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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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  • Apparent delay in speaking (according to my mum) - put down to ‘perfectionist’ attitude, but I know it’s really not that. I don’t care about being perfect, I just struggle to assemble my thoughts into coherent sentences and knowing ‘when’ to speak. Accused of copying others at school as teachers couldn’t understand that I was crap verbally, but ok when writing.

    Intense attachment to things of interest ie specific toys

    Attachment to people, friends at school, that was interpreted as too clingy

    Problems forming romantic relationships when teenager and young adult ie read signs incorrectly, but didn’t know why

    Always loved foods as a comfort thing so more like an intense interest in different foods rather than any aversion

    Kids seemed more accepting of difference at primary school, but started to feel more alienated at secondary school when my ‘quirks’ became red flags for bullies. Lost some of my uniqueness in those years but gradually returning to it now after decades of masking

    Headaches, headaches, headaches that were interpreted as an attempt to get out of classes, but they really weren’t

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  • Apparent delay in speaking (according to my mum) - put down to ‘perfectionist’ attitude, but I know it’s really not that. I don’t care about being perfect, I just struggle to assemble my thoughts into coherent sentences and knowing ‘when’ to speak. Accused of copying others at school as teachers couldn’t understand that I was crap verbally, but ok when writing.

    Intense attachment to things of interest ie specific toys

    Attachment to people, friends at school, that was interpreted as too clingy

    Problems forming romantic relationships when teenager and young adult ie read signs incorrectly, but didn’t know why

    Always loved foods as a comfort thing so more like an intense interest in different foods rather than any aversion

    Kids seemed more accepting of difference at primary school, but started to feel more alienated at secondary school when my ‘quirks’ became red flags for bullies. Lost some of my uniqueness in those years but gradually returning to it now after decades of masking

    Headaches, headaches, headaches that were interpreted as an attempt to get out of classes, but they really weren’t

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