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What were you like as a baby?

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(Alright, so I'm not one to start a new thread, but figured I'd give it a try.)

Just out of personal interest and curiosity: what were you like as babies? Did you show any ASD signs?

Because supposedly I didn't really, as far as I can find out now (I'm 44). Except for being not much of a happy baby or child and often restless and never wanting to go asleep. I apparently always wanted to stay up with the grown-ups. And apparently I was talking at a very young age.

I know as a four year old (and all throughout primary school too) they wanted to keep me to stay back in the same class for another year, because I was too childish, not because of developmental reasons.

I have a bit of a personal interest as I've got a 14-month old here that is very peculiar and specific about certain things (light needs to stay on in the hallway at night, very much into her books, wrapped up in her own world). She is reaching her milestones, but way ahead on speech.

Would like to hear about any signs you showed as a young child.

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  • I got to about 1 and a half, started talking, and then never stopped. I always did well academically except for numeracy due to being dyscalculate. It was presumed I would be a gifted child, but whether or not that would apply to an adult IQ I can't tell, the problem with IQ tests is they go on too long and I just lose interest and focus on them towards the end I'm now beginning to realise that's because I'm an AuDHD brain not just ASC. If I ever take adderal I'll do it again and see if I can beat my last score of 126.
    I actually don't believe in telling kids they are gifted early in life now because it creates expectations that they will almost always fall short of when other factors such as neurodivergence, economical status, not having connections, etc, ect, hit them as they grow up, so I think it's cruel to set kids up to feel like screw ups later in life, when actually they could have done a lot worse.
    Anyway but to get back on subject: No in early years at least I was outwardly social, my struggles have always just increased along with the complexity of the environment I have to navigate, so as a small child when the world was also "small" was the one time I had no issues outside of a sensory sensitivity but I suppose that also just got filed under "fussy toddler being fussy toddler" and was missed.

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  • I got to about 1 and a half, started talking, and then never stopped. I always did well academically except for numeracy due to being dyscalculate. It was presumed I would be a gifted child, but whether or not that would apply to an adult IQ I can't tell, the problem with IQ tests is they go on too long and I just lose interest and focus on them towards the end I'm now beginning to realise that's because I'm an AuDHD brain not just ASC. If I ever take adderal I'll do it again and see if I can beat my last score of 126.
    I actually don't believe in telling kids they are gifted early in life now because it creates expectations that they will almost always fall short of when other factors such as neurodivergence, economical status, not having connections, etc, ect, hit them as they grow up, so I think it's cruel to set kids up to feel like screw ups later in life, when actually they could have done a lot worse.
    Anyway but to get back on subject: No in early years at least I was outwardly social, my struggles have always just increased along with the complexity of the environment I have to navigate, so as a small child when the world was also "small" was the one time I had no issues outside of a sensory sensitivity but I suppose that also just got filed under "fussy toddler being fussy toddler" and was missed.

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