Just Be You

Spencer was late diagnosed because of his mother’s reticence in dealing with institutions. Despite having had problems throughout childhood and stereotypically autistic presentation, Spencer’s late diagnosis (prompted by Gideon to help his case in being cleared from qualifications) makes him feel unworthy of the Autistic label. He’s hesitant to call himself Autistic and do the visibly “autistic coded” things such as stimming. This is an exploration of how Prentiss came to find out about Reid's autism and try to help Reid embrace it.