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What were you like as a child?

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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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  • I was a "well behaved" child, as in I didn't do anything to bring attention to myself and avoided confrontation at all costs. I would be relaxed and noisy at home but become almost mute when we went out and wouldn't talk to anyone. I had a few family members that I would talk to and others I wouldn't. I've spent years trying to think why I did that, now as an adult I talk to all my family happily. I have a quiet appreciation of the ones who didn't push me to talk and just let me be. 

    I struggled to make friends my own age. Often getting on better with either younger or older children. I was an only child and lived in a remote rural area so I was very content being on my own. I hated school, homework would make me cry out of frustration and the social aspect completely drained me every day. 

    I used to love all "extreme" sports, ones that could be done on your own rather than the traditional team sports at school. I often changed between hobbies and had friends associated with each one. I.e skateboarding friends, bike friends, video game friends.

    I was diagnosed at 27 and see a lot of the same behaviours in my own 3 year old boy. 

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  • I was a "well behaved" child, as in I didn't do anything to bring attention to myself and avoided confrontation at all costs. I would be relaxed and noisy at home but become almost mute when we went out and wouldn't talk to anyone. I had a few family members that I would talk to and others I wouldn't. I've spent years trying to think why I did that, now as an adult I talk to all my family happily. I have a quiet appreciation of the ones who didn't push me to talk and just let me be. 

    I struggled to make friends my own age. Often getting on better with either younger or older children. I was an only child and lived in a remote rural area so I was very content being on my own. I hated school, homework would make me cry out of frustration and the social aspect completely drained me every day. 

    I used to love all "extreme" sports, ones that could be done on your own rather than the traditional team sports at school. I often changed between hobbies and had friends associated with each one. I.e skateboarding friends, bike friends, video game friends.

    I was diagnosed at 27 and see a lot of the same behaviours in my own 3 year old boy. 

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