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Even before I came out as trans, I’d been talking to my mom about how you see more autistic people because of diagnostic changes, and how if I’d grown up today I’d probably be considered to have some form of it.

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She vehemently rejected the idea and even implied my difficulties were something I taught myself in adulthood, how I was always a sweet and engaged little boy. I have no feeling about whether or not I match any criteria, but me turning out to have it would be a failure for HER. Even in adulthood.