r/comics • • Jul 31 '26

OC Some Medical "Professionals" Be Like [OC]

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u/dumn_and_dunmer Aug 01 '26

A medical professional told me I couldn't be autistic because I was very coherent.

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u/Phobic_Nova Aug 01 '26

when i was six, my mother had to FIGHT my doctor to get my autism diagnosis, since i was afab (now ftm btw) and couldn't possibly have autism, because i have a really vivid imagination

idk, i feel like having multiple worlds in your own head isn't very neurotypical, either-