Delayed physical development

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I'm new to WrongPlanet and still learning, and I wonder if any others out there were very late bloomers, physically speaking. I was the original Beardless Wonder until--get this--age 40. My hormone levels were lowish for my age group, but not alarming, so doctors were unhelpful, despite what must have been obvious emotional damage.

Things have normalized enough now that I'm pretty comfortable, especially since my peers don't look too hot these days either. Still, I don't think it's right that I had to spend my 20's and 30's as an apparent junior high school student.

I didn't learn to walk until I was nearly two. I was also late to crawl, sit up and all the other milestones. I also did not talk until I was three or four.

I was an early walker, but I only started speaking (in complete sentences no less) about the same time you did. I was capable of understanding what people said around my, and my oldest thought was me wondering why I couldn't speak.

I can't remember anything before the age of four but it's because of an early repeated traumas or so I hear.

My son who is 5 was a late walker. Almost 2. He didn't craw until 14 mos. He didn't learn to jump until he was 4. In fact, his delays in physical milestones was what first had us concerned about his development. He really did not show any signs of autism up until he was about 1 yr. He is diagnosed as PDD-NOS/possible Asperger's. He had words on time, but he had strange language patterns. Now that he is 5, and has had 3 yrs of speech therapy, his language is getting better every day. The funny thing is that when I started suspecting autism, most of what I read didn't seem to highlight any delays in physical development, until you really started reading further into it.

No delay (well, I could not suckle but I was a premature baby), I was an early walker and early talker but I then had many problems with clothing (tying shoes, putting the clothes properly, etc), prononciation (I have a lisp that no specialists have been able to supress), sequences of coordinated movements, mild dysgraphia, tendency to draw things in the wrong place) but that's all.

It is interesting that lostD brought up suckling. I had a lot of trouble with that, but apparently passed most early childhood milestones on schedule.

I was trying to ask discretely about delayed sexual maturation--the physical as opposed to the social aspects. I wondered if that is in any way related to the spectrum, or is an unrelated phenomenon. I'm guessing from your responses that it is unrelated.

Re suckling, that is interesting - #1 son had problems there fot which my wife assumed blame but maybe not?

As for secondary sexual characteristics - I was noticeably behind my peer group, though not that far, and have I think always been low on hormones.

I don't think that low hormone levels and aspergers syndrome are connected.

I haven't had any problems in that area and I was also in front of other people in regards to physical development.

I think there was a thread about that, perhaps more than one and there were no conclusion. (there were late bloomers though)

here for example

For the suckling relfex part, I have no been diagnosed with dyspraxia. My brother could not do it either (but nothing else was wrong with his development, just some social problems and lack of interest at school). I do not think that the parents are responsible for that (by the way, I now have this suckling reflex though I am an adult ).

I was talking by the time I was 3, but it wasn't really "talking" as much as it was incoherent babbling, which was why my mom enrolled me into a special ed preschool. I regained my ability to speak no long thereafter.

I don't think I was otherwise late in development. I didn't really notice any physical changes in my body until I was about 13, which is about normal, I presume.

Thanks for the link, lostD. I agree it is inconclusive.