10 Things People Get Wrong About Autism and Autistic People
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
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It's important that we all understand, that as Autistic People, there is not a unified autistic experience. We all have different opinions and very different experience, and I think it's great to share those things.
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Self diagnosed 65 year old autist: I LOVE teaching, helping random people in town and having meaningful talks with people, strangers or well known. So:, I am sort of an extrovert. But I need alone time to refill my own strength.
Before my diagnosis about six months ago I was a “social butterfly”. Or so people thought. I now realise I was masking and only behaved in a way people expected. It was exhausting. I am actually more comfortable with a few safe people.
I'm also an introvert, but I am also adhd, which means sometimes I am really, really not. I also work in a large agency, and manage IT for like 20 sites and 300 people. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said 'even I enjoy spending time with a few SAFE people'. That struck a chord. I am an introvert, but a lot of my introversion is more adaption than nature: I will happily spend time with a bunch of neurodiverse/accepting/non-judgmental folks who (and this is the key) I don't have to mask around. If I have to (as I call it) 'put on the show' for people, I will only do so as long as I am being PAID to do so as required by my job, and I only do that because, ya know, food is nice. If I could live a life on my terms, I'd be pretty social with people who accepted me as me. A lot of neurospicy folks are not extreme introverts by nature, but extreme introverts by necessity. Masking is exhausting.
Yeah, I am an autistic extrovert but the wrong people are tiring.
I’m a pretty sarcastic autistic with a good sense of humor. However I struggle a lot with some jokes from non autistic ppl.
I’m both an extrovert and an introvert.
Brliant video really spoke to me a lot, whilst Autism is a Disability it is NOT a disease. I fit some of the steretypes mentioned and not others. One of my Autistic interests is cars and motorsports and i have noticed a number of drivers who i strongly suspect are autistic, i won't name them because armchair dignosis is problematic for lots of reasons
Yes, I am disabled. I see autism as who I am and while autism is disabling for me it also has positives.
@@Catlily5 exactly
I identify as autistic without a formal or official diagnosis, I am an introvert, I am from the US, and traveling is my most favorite hobby… especially overseas travel.
I'm extroverted and late-diagnosed autistic. I compare it to running marathons. I LOVE running, and I love socializing. But I have a limited time before I become exhausted and have to rest.
I am an extroverted autistic person as well. I like socializing but I need a lot of down time.
Solid video, Lyric! I appreciate the effort that goes into trying to summarize all of these points fairly, given the wide range of autistic traits and experiences. I've struggled to explain some of these aspects of autistic life to others, and I haven't been as concise as you are here -- everything I say about autism, even in my own life, seems to require a qualification because exceptions come to mind (mine or the person I'm talking with) as soon as I make a general statement, and I end up struggling even more than usual to speak. From now on I should just start off by sharing this video, and then take things from there!
As a clumsy walker / runner / skater / swimmer who somehow also manages to do well at playing the piano, soldering electronics, building detailed models from scratch, and drawing and painting, I definitely feel the spiky skill/ability profile you mentioned. I can assemble an intricate orrery and finesse all the different parts to move smoothly; just please don't be surprised if things go horribly awry when I pick it up and carry it across the room to put it on display!
I'd definitely like to hear more about the double-empathy problem; I've seen it name-checked in various autism videos, but I don't recall it being defined or well-explained whenever it was brought up.
Great work, here, as always! Happy Spring to you!
Awesome video - so true about emotional overwhelm leading to shutdown.
Considering I was raised in Europe with people who embraced my quirks as positives, I got to see how a large number of people are plausible have been on the spectrum in the past to the present. I'm going to go for 1 in 10 people are on the spectrum. Majority of us are level 1 of needs, which is why we've been able to do so much over the span of human existence.
I have made the suggestion to my library to consider picking up your book and like books to help more of us in the spectrum who do not have the means to buy your book. I hope it helps.
Mine was labeled "Severely Emotional Disturbed" growing up.
I'm introvert but I crave some social from "safe" people.
Nice to see your media again! I found you here now! I dropped out of Twitter.
I dropped Twitter this year too
Fantastic 🎉❤ Thanku!!! diagnosed at40 & still learning bout my brain and lifetime of experiences that now make sense in retrospect and wth additional essential info
Extrovert, late-diagnosed autistic adult here. As a young child I was very outgoing, and received energy from interacting with everyone. However, in grade school I was often misunderstood by peers and teachers, and very frightened of being perceived as different and weird. My subsequent quietness led to being labeled "shy", and I continued to perpetuate that myth because it was an easy coping mechanism to living day-to-day. In college I took one of those personality tests that labeled me as an introvert, assuming the draining of energy in social situations was due to interactions with people. In truth, my autistic mind is drained by over stimulation of the environment and/or masking to feel like I'm fitting in: i.e. saying the "right" things in a conversation. Nothing brings out the mask quicker than that awkward pause after I've said something! But I'm trying to not let it get to me so much, and plow forward with conversations regardless of what others think (or what I perceive others think).
I appreciate you adding your personal experience to this conversation. I hope you have a great day.
I am similar. I was mostly outgoing as a child. As a teenager I tested as an introvert due to abuse and bullying. As an adult my extraverted side came out again because I was around safer people. I do think I am more extroverted naturally. But I am not extremely extroverted.
That look on your face when you pause after saying "little boy's condition," is absolute perfection.
Love your content and how you articulate. Recording this looked tiring. It would be for me. Bright lights in my face and the blinds behind you only dimming sunlight.
It’s exhausting but it’s more accessible to the learners so worth it
So happy to meet you.
Hello 👋🏼 thanks for stopping in. I hope you have a wonderful day!
The second one makes me nuts. I literally wasn’t diagnosed until 33 because I was so social! And yet, I’m still neurodivergent.
It's so cool you wrote a book! Looking it up right now 😆
I am a non-binary gender fluid late diagnosed Autistic person. It was because of my unique way of thinking / problem solving / & overload shutdown (what others continue say) when I get two opposing ideas that prompted me to actually get diagnosed. Mind you it explains a lot of the misdiagnosis of my childhood teens and young adult. In addition to that I have hyper sensitivity energy issues when I am in groups over 10 or so. I tend to get totally overloaded with other people's energy that I end up collapsing. Love to hear more on the double empathy.
I was diagnosed at the age of 58 and 11/12ths. This was great!
I was/am a caretaker for disabled adults. But mostly autisitc. I always thought i was just REALLY talented at my job. It was my "calling." I always felt we just understood each other. I literally ignored my thoughts of being asd. For the SIMPLE fact, i had such strong (crippling at times) empathy for over a decade. If i had known that was such a lie sooner.😢
My climbing partner refers to me as being an extroverted introvert, which seems a bit contradictory.
I have zero anxiety issues, however that happened, despite all the bullying I've experienced. I can readily be in larger groups of people, within limits. Too many people, and having a discussion is problematic for me, as a coworker observed while eating with coworkers at lunchtime. How much of that is auditory processing issues or whatever, I'm not sure.
That being said, I'd go absolutely bonkers without having alone-time, and if I ever do have one or more roommates again, it needs to be one I'm married to, or it's just not worth it.
Last year I discovered that besides emotional delayed processing, as a result of an experience as an audhd climber where I got hyperfocused while climbing and got tangled up in a rope in the way to the point of mild rope burn on my ear, that my brain waited until I was safely on the ground before it did a sensory playback of the climb, at least for tactile aspects: I also have aphantasia, so that wasn't a playback sense, unfortunately.
My coordination, etc. does limit me in many aspects, and that, along with dyslexia, are the primary reasons I ended up in special education. Not the late-diagnosed ADHD/autism, or auditory processing, which I think the combination of those three were more important than those first two, or vision issues. I was lost as to what I should do, and when, and I think I was largely in sensory overload in my first attempt at first grade, and I wasn't connecting with everything and everyone around me. I did catch back up in the middle of third grade and jumped to fourth grade.
Thank you very much for the subtitles i your video Lyric . Much appreciated
So relatable!!!!
After my initial shock discovering I am an autist I actually LOVE my autistic brain....:-)
I also struggle with intense emotions. Therapy has helped me improve on knowing what emotions I am feeling. But it is still confusing sometimes.
Yes on the video about the double empathy problem.
I am an introverted extrovert 🤣. Yes, there is such a thing
A lot you say is what I’ve experienced all my life. Also about the double empathy.! I am a late diagnostic person. Just like my children I am on the spectrum.
I'm autistic.
I agree with this video.
All 10 are myths, untruths about myself.
I have been told that I have no sense of humor and that I should be a stand up comedian. 🤷🏻♀️
I come from a pretty neurodivergent family that usese a lot of sarcasm. I can usually get sarcasm in person because of voice tone. But online I am terrible at understanding sarcasm.
OMG I'm a mimic 😊😊😊
I am proud of my mimic tism
Oh man... Myth Number Seven makes us sound like Klingons from star trek.
Yes please to a video on autistic empathy
Autism is not caused by any of those things, but I challenge you to go on keto diet (no carbs or sugar), cut out processed food and get your b vitamins especially b1 and magnesium levels checked. Get the diet and nutrition right and you still won't get jokes, you'll still be autistic, but you will lower your sensory sensitivity and focus better if you have adhd. I would have thought that was bunk until my daughter and I did it. It really did make a difference. I know people do not want to see this because it does not go with the limited carb rich diet that many autistic people are stuck on and some really cannot eat properly. So no, you cannot cause it with a bad diet, but you can make certain things worse.
I don’t disagree… I had to do keto for my health when I was burned out and it helped pull me out of burnout and get healthy again. Not for everyone… but really helped me. Plus my body hates sugar 🥲
I feel bad, I should have also said that even though it does help, it really is not for everyone. I couldn't stay on it because after a month I was getting heart palpitations. I think people should go on it to reset in a way, but when it is not working anymore (like if they stop being able to sleep as well) they should go off it. Thing is after going off it, it is easier to avoid high carb eating because you loose your sweet tooth. I eat carbs now, but understand how to balance my diet so I don't have to constantly snack on carbs all day. I don't feel as clear as on keto, but clearer than I did when I was binging sugar and on a glucose spike roller coaster. @@NeurodivergentRebel
👍🏼🩷👍🏼 Ty & how are David, You & the Pups these Days?
Not bad, taking a break from traveling
I'm an Autistic asexual bat 🦇
I am guessing it may be as high as one in 30
Thanks, as always an awesome video. I’ve started doing advocacy work and working part time with local mental health services, in the Uk.
Things are slowly changing, thanks to your work, encouraging p like me to stand up and be counted.
Interesting you mention autistic people not being any more prone to introversion than neurotypicals as ive read that autistic people are most likely to score as INTJs on the MBTI personality test, which is quite largely considered to be the most introverted type of all.
It contradicts the Autistic People I’ve met in real life. There’s a mix. I’m very introverted, personally.