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Signs of autism in your childhood

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Before I sign off to do something sensible, I've been thinking about this a lot recently.

It's particularly pertinent for us late diagnosed.

There are a lot of things I remember, so here are just some.

Stuttering?

Pica.

'Habits' including nail, cuticle and lip eating (which I still do).

Very limited foods eaten.

Very sensitive to smells, tastes, textures and sounds (I was putting cotton wool in my ears as a child).

Collecting where I could (we were poor) - the collection I remember loving was little cars.

How about you?

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  • Where do I start?

    Yes, I had issues with coordination during PE too.

    According to my parents, I lost the verbal skills I'd acquired, and stopped talking, at 18 months. I slowly got those back, but then developed obsessions with numbers, letters of the alphabet, and was prone to huge tantrums.

    The smell of fried food, in lard or butter, used to make me feel sick. And I've never been able to stand eggs, especially not fried eggs. That didn't go dgoen very well in my family. We were guilt tripped over starving children in other countries too. 

    At secondary school. I was bullied a lot, became a pariah really. Fun.

    At uni and beyond I got it in the neck for avoiding eye contact. I had plenty of ADHD issues too, like being absent minded, zoning out, and forgetting and losing things such as PE outfits, scarves, keys.

    But unless you remained non verbal, pushing cars around in the corner, non of this would be seen as autism. And it's highly unlikely I'll ever be diagnosed as an adult, there is stuff on my medical notes from the time I was sent to psychologists, shrinks etc, but I have been living abroad since 1996, permanently from 1999. 

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  • Where do I start?

    Yes, I had issues with coordination during PE too.

    According to my parents, I lost the verbal skills I'd acquired, and stopped talking, at 18 months. I slowly got those back, but then developed obsessions with numbers, letters of the alphabet, and was prone to huge tantrums.

    The smell of fried food, in lard or butter, used to make me feel sick. And I've never been able to stand eggs, especially not fried eggs. That didn't go dgoen very well in my family. We were guilt tripped over starving children in other countries too. 

    At secondary school. I was bullied a lot, became a pariah really. Fun.

    At uni and beyond I got it in the neck for avoiding eye contact. I had plenty of ADHD issues too, like being absent minded, zoning out, and forgetting and losing things such as PE outfits, scarves, keys.

    But unless you remained non verbal, pushing cars around in the corner, non of this would be seen as autism. And it's highly unlikely I'll ever be diagnosed as an adult, there is stuff on my medical notes from the time I was sent to psychologists, shrinks etc, but I have been living abroad since 1996, permanently from 1999. 

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