Difficulties with posture Relying on routines Hating change Eating the same food for weeks Re-watching the same tv show Hating phone calls Things we didn't realise were our autistic traits...

Difficulty with transitions between tasks Hyper/Hypo-empathy Extreme anxiey Struggling with hygiene Difficulty identifying emotions Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic…

Seeking patterns in things Needing each food to be separate on the plate Relying on scripts in my head Tendency to focus intensely on interests Struggling with interrupting Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic…

Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic… Slow processing speed Having 'T-rex arms' Hearing electricity Tendency to pace up and down Mimicking other people Attachment to objects

Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic… Enjoying repetition Struggling in crowds Experiencing emotions intensely Being overly sensitive to temperature Taking phrases literally Blunt communication

Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic… Always needing to know what’s going to happen Walking on tiptoes Increased/decreased pain sensitivity Being avoidant to demands Disliking touch Feeling constantly exhausted

Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic… Listening to the same music over and over Feeling inherently different to other people Sensitivity to light Tendency to see the smaller details

Things we didn't realise were part of being autistic… Hating wearing socks Struggles with replying to messages Struggles with auditory processing Speaking either too loudly or too quietly Not realising I'm thirsty

All slides have a blue background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - things we didn’t realise were part of being autistic… (for us)

Things we didn’t realise were part of being autistic (For Us)

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