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Einfari
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28 Dec 2011, 10:31 pm

People are born with AS. I was always different from the time I was a baby and was diagnosed at age two. I have never anyone being born a NT and suddenly developing AS symptoms. I have no idea where I inherited AS from because all of my family members are NTs.



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29 Dec 2011, 1:24 am

Joe90 wrote:
Yeah but aren't most toddlers afraid of loud noise (assuming sensory issues mean loud noises?)

Twice in one week I was in public toilets and heard a parent saying to a toddler, ''we won't put the hand-dryer on because you don't like it do you?'' And my cousin used to scream at some loud noises when she was a toddler. She's 18 now, and is 100 percent NT.


Sensory issues mean a lot of things. I hated to be held or hugged, and I couldn't stand clothing tags, among other things. Bright light was really frustrating for me. All kinds of noises would bother me - quiet chewing would be frustrating and enraging, for example - as well as loud noises causing all kinds of problems being simply being scary/too loud to think.



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30 Dec 2011, 11:01 am

My father is very likely on the spectrum, and so are my two cousins. Aspergers run in my paternal family. So, yes I think we are born with it.