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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents are both in the autism spectrum so I had an odd childhood and everyone stayed home a lot. Luckily a teacher, some coaches and my guidance counselor took me under their wing and got me involved in some positive extracurriculars, sports, social groups and even the same college the counselor had gone to.

I also went to counseling in college and during my first job to come to terms with how not normal my childhood was and how my parents cannot have meaningful or non-superficial conversations in anything.

I’d like to circle back to my guidance counselor and ask if she suspected anything of the sort.[/quote]

This is fascinating. You should do your own thread. I’d love to hear more. How you slowly uncovered your parents’ ASD. How the school staff knew to reach out and engage you in extracurriculars. What did the superficial conversations look like? How did they give you advice? What were the biggest “not normal childhood” realizations? [/quote]

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