when did you start puberty?

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I was 15 when I started getting periods, which is pretty late. I don't think that's related to my Aspergers though. I was also very underweight, and weight is related to age of menarche. I didn't have all the signs of puberty - I never got a crush on anyone. But I'm asexual - that is, I don't get sexual feelings or desires. That's apparently more common in people with Aspergers, and also more common in people who are underweight at puberty.

I had my first menstrual period when I was 15, I've always hated having periods and it always causes me great stress.
I think I had pubic hair from when I was about 13.
I have always looked kind of androgynous. I mean, I look feminine, just not curvy. I've always been skinny, and always had small breasts (except when I was pregnant and breast-feeding, my boobs were so big I couldn't get a bra in my size!)

I am getting pissed off with everyone blaming everything physically on having AS. Starting puberty at an early age has NOTHING to do with Autism at all. Autism does not affect you physically. I started puberty at the average age, which is 11 for girls.

Some NT girls at school started their periods at, like, 9 years old. I was, 13 years and 5 months when I started them, which is average. I developed normally along with my peers. Nothing to do with AS at all.

Can everybody stop blaming everything on having AS. It's really annoying. What's next? Blaming having blonde hair on AS? Blaming liking bananas on AS? Blaming having green eyes on AS? Blaming having size 4 feet on AS?

Just stop with the separating NTs with ASDs please, people! It's becoming a stereotype.

I've got a book all about puberty, and it specifically said, ''puberty varies from person to person.'' I've compared my 2 NT cousins, who are both 13 now (they are twins), and one's voice has broke now, but the other one hasn't yet, it's not even squeeky.

There.

You realize you're ranting at people, telling them to stop doing things, etc., and they haven't been posting on this thread since July 8th of last year!?!

Your making this post is going to make more people talk about it. If you left it alone then people would still be doing exactly what you're asking them to do, which is to stop talking about it. You've just basically set people up to do exactly what you're telling them not to do.

Also, it's not true that autism doesn't affect people physically. There are many forms of autism tied to physical conditions, like Down's syndrome, Fragile X, CdLS, Noonan's, etc. I agree that early puberty is not usually tied to being autistic -- that idea was invented by unethical people who wanted to market a seriously dubious and damaging treatment at the expense of autistic children. But the idea that autism never involves physical issues is totally false. (Even my movement disorder is considered both physical and autism-related.)

14, I think. I'm still battling this Hell today, and I cannot wait to get through it. At least I have my cat, my video games and my music to keep me sane

Oh, necroposting.
Well, I guess I'm not the one who initiated it, so it's fine.

Anyways...

I am a girl, and I entered female puberty's main physical aspect a couple of months after turning ten years old. It sucked, but at least some other people (who posted, as anbuend said, quite a while ago...) also had similar experiences. I'm now fifteen, so I'm obviously not through with this stage of my life yet, despite being about as physically developed as I will get (174 cm, and, you know, other aspects). Mind is obviously still developing, though I feel like I could be an adult. (I'll probably laugh at that last clause there in about ten or fifteen years.)

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Since when, exactly, has Down Syndrome been a form of autism? It's a chromosomal abnormality... same with CdLS and Noonan's? I know Fragile X has been considered by some, but I really doubt that the other three are on the autism spectrum; not to mention the fact that I haven't heard anyone else say anything about those disorders being considered forms of autism other than you.

I've entered puberty at the age of 9 and started my horrible period at the age of 10, without knowing much about periods. I hate that time of the month.

It must've began for me when I was 12 or 13. The only thing I can remember was my voice deepening (a ton ), which I think was in 7th grade, 4 years ago. Now it seems to be done, unless I've yet to acquire more facial hair, which I dislike. I'm done growing at all.

I've never said they are forms of autism. But they are physical conditions that are associated with autism, with far more autistic people than average. I remember hearing ratesof 10% in Down's, 60 or 80% in one of the other ones, etc. So yes, autism can be associated with physical conditions and those are only some of them. Congenital rubella syndrome is another. There are lots. One study I read said that when looked at carefully as many as 40% or more of autistic people had such conditions. But I never said they were forms of autism, they're just physical conditions causing or associated with autism at rates way beyond the general population. Which to me says autism can have physical components. I feel like I'm being argued with more on semantics than on what I said.

It's kind of irksome when people make such remarks as this because what you said obviously has meaning, so of course it is open to misinterpretation (and therefore a 'semantics argument.')

Anyways, now reading it, I realize that you phrased it in a somewhat... oh, what's the right word... 'ambiguous' manner; the extra comma before the 'like' threw me off and it made me think that you were saying 'forms of autism, like Down's syndrome, Fragile X, CdLS, Noonan's, etc.' I'm not meaning to be a total grammar snob, but comma misplacing is really confusing for me (I'm 105% certain I'm not the only person here who looks at every word and punctuation mark to literally find the meaning of a sentence.)

"There are many forms of autism tied to physical conditions like Down's syndrome, Fragile X, CdLS, Noonan's, etc."

Now I understand it, anbuend.

There is no evidence that Autism is a physical disability. Thanks a lot, Ambeind - you made me worry about this now, if Autism affects you in EVERY SINGLE WAY and not one thing about an Autistic is the same as NT, what if that means Autistics die earlier or something? So I'm deformed now, aswell as socially challenged, am I?

I started developing at 8 and hated it.

Yeah, this is kind of how I feel about what she says, too.

This is a dumb comment. 1) The fact that something is more prevalent in the autistic population means that it may be related to certain aspects of the neurotype. That is not the same thing as saying that all autistic people necessarily have those conditions. The fact that autism affects anbuend in areas of her life does not mean it affects all autistic people that way or even affects many autistic people that way.

2) If it were the case that autism might mean you are likely to die younger, that would not be a reason for keeping quiet about that reality just so you don't worry about it Other people are not responsible for your feelings, and you cannot blame your worries on them sharing your experiences.

I don't really think you're in the place to be calling our comments 'dumb.' Maybe I think every little letter you type out on your keyboard is 'dumb', but do I say this to you? No. Really, stick around a little longer to see how far calling comments 'dumb' gets you on WP.