Thank you for this wonderful interview! Laura, you have described my daughter perfectly, diagnosed with autism at age 17 after coming out as trans at 16. She was completely isolated, angry, terrified and depressed. It has been amazing to watch her journey into appreciating her differences with her peers as autism, not because she’s a guy…
Thank you for this wonderful interview! Laura, you have described my daughter perfectly, diagnosed with autism at age 17 after coming out as trans at 16. She was completely isolated, angry, terrified and depressed. It has been amazing to watch her journey into appreciating her differences with her peers as autism, not because she’s a guy (although she still says she’s a guy). And now two years after the autism diagnosis, she is now starting to say her autism won’t hold her back and is starting to reengage with the world, planning a future, thinking about a career. We are buying her some more time to grow into herself by moving us all to Europe this summer where she can be more independent. When you mentioned in the bonus episode how European doctors are more open to listening to you makes me feel so much better about our decision as we have had to police every visit with doctors in the US for four years. I truly, truly appreciate you for speaking out. I look forward to reading your memoir!
Thank you for this wonderful interview! Laura, you have described my daughter perfectly, diagnosed with autism at age 17 after coming out as trans at 16. She was completely isolated, angry, terrified and depressed. It has been amazing to watch her journey into appreciating her differences with her peers as autism, not because she’s a guy (although she still says she’s a guy). And now two years after the autism diagnosis, she is now starting to say her autism won’t hold her back and is starting to reengage with the world, planning a future, thinking about a career. We are buying her some more time to grow into herself by moving us all to Europe this summer where she can be more independent. When you mentioned in the bonus episode how European doctors are more open to listening to you makes me feel so much better about our decision as we have had to police every visit with doctors in the US for four years. I truly, truly appreciate you for speaking out. I look forward to reading your memoir!