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What were you like as a child?

Pigtail

I'm curious to know what you were like as a child and whether a lot of us were similar in the way we acted. I know a lot of py were diagnosed a lot later, my diagnosis was early on but I'm still curious to know what you were like.

As a child I used to hate hugs and being touched. I used to scream and scream if my parents hugged me and I hated having to hold their hands when out walking.

I bit everything and everyone. I used to bite my parents, other people, myself, chair and table legs and my toys. I was eventually given soft chew toys to bite to protect my teeth.

I was sensitive to the sun and bright lights. If I went out and it was sunny I used to close my eyes and cover them with my hands. I also didn't like the flashing lights on Christmas trees and would do the same thing if I saw them.

I used to organise and stack my toys as neatly as I could. My mum said my room was the most organised and tidy room in the house.

I didn't make eye contact and I avoided other children if I could.

And that's what I was like as a child apparently. I was diagnosed at 4 yrs of age.

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  • According to my mother, I was a very well-behaved child. I disliked crowds, and being asked questions by adults I did not know well. I had a few friends who were children, but in general I distrusted other children and preferred the company of adults (they were more predictable). I reacted to starting school at four and a half years of age, by becoming selectively mute for three months. I didn't speak at all at school, but continued to be talkative at home.

    I have never rocked or flapped my hands, but did I spin, or run round in tight circles, a lot as a child. I liked being in confined spaces, and would spend time in my wardrobe, cupboards or the linen basket. I preferred being swung or jiggled to being hugged.

    I was diagnosed at 59 years of age.

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  • According to my mother, I was a very well-behaved child. I disliked crowds, and being asked questions by adults I did not know well. I had a few friends who were children, but in general I distrusted other children and preferred the company of adults (they were more predictable). I reacted to starting school at four and a half years of age, by becoming selectively mute for three months. I didn't speak at all at school, but continued to be talkative at home.

    I have never rocked or flapped my hands, but did I spin, or run round in tight circles, a lot as a child. I liked being in confined spaces, and would spend time in my wardrobe, cupboards or the linen basket. I preferred being swung or jiggled to being hugged.

    I was diagnosed at 59 years of age.

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