Smiling as a baby/toddler-Is that proof not on spectrum ?

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Is smiling as a baby/toddler a big no no for being on the spectrum ? Got photos of me smiling.

Go on any Vlog of autistic young children. Frequently, they are really very gleeful and silly--like NT children.

Who told you THAT nonsense?

I laughed and smiled a lot in baby pics.

Autistic kids usually don't like to be held-----but, sometimes, they do.

Theyre probably talking about hard core low functioning autistics in that article. Not aspies so much.

Mom and dad talked about sis and my behavior as babies. Never mentioned me "going limp" when being held.

She did mention things like fascination with spinning things. And if I was being carried over her shoulder I would take an interest in the door behind her and start trying to slam it with my baby arms. Things like that. Might be a bit autistic, or not.

But I was baby so I don't remember how I acted. Mom and dad aren't around anymore to testify.

I was a very sociable baby, and I have photos and videos to prove it (plus my parents say I was a happy, cuddly baby). I made eye contact naturally too.
I have a video with me in at 8 months old, and I seemed rather contented. My dad picked me up and I could see me smiling and waving my arms and I gave out a happy gurgle.

It's sites like the link the OP posted that makes me think I was misdiagnosed. It's so frustrating to live a life not knowing who I really am.

There are many "levels of functioning" within the monolithic entity known as "autism."

I smiled and laughed as a baby and toddler. I've always been very tender-headed and disliked tags/seams in clothes touching me but I liked being hugged/held. Still love hugs!

I'd laugh if it's the case.


I'm very sure I was the kind of little girl who likes being held, likes being hugged, practically likes being touched. I have a lot of early childhood memories being a sensory seeker.

Especially involving touch. Many would vouch that I was very affectionate child. That's probably where I learnt parts of internalizing positive stuff. And probably why some feeling made sense to me by simply remembering feelings and sensations that I never had words for.

Like so many ideal fulfillments throughout my childhood, it doesn't "prevent" me from becoming 'more' autistic. More like it prevented me from earlier diagnosis.

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I was a happy and sociable little girl until I started school. My parents said that I laughed and smiled and was a happy baby.