Tavistock clinic ‘ignored’ link between autism and transgender children
Jump to content UK NEWS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR 2024 News Sport Business Money Opinion Ukraine US election Travel Health Lifestyle Culture Puzzles Podcasts My Feed See all News Tavistock clinic ‘ignored’ link between autism and transgender children Staff so determined to push pro-trans policy patients were treated as ‘collateral damage’ it is alleged Gordon Rayner Associate Editor 14 February 2023 12:01am GMT The Tavistock clinic ignored evidence that 97.5 per cent of children seeking sex changes had autism, depression or other problems that might have explained their unhappiness, a new book claims. Staff at the NHS facility were so determined to push a pro-transgender policy that children who might not have been trans were treated as “collateral damage” by clinicians who labelled doubters “transphobic”, a whistleblower says . Seven in ten children had more than five “associated features” such as abuse, anxiety, eating disorders or bullying, and a social worker estimated that as few as