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Those of use that were diagnosed as audults, what things from your past suddenly made sense with the new insight? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Part of my ongoing series on being diagnosed as an adult...

What previous confusing experiences made sense once you learned you were autistic?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

A selection:

  • No food could touch. I would eat the hot dog and bun separately and eat the ketchup with a spoon. Pizza was the same: pile the pineapples, ham, cheese, spoon the sauce, and have the dough on the side. Of course all of them to be eaten in a certain order. The only reason why I have stopped now is due to the time it takes plus the odd looks.

  • As others have said, innate sense of justice and fairness with an attachment to rules.

  • Asking my mom how kids can play with each other on the playground. She gave me a script to use to introduce myself to other kids and ask to play with them. I was almost a teen when I stopped using this and it was only because it was the first time the script didn't work and I was devastated.

  • Similarly, asking my mom how to "wave arms while walking". Is it 45° angles back and forth? Same or opposite the legs? Elbows first for a sway or stiff arms?

  • Obsessively stacking and organizing objects as "play". Creamers in the basket at a diner, toys in a circle around me, trinkets in a row.

  • New media meant new characters to copy into my personality. From mannerisms to straight up copying the dialogue from the movie; I was a chameleon.

  • Pattern recognition is unparalleled to other in my grades. Still to this day, it's one of the traits that puts me ahead.

  • Flip flopping between "a joy to have in my class; my favourite student" for one teacher to "lacking in (basic neurotipical trait here), has a long way to go" for another teacher.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The food seems like such a dead giveaway

The arm waving is pretty funny haha