My Little Ausome Star

“Why are so many kids autistic now?” 🤔

Must be the vaccines. Or the tablets. Or Cocomelon. Or whatever TikTok told you to panic about today.

Nah, babe. What’s really wild is how y’all act like autism just popped up outta nowhere — when in reality, you grew up surrounded by undiagnosed autistic people. You just called it something else.

Your cousin wasn’t “lazy.” He just couldn’t function without routine.
Your uncle didn’t “give you the creeps.” He struggled with social cues.
Your grandpa with the strict breakfast routine and same chair every morning? That was sensory comfort and hyperfixation.
That classmate who was brilliant but never spoke?
The sibling who had meltdowns over scratchy clothes or loud sounds?
The kid who knew more about dinosaurs or trains than the teacher?
The adult who wears the exact same outfit every single day because it feels right?

You didn’t miss autism. You mislabeled it.
Autism isn’t new — but diagnosis is.
Awareness is.
Acceptance is.

So yeah, go ahead and keep blaming screen time or Tylenol if it makes you feel better — while entire generations of folks were dismissed as “weird,” “bad,” or “slow.”

It’s not a rise in autism.
It’s a rise in people finally being seen for who they really are. 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

*words not written by me but this is perfect so I needed to post*

PART 1 💙

It all started when my mom talked to me about my son, Miggy. She told me that something seemed different about him because he hadn't started talking yet, even though he was over a year old. He hadn't begun saying simple words like "mama" and "papa."

As days went by, I started observing my son, trying to understand his behavior. The first thing I noticed was that he was extremely focused when he played. He could spend hours engaged in the same activity, like lining up toy cars and spinning their wheels.

The second thing I noticed was that he would cry and bang his head against anything when he didn't get his way. It scared me because I was afraid he might hurt himself.

The third observation was that he was very difficult to feed. He refused to eat rice at first, he only wanted biscuits and milk from his bottles, he only made baby sounds as if he were still just a few months old.

After seeing all these signs, I realized we needed to take him to a pediatrician. My husband and I agreed that Miggy needed to be checked out so we could understand why he was acting this way. I felt nervous about our decision because I didn't know what the results would be.

What is ASD with Level 3?