This totally pisses me off.
I’m currently fighting for a diagnosis of ASD for dd. We started the process 5 years ago. Like Trinity’s dc1, she has suffered without the support she needs mentally and in school. Dd has also tried to commit suicide. She also used to identify as transgender.
The 18 month wait for the gender clinics don’t seem that long when compared to 5 years, especially with the dogma of ‘if you say you’re trans, you are trans’. This give transgender people an advantage. I can’t think of any other situation, or condition, in which the NHS, schools and society will offer treatment or bend over backwards to help without a concrete diagnosis.
It’s obvious that dd is autistic, I’ve said it before on here, it’d be so much easier if she could identify as autistic. Even with evidence from a psychiatrist saying she has many autistic tendencies, some teachers refuse to believe it.
I’m just so bloody cross at the entitlement. To use the hackneyed phased, beloved by trans, they should check their privilege.