My son is high end autistic spectrum. Other son was unusually early, walk, talk read etc, I did too. It was not always a comfortable thing to be. Braintalk had gifted children as a condition, many PwP are gifted people. But a little 'neuro-diverse' too, rather than neuro-typical?? When PD hit I could see this more because I was thinking about it, most of these things have positive and negative aspects. All three of us share the things below, but I am moving closer to my high end autistic son, we are more visibly 'different' .

• very early speech development
• lateral thinking rather than linear
• multi-tasking difficulties
• drops things a lot/clumsy
• stay on task a long time
• when fully engaged other difficulties drop off
• difference between ability and output
•*difficulty initiating tasks especially if the choice is too great
• lack of fear/poor awareness of danger
• tactile issues with textures
• self limited food choices
• does not like change
• poor short term memory/good long term memory
• addicted to learning
• insightful about people and things
• not always empathetic
• strange sleep patterns/cycles
• dislikes sensory overload
• good coping strategies
•*others perceive them as a bit different
• physically strong, but slow, not sporty
• jiggly legs thing

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