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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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  • I was very in control even in nursery. If I was doing 'imaginative games' I was in control always or I wouldn't do it.

    In primary school I really struggled socially, and as far as I was concerned adults were Right and so would repeat things faithfully that adults said around me and would then get in trouble for it :/ 

    I was completely unable to watch films, the suspense was too stressful. My parents had to go into the school when I was 5 and tell them to let me read and stop forcing me to watch films

    Meltdowns were present, mostly related to big events when I was around a lot of people

    Sensory sensitivities got worse as I got older.

    Stimming got more prominent as I got older and try to put myself in more difficult for me situations because I felt I should manage it.

    People began to properly bring it up to me and my parents when I moved to secondary school, but it still took until I was 20 to get diagnosed. 

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  • I was very in control even in nursery. If I was doing 'imaginative games' I was in control always or I wouldn't do it.

    In primary school I really struggled socially, and as far as I was concerned adults were Right and so would repeat things faithfully that adults said around me and would then get in trouble for it :/ 

    I was completely unable to watch films, the suspense was too stressful. My parents had to go into the school when I was 5 and tell them to let me read and stop forcing me to watch films

    Meltdowns were present, mostly related to big events when I was around a lot of people

    Sensory sensitivities got worse as I got older.

    Stimming got more prominent as I got older and try to put myself in more difficult for me situations because I felt I should manage it.

    People began to properly bring it up to me and my parents when I moved to secondary school, but it still took until I was 20 to get diagnosed. 

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