I only spoke three words at age 3, but my parents didn’t worry because I understood language and communicated very creatively using those three words! This was in the seventies in the US and there was no routine screening and I just started talking in full sentences between 3 and 4 apparently
I feel very ‘jagged’ in terms of my abilities. I’m extremely mathematical and also almost tone-deaf. I found learning to drive really difficult too for example. I don’t have any problems with empathy, was into pretend play etc so not ‘classically autistic’.
I have to admit that I’m quite glad that I didn’t end up with a diagnosis as think the labelling might had negative effects for me and might have given me an ‘excuse’ for not working as hard on certain things.
I only spoke three words at age 3, but my parents didn’t worry because I understood language and communicated very creatively using those three words! This was in the seventies in the US and there was no routine screening and I just started talking in full sentences between 3 and 4 apparently
I feel very ‘jagged’ in terms of my abilities. I’m extremely mathematical and also almost tone-deaf. I found learning to drive really difficult too for example. I don’t have any problems with empathy, was into pretend play etc so not ‘classically autistic’.
I have to admit that I’m quite glad that I didn’t end up with a diagnosis as think the labelling might had negative effects for me and might have given me an ‘excuse’ for not working as hard on certain things.