culturally Responsive Practices in Gender-Affirming Voice Care<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0257194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Factors that help and hinder transgender and nonbinary youth accessing gender care in Ireland: A multistakeholder exploration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting gender-diverse youth with neurodevelopmental conditions requires understanding and care from clinicians, caregivers, and support teams. Academic articles highlight the need for specialized approaches that respect both gender identity and developmental needs. Clinically, providers must address systemic issues like biases in healthcare and limited access to trained professionals. Caregivers play a vital role by offering &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/supporting-gender-diverse-youth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Supporting Gender Diverse Youth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/library-of-lived-experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}