Today, I am continuing to go on describing the odd behaviors that led us to the autism diagnosis for Elijah. The first one today has to do with his odd relationship with cups. There are two major issues with Elijah and cups. The first one is, Elijah will only drink out of one kind of cup at home. This behavior started around age four, so it was something else that wasn’t present as an early sign. Up until that point, he actually enjoyed getting new cups. Now, buying him a new cup would send him straight into a state of anxiety. If we are at a restaurant, we are fine. He will drink out of their cups. If we are at someone else’s house, he will drink out of their cups. But, if we are at home, there is only one cup (that we have multiples of) that he will use. It actually started as a different kind of cup, which is no longer available, so we were able to transition him to a new kind last year, but only one kind. They are these cheap, plastic Mario party favor cups...
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