The first sign of Autism.

I was just reading an article written by a mom with a child with PDD (Pervasive Developmental disorder - type of autism), sensory and anxiety issues (her daughter is Kassidys autism twin I swear) and it hit me what our first sign was that Kassidy had autism. From the day she was born she did not want ANYTHING touching her hands. No matter how she was swaddled, she would find a way to get her hands free or cry until we freed them for her. As she got to the toddler age she would always sleep with her arms outside of the blanket and if you covered her up after she was asleep she would immediately bring them out again. Trimming her nails was a NIGHTMARE (and still is at age 7) and would take 2 of us to do it, one to trim and one to hold her down. I remember making little comments over the years about how she didn't like her hands covered but it wasn't until today, when I was reading the other article that the lightbulb over my head came on and I said, "That was our first sign."