Pookie happens to have autism, so some of the behavior things I write about have a particular ASD-spin to them, but alot of them are just as applicable to any child. Our daughter, who is typically developing (which means “no autism”) is going thru a passive-aggressive phase where she also refuses to ask for things. She hints. She tries to trick me. She leaps right over “asking” and goes right to “complaining” . So apparently alot of this is just normal kid stuff.