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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu was shocked when daycare providers flagged some concerning behaviors in her daughter, Legacy. The toddler was not responding to her name. She avoided eye contact, didn’t talk much, and liked playing on her own.
But none of this seemed unusual to Dr. Onaiwu, a consultant and writer in Houston.
“I didn’t recognize anything was amiss,” she said. “My daughter was just like me.”
Legacy was diagnosed with autism in 2011, just before she turned 3. Months later, at the age of 31, Dr. Onaiwu was diagnosed as well.
Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social and communication difficulties as well as repetitive behaviors, has long been associated with boys. But over the past decade, as more doctors, teachers, and parents have been on the lookout for early signs of the condition, the proportion of girls diagnosed with it has grown.
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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu’s daughter, Legacy, was diagnosed with autism in 2011 just before she turned 3. Months later, Dr. Onaiwu, a consultant and writer, was diagnosed as well.Credit…Annie Mulligan for The New York Times
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