My darling cat

My flatmate who is studying autism at uni wrote a list of why Suzy my cat must be autisitc.
i picked out some of my favourites for you:

Suzy is autistic because:

• She lashes out because she doesn't have the communication skills to tell us what she wants

• She lacks transference-she knows you can come in the cat door but is yet to work out you can also go out the cat door!

• She will only eat jelly meat of a specific brand (not the cheap one!)

• She often will only sit on the VCR

• She will howl in the middle of the night for no apparent reason (communication probs again)

• She seeks out company but doesn't want to be touched

• When she uses the dirt box she runs away really quickly straight afterwards

• She is impaired in social situations- she can sit by and watch another cat eat her food

• She has a lack of emotioanl reciprocity and is not against biting when you're feeling down and just want the company

• She will dart around the house for no apparent reason