Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autistic Parents Was HARD!

👋 Hello! Join me for a discussion about the difficulties of growing up with parents who I'm pretty sure were (unknowingly) autistic. Honestly, there was SO MUCH I could've included here, it was difficult to know where to start or where to end this video. I think I'll make a follow-up at some point, so let me know if you've any questions, or any specific areas you think might be interesting to cover. In case you're interested, I did a wee follow-up video to this one here 👉    • Autism & Processing Childhood / Adolescent...   Mentioned in this video: My Experience Of Perimenopause As A Late Diagnosed Autistic    • My Experience Of Perimenopause As A Late D...   Is Perimenopause/Menopause Worse For Autistics & ADHD-ers?    • Is Perimenopause & Menopause Worse For Aut...   Autistic Not Alien (Neil's channel)    / @autisticnotalien   ☆ ☆ ☆ 🧡 Other videos you may be interested in: An Autism Diagnosis At Nearly 50 (My First Video!)    • An Autism Diagnosis At Nearly 50 (My First...   Autism & School - My Experience As An Undiagnosed Autistic Girl    • Autism & School - My Experience As An Undi...   ☕ Donations in support of Creative Autistic are very welcome at https://ko-fi.com/creativeautistic - thank you! 🧡 📌 Please Note! I am just one autistic person with lower support needs and my videos relate to my experiences only. To get a fuller understanding of what autism is (and what it isn't) it's important to watch content from a variety of autistic people, including those of us with higher support needs. 🧡 0:00 Some background 3:38 My mum 6:52 My dad 10:31 Food issues 11:41 Becoming a one-parent family 14:06 My dad's new partner 18:18 Their difficulties with transitions, demand avoidance, etc 21:11 How my autism diagnosis is opening up other 'stuff' #latediagnosedautistic #autistic #actuallyautistic #creativeautistic