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Wow, really? Have you got any links where I can read about this please? Since it's in Danish I struggle to find the info. I have to use google translate or Chatgpt - but I don't know which posters/images or texts to put into a translator. I only found out they'd done this response bcos someone alerted me to it.
I only know it because I'm in contact with the organization and the people who wrote the consultation response. But the list of the officially invited organizations can be found here: https://hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Details/69532 the 2nd document called "Høringsliste" ("Hearing list")
On 2nd page you can see the following:
Autismeforeningen (NOT the same as Autisme- og Aspergerforeningen. They are two different organizations who are in conflict with each other. Autismeforeningen is the biggest organization, and they were originally called Landsforeningen Autisme ("Countryorganization Autism"), but changed their name in order to make it difficult for Autisme- og Aspergerforeningen to be recognized and create confusion. The chair woman from Autisme- og Aspergerforeningen were originally excluded from Autismeforeningen)
Autisme Ungdom
Foreningen Svær Autisme (represents the heavily retarded without language (sorry don't know what the correct word is) so it makes sense that they havn't participated)
Now, all of the consultation responses and the organization who participated can be seen her:
https://prodstoragehoeringspo.blob.core.windows.net/36b453f4-60ab-408d-aeb4-be0ff2dc6b56/Høringssvar SAMLET 240325.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawJP-khleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUcswdCrWoPtkFsqOfG4BVtBOcllEbvOTpMbeFs8iPVvRCjQf0pa0vGYDA_aem_d-zsDyWQmf50V28-HwSUlw
edit: if you don't want to click the spooky link, you can find the same document under "Høringssvar" (Hearing responses) on the first link
Autismeforeningen did not send anything.
Fun fact: The total pages of responses are roughly 400. Out of that, a response by a TIM called Amanda counts for 90 pages of that. Keep in mind, this is a public consultation so both official authorities, NGOs and citizens can participate. There is also a letter bombarding from a TRA group called Researchkollektivet Trans Tjek, and who has mostly just copy pasted from the same document.
What is really great however is that Dansk Pædiatrisk Selskab (Danish Pediatric Society) and Børne- og ungdomspsykiatrisk selskab (Children and Adolescent Psychiatric Society) has sent som critical responses that questions the base of evidence behind the guideline proposal from the authorities (which were written with the help of LGBT+ Denmark and the TRA-parent group The Association for Support for Transgender Children)
I'm struggling to translate the Høringssvar link to find those other responses you mentioned. Can't seem to do it via google translate, and the other sites I've tried to use say it's too big a file or don't like pdfs. Any tips on the best place to get it translated as a whole document? For free.
Also; you should check out the response from CKI Odense and CKI København (they are official, but independent, regional gender treatment centers). They sent a joined response where they raise concern about how autistic people are caught in gender ideology