This is what pissed me off. People think Autism is all about no eye contact, lining things up, having a good memory and all the other little ‘quirks’.
My granddaughter didn’t get diagnosed until she was 9 hrs old and that was only because I pushed for it.
Her mother and her side of the family just labelled her a moody little cow, psycho, not right in the head
![Pouting face :rage: 😡](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f621.png)
Honestly, it makes my blood boil even thinking about it now.
The worst part, was like you said when she was overwhelmed and lashed out and she’d nip and scratch herself.
But because she seemed ok at school nobody took me seriously when I said she was Autistic.
She’d learnt to mask and she because school was structured and she knew the routine she could cope better there.
Sending hugs