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7 Autistic Signs Everyone Missed in Me as a Child And Teenager
#6 Meltdowns
After reading this article, I decided it was about time I wrote about some signs of Autism I had as a child. I read online that writing the signs you had as a child makes it easier to get a diagnosis.
I filled several pages with moments from my childhood and teenage years that tied to me being autistic. I threw them away after getting an official paper that says I’m autistic, but I’ve kept some notes.
There’s something to be said about how painful it is to process all of this. At least, it was (has been) for me. I have a hard time, for example, thinking about all the awful meltdowns I had as a teenager (more on that in a bit).
As it turns out when looking at my childhood with a non-neurodiverse lens some things look quite strange. Yet when looking at it with a neurodiverse lens the same things look quite normal. It’s a matter of knowledge and perspective.
Here are aspects of my childhood and teenage years that turned out to be signs of Autism:
1. Textures
Walking into my grandmother’s house felt like paradise. The house was full of texture. There was carpet on the room floor. Old wood floors in the living room. An old staircase. My favorite way to pass the…
