Starting to make sense...

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For many years, there were just some things that my mom told me about when I was a child that I've never been able to make sense of because I had nothing to compare them to...things like:

I started walking late. I can't remember exactly when she said I started walking (I'll find out and report back), but they used to have to bribe me to get me to even stand without holding on to a piece of furniture. I remember a picture of me standing in the middle of the floor holding a checkbook and laughing. She said that when I was completely absorbed in something that I was holding was the only time I would do this.

My mom often told me that when I went in for my pre-school exams, that I had difficulty with one of the eye tests. She did not know the significance of it, but she said that there was a ball rolling across a table and then it would drop off. She told me that my eyes had trouble tracking the ball. No one ever told her what that meant, and so I never knew...I could not even find information about what type of test this was until this afternoon...

So now, thinking about these things, I decided to start doing some research. I found that studies are just beginning to be done on eye movement and autism. In particular, I did find that there has been some research that indicates that individuals with Autism/Asperger's have difficulty with Ocular Mobility, or eye tracking - the specific function that the test I took when I was a child measures.

I'm not exactly sure if I'm on the right track...but it is all starting to sound a bit more and more like I fit somewhere on the spectrum better than I do anywhere else...

Does anyone else have any experience with or information/thoughts on any of this?