Am I autistic? It’s a question a growing number of Kiwis appear to be asking themselves. Now, a groundbreaking study suggests a way to improve the diagnostic process. Jamie Morton reports.
As a little girl, Renae Woodfine excelled at reading and learned her times tables in a single weekend. “My memory was amazing, and my teachers were super-impressed at school, but I knew I was a bit different,” the 38-year-old Auckland mum of two said. Hamilton nurse Jacqui Park, 42, often misunderstood social norms in high school but found herself able to cram for exams at the last minute.
“My mum thought I had a very well-behaved thing, but I was just very particular.”.
