When I started Medspectives, I was focused kind of only on health professionals themselves, but I'm realizing how important it is to understand just how diverse health perspectives can be, coming from different people. Aurora is autistic and is also passionate about autism advocacy - I think she really presents a diverse health perspective that is universally known but actually poorly understood. Throughout her childhood, she knew she was different, but despite going to multiple health professionals, she could never put a finger on exactly why. She interestingly only found out she was autistic in her sophomore year of high school. Aurora and I talk about her life and autism as a whole, some common misconceptions with it, and the shortcomings of society in accommodating autistics. We also talk about the controversy with certain autism advocacy organizations as well as her own efforts to advocate through her role as the Vice President of the Autistic Students Alliance, an autism advocacy organization, for autistics by autistics. I really loved having this conversation, and I hope you enjoy it!