cmdthenerd:

metapianycist:

I find it baffling when non-autistic people continue to oppose autistic self diagnosis even *after* learning that (1) autistic-led organizations explicitly give resources to aid self diagnosis and (2) that an on-record autism diagnosis means you are overwhelmingly prevented from adopting, you can’t immigrate to places like Canada, and you are likely to lose custody of your kids if your custody is ever challenged.

Like? It’s baffling that there are neurotypicals who hate autistic people so much that they’d rather we lose our kids than let us say we’re autistic without having a clinical diagnosis.

i would like to add that for autistic trans people, a professional autism diagnosis legally prevents you from transitioning in many places, and in many others it means you must have PARENTAL OR SPOUSAL CONSENT for transition-related care or procedures. i would LOVE people to take my autism seriously but a diagnosis would actually kill me because i would no longer be able to access hormones or trans healthcare.