Christina Buttons
Journalist and commentator who reports on mental-health, autism, and gender identity issues, known for work at City Journal and the Manhattan Institute and for writing about diagnosis, detransition, and California mental-health policy.
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May 8, 2026 • 1h 22min
The Autism Social Contagion Caught Her. Then She Got Out. | Ep. 20 with Christina Buttons
Christina Buttons, journalist who reports on autism, mental health, and gender identity, recounts receiving an adult autism diagnosis and later questioning it. She discusses broadened diagnostic criteria, social identity formation around diagnoses, links between autism and gender dysphoria, and California’s controversial mental-health funding and school practices. The conversation probes overdiagnosis, internet-driven identity culture, and restoring clinical clarity.
