My Cat Got Diagnosed With Autism Today
Speedy is a little freak, and I love her
When my cat, Speedy, was a little kitten, she stole all kinds of stuff from us. Rings, earrings, hairbands, keys, you name it.
When we eventually noticed that these things were missing, we started looking everywhere in the house and the end we discovered that our cat, I’ll call her Speedy from now on, actually took these things and hid them under her bed.
There are probably loads of things to tell about Speedy that didn’t really make sense.
Don’t all cats have autism?
If we trust Kathy Hoopmann, they do.
What we know about the autism spectrum is still limited. But things, like don’t want to be touched, little to no communication, or repeating routines, are typical for people with autism, so why can’t we diagnose cats?
Speedy is just a perfect example of that. She hates too much attention but also wants it so badly. Or the fact that she is terrible with loud noises and changes in her daily routines.
Like the fact that when we moved. She was completely stressed out for weeks.
Speedy doesn’t like to be in places she’s not very familiar with. But when we moved back to our old place — she seemed…
