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Late diagnosis and childhood memories

Catlover

To those who were diagnosed post 40, thinking back, what are some ‘autistic’ things you can now recall you used to do?

I had a flashback just now, of when I was about 5 at break in school. I used to enjoy observing the grass, and all the different types of plants that grew there. I especially liked clover, and would always try to find one with 4 leaves Rolling eyes I liked the tiny insects as well. Also, I would always imitate sounds (still do, but not quite as often). 

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  • at the age 4 - 18 I would always run away from bullies as fast as I can (unless they cornered me, than I would go badger), picking up the most difficult routes, e.g. over a fence

    at about 5-6 y.o. I inherited from older cousin set of building blocks, plain cuboids you could join together, and whole range of plastic models of animals, they were about the size of box of cigarette filters each, I was fascinated with them and everyday all over again I would build a better version of zoo/fences/corridors where animals would be kept, I snatched some nails and a wrist chain from somewhere, separated it into smaller parts, and I would chain animals to the nails pushed into blocks, I had to dismantle it at the end of the day (I spent my first 7 years on a farm)

    at about 7-8y.o. I had a collection of various objects/souvenirs, I would put them on a shelf in a specific order/positions, It was cardinal sin to mess it up, my sisters were doing it when I was away, when I was back I would notice it right away and have meltdown, meltdown that everyone in family would laugh about during family meetings for months, just to be clear, nobody told my sisters it's bad thing to do, and grownup's reaction would rather encourage every kid to do it again

    at about 3 -6 y.o I loved to make objects vibrate to create sounds, driving everyone mad

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  • at the age 4 - 18 I would always run away from bullies as fast as I can (unless they cornered me, than I would go badger), picking up the most difficult routes, e.g. over a fence

    at about 5-6 y.o. I inherited from older cousin set of building blocks, plain cuboids you could join together, and whole range of plastic models of animals, they were about the size of box of cigarette filters each, I was fascinated with them and everyday all over again I would build a better version of zoo/fences/corridors where animals would be kept, I snatched some nails and a wrist chain from somewhere, separated it into smaller parts, and I would chain animals to the nails pushed into blocks, I had to dismantle it at the end of the day (I spent my first 7 years on a farm)

    at about 7-8y.o. I had a collection of various objects/souvenirs, I would put them on a shelf in a specific order/positions, It was cardinal sin to mess it up, my sisters were doing it when I was away, when I was back I would notice it right away and have meltdown, meltdown that everyone in family would laugh about during family meetings for months, just to be clear, nobody told my sisters it's bad thing to do, and grownup's reaction would rather encourage every kid to do it again

    at about 3 -6 y.o I loved to make objects vibrate to create sounds, driving everyone mad

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