Wenn Lawson
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Same Chance Conference
This is a talk I gave in Ireland at a conference... it was a useful conference where lots of us, as autistic individuals, were able to share about autism in a number of ways. I hope you find the information useful!
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Autism ageing intersections adaptive morphing mental fitness
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This talk addresses some of the differences and sameness, around being autistic and older, rather than younger. Autism doesn't go away because we grow up, it just grows with us. It's important to understand this, and to understand some of what this means for being an older autistic person. I don't think it's been understood very well that we may have difficulty accommodating object permanence a...
Celebrating Wenn Lawson Congratulations and Birthday Wishes
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This video was created 2 years ago, on my 70th. birthday.... I was totally surprised by this event and probably didn't do it justice due to not knowing how to react or/and respond. I hope it's OK to share it with you. Wenn
Autism & Mental Health Acceptance Speech for MOOC Award
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Hi, the video is a very short acceptance speech for my team and I from Curtin University receiving the edX excellence in online teaching award for our Autism & Mental Health MOOC (massive open online course). This is a fee course which you can find at: www.edx.org/learn/healthcare/curtin-university-autism-and-mental-health Mental health for autistic people often suffers due to not being allowed...
Black Squirrel in Canada during my trip there in October. I fell in love!
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 2 měsíci
This very short video shows a black squirrel taking some monkey nuts from me. We met up every day, in my room or in the garden, over a ten day period of time. When I left s/he followed me to the taxi and I felt quite 'bereft' at leaving them behind. I hope s/he make s it through the cold Winter and is able to foredge again for food in the Spring. Maybe see you another time my tree rodent friend...
If the World Were Built For me
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Young autistic people give their view of 'if the world were built for me'....
Wenn Lawson autism, intersectionality and gender
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This is a talk I gave that explores intersectionality, specifically my gender experience and autism. Every autistic person, just like any other person, is different, it's not 'one size fits all'... so, I hope the information shared in this video is useful, but please remember it's different for different people. always check in with us and never assume. It must always be 'nothing about me witho...
Parenting Autistic Kids
zhlédnutí 332Před rokem
This talk addresses many of the issues involved with parenting autistic children. Understanding what might be happening for our autistic child can only help communication between us all and allow for specific accommodations that aid connecting with one another.
Montropism in Autism
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As autistic individuals we tend to operate via a 'single focus' lens. We give our attention over to one thing or a few related things, at any one time. This is governed by our interest. It usually means we have no spare attention for other things. often the best way to join our attention (with permission of course) is to join our interest. This cognitive style is called monotropism. So, this sh...
Belonging Mutants Seers and me
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Yes, I like Sci-Fi and especially a good read that houses Seers, Fated Mates, Vampire detectives, Shifters and Angels! This video, however, is more about how I identify and finding my Mob.
Autistic & Allistic
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We often refer to non-autistic people as 'neurologically typical' or NT for short. This can suggest however, that autistic people are not 'typical' but, for them, they are. So, we could call them Allistic and us Autistic... it separates us equally and reduces stigma.
Autism & Poor Mental Health The Difference
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The video animation about differences between autism and poor mental health aims to separate these and highlight them as two different entities, that often overlap. Misdiagnosis is all too common, especially in females and in non-binary individuals. Diagnosing a mental health condition too often blinds a professional to the underlying autistic spectrum cognitive style, that drives an individual...
Dinah Adventures
zhlédnutí 112Před 2 lety
Dr. Dinah Murray & I were friends and colleagues for close to 25 yrs. Dinah and I spent hours, days, months and years discussing how monotropism impacted our autistic natures. Dinah died this year, I will always miss her. I owe her so much and I always will. Her love and acceptance supported me through some very rough times... we also had times together of wonder and shared amazement of this wo...
Being Autistic & Trans or LGBQIA+
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Being autistic & Trans gender means our experiences and needs, especially sensory needs, are different to someone who isn't autistic and trans. I try to give some hints in this short video about some of those differences and needs.
Object Permanence in Autism
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Connection to Object Permanence in autism along with Iinteroception is often delayed, poorly formed or 'off line'. This often happens because we are elsewhere focussed. So, using interest and repetition might be the answer.
The Naughty Autie Dr Wenn Lawson 3 July 2021
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The Naughty Autie Dr Wenn Lawson 3 July 2021
04 Topics Pandemic Times
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04 Topics Pandemic Times
Wenn Lawson autism, intersectionality and gender
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Wenn Lawson autism, intersectionality and gender
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) or Persistent Drive for Autonomy
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PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) or Persistent Drive for Autonomy
Autism & Auditory Processing
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Autism & Auditory Processing
When we have sensibilities
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When we have sensibilities
TedB Talk: Autism and when you are feeling a bit anxious
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TedB Talk: Autism and when you are feeling a bit anxious
TedB Talk autism & when you can't tell how you feel inside
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TedB Talk autism & when you can't tell how you feel inside
TED MASKS
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TED MASKS
When Things Change or seem to disappear
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When Things Change or seem to disappear
TedB Talk 'What it means to be autistic' or 'understanding autism'
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TedB Talk 'What it means to be autistic' or 'understanding autism'
Dyspraxia
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Dyspraxia
PDA Profile in Autism with ADHD intersectionality
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PDA Profile in Autism with ADHD intersectionality
Dyspraxia & Me
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Dyspraxia & Me
Gender Dysphoria as an Autistic person
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Gender Dysphoria as an Autistic person

Komentáře

  • @ivy2415
    @ivy2415 Před 11 dny

    Ahh! I cried in the first 40 seconds 😢 I struggle to follow along with spoken communication all the time and often feel lost and out of step because of it. This acknowledgment was validating and made me cry 😭 ❤

  • @noahneedshelp
    @noahneedshelp Před 20 dny

    WAH WAH MY LIFE BAD TIME TO CHANGE GENDERS LMAO

  • @mdrahmanlutfar
    @mdrahmanlutfar Před 27 dny

    Great Video

  • @mdrahmanlutfar
    @mdrahmanlutfar Před 27 dny

    Nice

  • @danielthemaniel1697
    @danielthemaniel1697 Před 27 dny

    this is so insightful and well-articulated, thank you so much for sharing wenn

  • @livequality4578
    @livequality4578 Před 27 dny

    Nonsense.

  • @bebe7385
    @bebe7385 Před 28 dny

    The love and respect you show towards your “previous” life despite holding a “mixed bag” of not feeling whole.. is very powerful.. The sensory issues and disconnect.. thank you for your vulnerability experience and knowledge. Thankfully subscribed. ❤ “I’m not typical” ❤

  • @arminiusofgermania
    @arminiusofgermania Před 29 dny

    Ick. Where’s natural selection when you need it? Mother Nature needs to weed out her garden something fierce!! 🤢 🤢 🤢 🤮 🤮 🤮

  • @zachk5249
    @zachk5249 Před měsícem

    You're a victim. Quit worrying about boy and girl stuff and exist as an individual. Say fuck the world if you have to. But quit obsessing over your gender, it's not going to make the world feel any better

  • @777Rowen
    @777Rowen Před měsícem

    I don’t understand why the emphasis is prioritizing stereotypes. It seems like you’re a heterosexual man with autism who finds it difficult to fit into society as is. You’re a man, and I refuse to call you cis. I don’t understand how the trans community tries to separate your mind from your body. You can’t you are your body, and you are simply you. I’m glad the gender dysphoria went away. The notion of nonbinary doesn’t make sense, why not just say your gender non conforming why’ll still acknowledging your sex.

  • @PaylessNikes
    @PaylessNikes Před měsícem

    I love the self shoutout at the end lol

  • @planetlupa
    @planetlupa Před měsícem

    thank you

  • @cradica
    @cradica Před měsícem

    I am an autistic cis man, but I have an autistic trans friend, and her symptoms were similar to mine.

  • @hederahelix1383
    @hederahelix1383 Před měsícem

    I'm saving this to my watch later because I don't know if I can handle watching this currently but I would really like to at some point. I'm alone and have no one around to ask questions about this kind of stuff especially with the unique way gender identity and autism work together so I think this video would be helpful. It's just scary to think deeply about how I feel on it. One day, if I survive somehow whatever I am, I hope I can have a body that I don't think is gross and I feel represents a truer me. I want to exist and be okay with that, I want to stop trying to make myself smaller in the world. But its hard to battle with internalised transphobia & anti-autism sentiments that I've absorbed from the world I'm in over the years and use to destroy myself by giving my depression more and more ammo. It's nice to see people who can get past that and love themselves. I have so much love, respect, and awe for those people. Didn't mean to rant. Once I let myself think about this type of stuff it's like a floodgate being opened for the first time in years. Anyway, thanks for this video. I hope I can get to a point where watching this, and other videos like it, is less arduous of a thought and that I can get through it all.

    • @kajsan760
      @kajsan760 Před měsícem

      You may feel like you're alone in your struggles, but you're not. It's common among autistic people to not be 100% cis gendered. You need to find yourself an online community. A place with autistic people. A place with trans people. Might be the same place, might be different places. Listen to other peoples stories. (Not all at once, just as much as you can take.) Ask questions. Find others like you. Because they are out there. We are out there. I'm 45 years old. Autistic. Tired. Socialized to be a woman, but unsure what gender I actually am. Not hating myself, just curious and want to find the right words to describe myself. I hope you find who you are, and learn how to love and value yourself. Because you are valid, and you deserve to feel that love.

  • @pardalote
    @pardalote Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks Wenn! I have never heard such a clear explanation of the trans experience, especially in the mind.

  • @beckymesky
    @beckymesky Před 2 měsíci

    Negotiation are how I build relational equity and some people see negotiations as arguing and therefore shut down happens. Is there anyways to bring a third party in?

  • @tonyhoffman3309
    @tonyhoffman3309 Před 2 měsíci

    Internalized homophobia IS very much present in butch lesbians with and without autism. Autism can exacerbate this due to ridgid black and white conceptions and self perception, leading to gender dysphoria, and conception of self as the opposite sex.

  • @MyTubeOne
    @MyTubeOne Před 2 měsíci

    Very cute lovely looking tiny little darling beautiful

  • @Sad_bumper_sticker.
    @Sad_bumper_sticker. Před 2 měsíci

    Your video is valuable and ASMR soothing. As an nonbinary autistic person I’ve been watching the recent FLOOD of anti-trans videos and TERF rhetoric e.g. that “all autistic trans/nonbinary teens/adults are just “confused impressionable brainwashed victims of trans ideology who need to be saved by conversion therapy”. Introspectively, I recognize reading /listening to misconstrued/ vilifying hateful anti-trans rhetoric which dismisses autistic people is a form self-traumatizing myself and does not serve my mental health, nor does compiling a list of counter-arguments in my head make me feel better since being a loner I hope to never have to be in a position where I feel I have to “debate” being nonbinary and autistic.

  • @JazzyGinger1
    @JazzyGinger1 Před 2 měsíci

    Hello,🦋🦋🦋 🐥🐦🐦🐦🦜🐦 God the Father loves you so much that He sent Holy and Sinless Jesus Christ(His Holy Son) to earth to be born of a virgin.Then, He grew up and died on a cross for our sins. He was in the tomb for 3 days, then Father God raised Jesus Christ (Y'shua) to Life! He appeared to people and went back to Heaven. We must receive Jesus Christ sincerely to be God's child John 1:12. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE on HIS name." That is great news! Will you sincerely receive Holy, Lord Jesus into your life today?

    • @gothboschincarnate3931
      @gothboschincarnate3931 Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks for the garbage...I have a compost pile out in the back...you can throw it in there. but religion often poisons the whole garden. so throw it in the "special pile"

  • @Nova-cb3fv
    @Nova-cb3fv Před 2 měsíci

    Black squirrels are rare. That color is very recessive. You are lucky to have found one.

    • @qmnnvrdyz8965
      @qmnnvrdyz8965 Před 2 měsíci

      There's an area where I live that's loaded with them, and I've seen quite a few around NY. Guess it depends on where you live?

  • @muramasasedge5443
    @muramasasedge5443 Před 2 měsíci

    Once you go black you got to give them that snack.

    • @rollye4857
      @rollye4857 Před 2 měsíci

      Basketball american THATS NUTS

  • @egv1557
    @egv1557 Před 2 měsíci

    Ninja Squirrel

  • @tigresstia325
    @tigresstia325 Před 2 měsíci

    We have a ton of black squirrels in Ohio! Started in Kent, then spread a bunch of places. I don't think anyone knows why. Maybe a competitive advantage. Better camouflage? idk 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @av8tore71
    @av8tore71 Před 2 měsíci

    I live in Northern Illinois USA and the only black squirrel I've ever seen was in the U P of Michigan near the Soo Lochs

  • @WindustrialRevolution
    @WindustrialRevolution Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome ❤❤

  • @martin2560
    @martin2560 Před 2 měsíci

    I ♥️em too.

  • @t.b.player7102
    @t.b.player7102 Před 2 měsíci

    So very cool

  • @mochayeroc7598
    @mochayeroc7598 Před 4 měsíci

    I just think of Hannibal Lector when listening to his voice

  • @Gitchagoat
    @Gitchagoat Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @max_the_mantis5173
    @max_the_mantis5173 Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent video <3

  • @iamharper
    @iamharper Před 5 měsíci

    I love your expression here I've always felt my autism and trans-ness was so deeply connected and it makes me happy to see another out there who feels the same as me.

  • @iamharper
    @iamharper Před 5 měsíci

    My transition from male to female seemed "needed" or "necessary" too, it's hard to explain but in a way i didn't have a choice in the matter. I am very autistic.

  • @VJFranzK
    @VJFranzK Před 5 měsíci

    good voice, and relaxing tone

  • @Transsexualtalk
    @Transsexualtalk Před 5 měsíci

    Hey there, I’m a transexual man and I’m 19 years old and I also have autism.

  • @objectivityisourfriend9631
    @objectivityisourfriend9631 Před 6 měsíci

    You are just like me with all the bears, except I also have my dolls and squish mallows and bears. I always feel so weird, tons of them in my bed, and I talk to them all the time. I love how you talk to them! I feel less alone watching your videos.

  • @AD-cc7bj
    @AD-cc7bj Před 7 měsíci

    I wonder what state of mind an AuDHD individual would have?

    • @MrGhostTube
      @MrGhostTube Před 7 měsíci

      That has been studied. Slightly less monotropic than autists for adhd alone.

    • @VJFranzK
      @VJFranzK Před 5 měsíci

      Scattered! with 2 different strategies working in conflict

  • @turtleanton6539
    @turtleanton6539 Před 8 měsíci

    😊😊😊😊

  • @Zopicloned
    @Zopicloned Před 8 měsíci

    This is my dillema. I do feel disassociated but it's very hard to figure out to what extent the dysphoria causes it, and the autism. Like you, I've always more aligned socially and psychologically with males in terms of peers. Right now I just think I'm nonbinary.

    • @annariedl8436
      @annariedl8436 Před 24 dny

      seems super reasonable to stick with that and give it a lot of time. I felt gender dysphoria for a very long time (15 years starting around 14?) and at the end of my 20s/beginning of my 30s pretty clearly came to the conclusion that I am cis but genuinely mentally ill and that most of my unease is my mental illness. I am glad I stuck with the "not knowing" before doing anything too drastic.

  • @Zopicloned
    @Zopicloned Před 8 měsíci

    I was diagnosed at age 20, I'm also diagnosed with gender dysphoria but I haven't medically transition. Actually, I socially detransitioned. I still experience dysphoria. Its a very difficult choice for me, I feel stuck.

    • @annariedl8436
      @annariedl8436 Před 24 dny

      it's valid to say your issue is "gender dysphoria" itself as a condition, without it meaning that you actually have to change anything. I am pretty certain if I had changed gender I had felt as gender dysphoric about being the other gender? If that makes any sense.

  • @dustbowlboy
    @dustbowlboy Před 9 měsíci

    rant// im currently on my bed trying on all my girl clothes again to make sure i am in fact not a girl. I dont think i have autism, but i dont have an unferstanding of gender at all. I wasn’t uncomfortable as a girl, one day i just tried crossdressing and decided that was just better. Maybe i cant comprehend how other people percieve me. I dont want to wear these clothes and they make me uncomfortable, but it could be that theyre just not my style. Whenever i think i might like how i look in these clothes, its because i see masculinity in my figure shows through my clothes. I dont understand what gender is, and i dont understand my own. If i dont know, how can i feel assured when i get top surgery?? What if i regret it??

    • @Sycamoresap
      @Sycamoresap Před 9 měsíci

      I feel the same way inside. I'll never understand it but it feels right to me.

    • @xorbyc8149
      @xorbyc8149 Před 9 měsíci

      I don't feel connected in any way to gender too, but i used to think i must be a girl (I'm afab btw), because i hated how i looked in clothes typical men wear and didn't desire to look like a boy, but now I know that i just hate how i look in boring, ugly clothes and i personally I find men's sections in stores and the way vast majority of boys in my school dressed like very unfashionable. There is a thing that when men's clothing gets even a little bit more creative than usual it's labeled as effeminate and gay, with makes all my fits either feminine or gaymannish just because I refuse to be boring with them. I don't think the way you like to dress or in what clothes you feel good wearing can determine your gender in any way, and that it can in turn prove or disprove any identity, maybe you just don't like to show off or feel that you can express yourself better with a masculine style. The case gets different if you feel body dysmorphia, ( I assume it's not gender dysmorphia if you don't expiereinece gender), then i think you should talk with a specialist about this to understand yourself better and decide what to do with that. Idk if having top surgery without gender dysmorphia would be worth the costs and risks associated with it, you would have to think it over very well.

    • @eScential
      @eScential Před 6 měsíci

      I wouldn't think risk is worth it unless quite sure, but people already accuse me of making my shape look wrong, giving them dysphoria. I'm oblivious even to beatings for not fakeyflaunt body parts for their tittlation. I will never be able to comprehend paradigm much less comply to their special need. What concerns me is the pressure to do reshaping for the Other's social demands rather than ones own internally sourced joy. How much is externally forced to 'fit' and how much seems internally motivated, but reality is internalized compliance with external norms? All that imputation of dysmorphia and dysphoria is the experience of the Other. I am expected to adopt feelings as mine for their comfort. Autistic neurology is what i believe prevents me from internalizing.

  • @kathrinm2420
    @kathrinm2420 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much for this awesome video! I wonder where did the other "naughty autis conversation" videos with Harry Thompson go???

  • @musingfoodie1041
    @musingfoodie1041 Před rokem

    Great information, very useful, many thanks!

  • @beckhamhenderson9827

    Meeting #drobaedo on CZcams has really been one of the best day of my life after years of suffering I have finally been cured, thank you doc God bless you:::

  • @OrangesXx
    @OrangesXx Před rokem

    Well this is fucking stupid-

  • @user-wd8wx5md5z
    @user-wd8wx5md5z Před rokem

    Extremely interesting, but, unfortunately, the voice is a bit monotonous, and boring. With speed 1.25X it is a bit better. (Thumb up anyway)

    • @mayawolcott
      @mayawolcott Před rokem

      they're literally autistic lmao ?

    • @NElectronicSoul
      @NElectronicSoul Před 10 měsíci

      That can be an autistic trait so probably not really helpful mentioning and could easily be perceived as unnecessarily aggressive.

    • @KhaoticDeterminism
      @KhaoticDeterminism Před 4 měsíci

      @@NElectronicSoulya we were gonna say lol

  • @AutisticSelves
    @AutisticSelves Před rokem

    Really helpful video, especially like the concept of you now feeling at home in your body.

  • @marshmellow989
    @marshmellow989 Před rokem

    That was the most Insightful. Thank you.

  • @ashr7590
    @ashr7590 Před rokem

    ME 3 🙋‍♀️ INTERESTING ME TO A T.

  • @fertilizerhappens8359

    Thank you for the effort put into this video. Monotropism didn't really catch my interest, but.... Is the glass half full or half empty? I don't know. Did you just add the liquid? Half full. Did you just pour out the liquid? Half empty. Otherwise, it's half a glass of liquid. Also, Bart Simpson answered the "sound of one hand clapping" question decades ago. The egg came before the chicken. Of course the tree made a sound when gravity dragged it to the earth of the forest. (Um... sorry to be a bother. I just noticed, the title is missing an "o" between the "n" and "t".)