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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My now teenaged daughter was diagnosed with autism around age 11 or 12 and that was also around when she started sneaking candy (and leaving the wrappers all over the house under cushions etc) and even stole cash from my purse (to go buy more candy).  I can also totally see her doing the wet pants thing, if it were a pair of pants she particularly liked.  She doesn't always have exactly the right filter for what's acceptable and what isn't, and she doesn't think to ask most of the time, she just does.

Autism in girls can appear differently than autism in boys because girls can mask socially at earlier ages than boys can.  So autism in girls might be caught later.

I can't speak to the rudeness to you and the family, etc.  We get shouting sometimes, but only when things get very stressful for her.  She knows we are on her side.  So it could be something else, but some of this sounds like it could be autism.

How does your daughter do in back and forth conversations, especially on topics that don't particularly interest her?  Can she give and take with friends about things that interest her friends but don't particularly interest her?  We also had a lot of parallel play when my daughter was in elementary -- playing with the same toys but separately, rather than playing pretend together.  (There was some of that too, but more parallel play than NT kids.)

good luck![/quote]

Fixed the above to say "She [b]doesn't[/b] always have exactly the right filter for what's acceptable and what isn't, and she doesn't think to ask most of the time, she just does." which is what I meant.  
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