Anyone WITHOUT "regressive" autism

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I feel like literally the only autistic in the universe who did not "regress". Everyone with autism is supposed to "change" after vaccines. I asked my mom about this and she said that I never regressed. And in fact, I said my first word soon after being vaccinated. I was 13 months. I never "lost" any social skills, even eye contact. I've always tended to look at my parents/friends in the eye, but not strangers. The social skills trouble I have are "higher level" social skills, such as how to make friends or deal with conflict.

I'm I just the 0.01% of autistic people who DIDN'T regress? Or is it less common than I think. Most news stories about young children with autism tend to be about the regressive type. Is it just that this type is more sensational?

While childhood regressive autism is real it is not universal. It has the element of drama and thus media focus.

As far as I know it did not happen to me

I've heard that autism tends to be less of a hindrance as people with it get older. I've been slowly but surely improving as well, especially when it comes to social skills.

I did not regress from "normal" functioning; I was always a cuckoo bird lol

I find it's more difficult as I get older. It was tough when I was a kid, because I didn't really have any friends. But it wasn't the end of the world. But now that I am a 26 year old man, there are things that I "need" to be able to do in order to make it in the world that I simply can't do.

I didn't have any regressions in early childhood. I was told I was very social as a child. I think my "regression" began when I started school.

I also have trouble making eye contact with strangers, but not with family and close friends.

What do they call it when you regress in early adulthood? Or do they even have a name for that since adult autistics are such a "new" phenomena?

Why do the kids get all the attention? Why are adults on the spectrum basically treated as lost causes? I f*****g hate being an adult. I can't stand it.

I developed at a normal rate for the first 4 years of my life, and was a sociable baby. Then when I started school at 4 years old I suddenly displayed all these autism behaviours, but I then quickly grew out of most of them and continued developing at a normal rate, except I was socially awkward, highly anxious, and had some intellectual difficulties. I really don't know what that was all about when I was 4. It was as though I got ASD over night, literally.

Christ I never regressed! And vaccines have nothing to do with it either.
Never had them. Always was bullied, always was different, got past it in time.

Joe,

Except for the intellectual difficulties, your story is identical to mine. I started school at four years old, and didn't speak English. My social differences have persisted to this very day, but I am steadily improving.

I thought regressive autism was rare.

I didn't regress. Neither did my son.

The ongoing figure for "Regressive Autism" has been believed to be between 25 to 30 percent of children. Newer thinking has it some form of it occurring in as much as 80% percent of children. Leo Kanner a pioneer in the discovery of autism split autistics into two categories, innate and regressive back in the 1940's.


Researchers say regression in autism common, variable, maybe universal NIH scientific workshop focuses on understanding the brain changes behind regression, or loss of skills, in young children with autism

In my case, there were no regressions. If anything, more like some delay or being stuck at some stage of early childhood and can't socially catch up with my same aged peers anymore.


I remembered my childhood days of being vaccinated -- nope, I didn't mentally or socially lose or gained anything afterwards. And on account of my parents, I didn't socially or mentally gained or lose when I was way younger back then. I had 'normal' development, but I'm also an odd child.

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not regressive type

Ive always been the way i am, never any regression (according to mom&dad)