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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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  • I was a very quiet child and didn’t like being touched or hugged, loved biting my brother and  only cousin who was the only other child I would be in contact with up to pre school. my brother would love dressing up as a cowboy or policeman while I liked Lego and then my favourite Mechano. Never really understood other children and stayed mostly on my own, didn’t  understand why children wanted to pretend or play games. Loved TV of the 70’s and 80’s, don’t really watch Tv anymore. School was very lonely and found that the library was the place to hide at lunchtime, the bullies wouldn’t enter a library as they would have burst into flames! Didn’t like any team sport. Food was and still is a bit of a minefield. Teachers always said I was quiet and didn’t want to join in. I’m now 54 and on the waiting list for an autism assessment.

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  • I was a very quiet child and didn’t like being touched or hugged, loved biting my brother and  only cousin who was the only other child I would be in contact with up to pre school. my brother would love dressing up as a cowboy or policeman while I liked Lego and then my favourite Mechano. Never really understood other children and stayed mostly on my own, didn’t  understand why children wanted to pretend or play games. Loved TV of the 70’s and 80’s, don’t really watch Tv anymore. School was very lonely and found that the library was the place to hide at lunchtime, the bullies wouldn’t enter a library as they would have burst into flames! Didn’t like any team sport. Food was and still is a bit of a minefield. Teachers always said I was quiet and didn’t want to join in. I’m now 54 and on the waiting list for an autism assessment.

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