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Repetitive behaviours and restricted interests in childhood - girls

NAS72736

Hi there,

I have posted a few times on this topic - I'm an adult woman having my assessment next week.

I was wondering if there are any other women out there who have been diagnosed who did not display many of these 'repetitive behaviours and restricted interests' as young girls? I am trying to gather as much evidence as I can before my diagnosis (which I am getting quite anxious about). However I did not have many very intense interests - I had some strong interests but they were not 'obsessive,' neither did I have to follow a strict routine or get upset when things were changed - that I can remember. I did suffer anxiety though when transitioning up to secondary school and when changing classes in primary school.

I have plenty of examples of these repetitive behaviours and restricted interests in myself as an adult woman, including anxieties and phobias - but the childhood evidence is a bit lacking. 

I am just a bit worried that this might impact the assessment. 

I know that girls display less of these repetitive behaviours/ restricted interests and was wondering if anybody else could share which of these they remember from their childhoods in case there are any things that I did/thought that I overlooked.

Thanks all

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  • I had mine the other week. I bought in some text from my mum, as well as my younger sister.  My mum couldn’t remember much, just that I spoke early, read early, spelt early, well above my sister who was 3 years older. She said I was stubborn, blunt, wilful, didn’t speak to adults, only had a friend or two…was very clever, 

    I remembered things, like how but I was a bit ‘bad’ at school now and again, but my parents never got told, as I was a model student otherwise. I guess these were meltdowns, because I didn’t know what I was doing at the time, but as soon as I saw the aftermath I was really frightened. I used to daydream a lot, which stopped me learning stuff I found boring,

    My interests were all encompassing, but were mostly drawing and writing….creative things. I had favourite TV shows I would watch all the time, and knew all the words etc. I didn’t play imaginatively. I collected things, didn’t like people touching them. 


    Im still trying to recall stuff now, as I am able to provide more info as I wish, it’s just hard looking specifically for signs in those early years.

    As an adult, there is no criteria for diagnosis, and it is still possible without too much childhood info. Family also diagnosed can help your case.

  • in reply to Catlover

    Thanks for replying. You actually sound a lot like me when I was a kid - with regards talking early, reading early, not talking to adults. I had one best friend who I stuck to, and loved creative thing like writing, drawing, painting, playing instruments. Good to know you were able to get the diagnosis without all that much info from childhood, and not the classic repetitive behaviours and interests. 

  • in reply to NAS72736

    I was diagnosed earlier this week at the Lorna Wing Centre in Essex. I didn't have a huge amount of information from my childhood, but just gave the information that I had, and some things did come back to me during the assessment. I have always had numbers and patterns in my head, and did mainly structured activities, like Meccano and board games, rather than imaginary play.

    I thought I would be really nervous, but I had to explain all my difficulties so that they could use the information to make a decision, and as I had waited over 3 years, (told at a local pre-assessment that I was anxious, then had to be referred out of county, then the pandemic and lockdown) I just had to get on with it, this was my day to get answers.

    Good luck with your assessment.

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  • in reply to NAS72736

    I was diagnosed earlier this week at the Lorna Wing Centre in Essex. I didn't have a huge amount of information from my childhood, but just gave the information that I had, and some things did come back to me during the assessment. I have always had numbers and patterns in my head, and did mainly structured activities, like Meccano and board games, rather than imaginary play.

    I thought I would be really nervous, but I had to explain all my difficulties so that they could use the information to make a decision, and as I had waited over 3 years, (told at a local pre-assessment that I was anxious, then had to be referred out of county, then the pandemic and lockdown) I just had to get on with it, this was my day to get answers.

    Good luck with your assessment.

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