An autistic woman asked by her doctor whether she is sexually active reportedly has no idea how to answer the question without detailing her entire sexual history.
Alma Montague, 30, was seeing doctor Christine Smout, 49, for a checkup when she was ambushed with the question, sending Montague into a panic as she tried to work out what “sexually active” even means.
Montague later described her internal monologue: “Was she asking me if I currently have sex? I haven’t for about a week – that doesn’t feel very ‘current’ to me, but in the grand timeline of human history, that would be very current.”
“And by ‘active’, is she asking whether I’m a top…?” Montague continued. “I’ve never given it much thought, to be honest. I think I just do whatever gets the job done, which I suppose makes me ‘sexually efficient’.”
“But ‘active’? Is that, like, doing flips and stuff?”
Montague then realised her doctor was waiting for her to answer, and blurted the first response that came to mind: “Fine, thanks, and you?”
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