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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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  • Many years later, my mother told me that people were telling her from the start that there was something wrong with me.  I didn't speak,  I didn't play and did not react to other people's presence. 

  • in reply to Robert124

    When did you start talking? I guess you were your mother's first baby, and she had no comparison maybe?

  • in reply to Blank

    I have a sister three years older than me.  And she is as NT as one can get.  She developed normally. Even now as adults people comment that they can't believe that we're related.

    I was mute for a long time.  I could speak but I didn't.  Even now I'm not sure why?  I think it was because I just didn't see any point in socialising or speaking.  I did cry a lot when I was in pain. But for some reason I just didn't speak.

    I think I started  speaking when I was around 7 years old.

    When I was 9 years old I was placed in a special school. And by then I was speaking.  I remember feeling empathy for a mute girl there, and trying to speak to her.  I was asking the staff, why she wouldn't talk to me.

    I will upload a couple of my earliest school reports that I still have to show my development .

  • in reply to Robert124

    I hope that special school didn't traumatise you too much...

    I read somewhere that some ASD kids don't say anything until they can make full perfect sentences.

    My reports just kept on saying I should pay more attention in class and interact more. 

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