It seemed that no one was safe from my meltdowns and behaviour, although I did manage to keep a lid on the worst of my behaviour at school for the most part and I would frequently release it once I was at home and safe to do so.Īt about age 7, I started to display extremely sexualised behaviours and I seemed to have little or no embarrassment regarding this. I was hardly ever invited to birthday parties or round to people's houses after school for tea. The few friendships I did have would only last for a short while. Other children often reported being afraid of me and I had few friends. I was very verbally aggressive too and I was using swear words from about age 4 in their proper contexts. Throughout my primary school years I was often in trouble, my mother was called into the school on a fairly regular basis, I was suspended many times and my daily meltdowns were often extreme in both the length of time they lasted and in the amount of physical violence I demonstrated. Right from a very early age it was noticed by many, if not all, people around me that I was different from other children.Įven at pre-school age it was reported by teachers that I was 'very difficult to control' and that I 'had a bad temper'. obsessive behaviour, often focused on people rather than things.įor a more detailed explanation of the traits, please see the National Autistic Society information on Pathological Demand Avoidance Me, Myself and PDA.
language delay, often with a good degree of 'catch-up'.comfortable in role play and in pretending, sometimes to an extreme extent.impulsivity and excessive mood swings, often switching suddenly.appearing sociable on the surface but lacking depth in their understanding (often recognised by parents early on).
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