Do most autistic children know they are, and at what age do they find out - or are told - they are different - if at all?

Do most autistic children know they are, and at what age do they find out - or are told - they are different - if at all?
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answer:If they have a condition from birth, no matter what it is, it will be normal to them. The one born with the condition (whatever it is) will not fully understand it because they have no frame of reference. Same as a blind person cannot fully understand how sight works because they have never experienced it, they may have learned about it, but cannot truly relate as a sighted person would.
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