Talking to young children about autism wasn’t something I even thought about when my twin boys were in nursery, even though unbeknown to me one of my children was autistic.
Certainly signs of his autism did surface when he was there. Not making friends, a dislike of sticky art materials, getting really upset when the music class was changed to the other room and a passionate dislike of colouring in and learning to ‘write’ over yellow lines.
He didn’t have a full diagnosis of Aspergers for another four years, but I so wish it had been earlier.
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