Sam is trans and autistic. This is what life's like for him and his mum

It was Martel's son Sam who taught her the joy and courage "of being yourself and finding yourself". My late autism diagnosis as a mum Photo shows Portrait of Anthea Miles smiling If it wasn't for having autistic children myself, I would never have known that I am autistic, I would never have felt like I fit in somewhere in this world. You spend your whole life feeling like something's not quite right, but you can't pinpoint it. I don't want to cure my autism Photo shows Young woman smiles while standing in front of cherry blossoms Before Phoebe found out that she was autistic, she felt like everything about her was "wrong". I do worry sometimes about how Sam will navigate a world that's not always as welcoming and safe and inclusive as I might like it to be.