Hello. Are there any people here who were born in the 70s and 80s, always different, now diagnosed with high-functioning autism? Like me?

I'm almost 50 years old, and I've always felt I was different. Even in preschool, at the age of three, I felt it clearly. But it wasn't a problem for me. I functioned very well. I asked my mother why the children at preschool were different from me. She didn't understand my questions. So I decided she was different too. As if it were natural that most people are different from me, although I don't know why. But I never wanted to be like those others, even at three or four years old. In a sense, I felt they were a separate species, even though they looked the same. To simplify a bit – like a dog and a cat. Both species, in a simplified description, have the same physical characteristics: fur, four legs, a tail, ears... But they're different species. And that's normal. That's how I felt in preschool. After that, it was different.

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  • Born in the 1960s. The shock of starting infant school resulted in me being selectively mute at school for three months. My ability to cope with so many other children, who were bafflingly unpredictable and not always benign, was obviously greatly exceeded. I think it was my artistic ability that eventually allowed me a measure of social acceptance. Other kids would ask me to draw them something - a tiger or whatever - I would oblige and they seemed happy with the result.

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  • Born in the 1960s. The shock of starting infant school resulted in me being selectively mute at school for three months. My ability to cope with so many other children, who were bafflingly unpredictable and not always benign, was obviously greatly exceeded. I think it was my artistic ability that eventually allowed me a measure of social acceptance. Other kids would ask me to draw them something - a tiger or whatever - I would oblige and they seemed happy with the result.

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