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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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  • I am a 58 year old adult growing up in the 60's and 70's in Ashington in Northumberland and Plaistow in London had a different experience, as our family there was little money growing up and don't remember much about birthday gifts but remember that board games were prevalent as they could be shared by my sisters and cousins.  My favourite toy was a clockwork dalek. I always enjoyed looking at my mother's nursing books and would read encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and other reference books. My family moved three times by the age of 7 and thought when we moved from Ashington to Plaistow that we would only be living there for three years and then we would be moving back again.  I also enjoyed looking at my father's sci-fi books. I struggled at school in Ashington and in Plaistow and was made to attend a child guidance clinic in Stratford London when I was living in Plaistow.  In the schools in Plaistow and at a medical clinic I took IQ tests where I was told I had a low IQ.  It took until last year that I received my dyslexia diagnosis.

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  • I am a 58 year old adult growing up in the 60's and 70's in Ashington in Northumberland and Plaistow in London had a different experience, as our family there was little money growing up and don't remember much about birthday gifts but remember that board games were prevalent as they could be shared by my sisters and cousins.  My favourite toy was a clockwork dalek. I always enjoyed looking at my mother's nursing books and would read encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and other reference books. My family moved three times by the age of 7 and thought when we moved from Ashington to Plaistow that we would only be living there for three years and then we would be moving back again.  I also enjoyed looking at my father's sci-fi books. I struggled at school in Ashington and in Plaistow and was made to attend a child guidance clinic in Stratford London when I was living in Plaistow.  In the schools in Plaistow and at a medical clinic I took IQ tests where I was told I had a low IQ.  It took until last year that I received my dyslexia diagnosis.

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