Autistic Children in School Settings | Nicole Yeung | TEDxKids@BC

Regenerate the community with positive energy between autistic and non-autistic children. Be able to understand the struggle and hardship autistic children endure, to look past our differences and to have positive interactions.

Nicole, 13, is in Grade 8 at Eric Hamber Secondary School. She is in the Studio Program. Her hobbies and passions include art, music, and speaking and bringing awareness to topics she is passionate about.
She intends to bring awareness on the topic of children struggling with autism with her talk "Autistic Children in School Settings". Also the constant stares, teasing, and bullying that autistic children endure daily. We should not treat these children as children with diseases or problems. Children need education on these conditions and accept autistic children for who they are and give them support.
For Nicole regenerate means to give a new life or a positive effect and energy on something negatively looked upon or forgotten. She wants to regenerate the community with positive energy between autistic and non-autistic children. To be able to understand the struggle and hardship they endure, to look past our differences and to have positive interactions.

[laurenmenzies]

I wish that schools would educate children on this. Not enough people understand what it is.

[protector]

it is so difficult as it is different in every person... so you cant just assume that one treatment method works for all but it is so important to keep trying... find what works... dont give up... they can do well... they can learn... they can succeed... I promise you they can... love them... support them make them feel a part of the bigger world

[haannguyen]

I have it, and was diagnosed at age three. I have (and have had) some accommodations, like a weighted lap pad. I would say that I’m not overly sensitive to sound or light p but I could NEVER eat applesauce (texture problem). I am fifteen and wish to teach special education especially Autism

[bbqueenyourobots]

I have Autism, thank you for talking about it.

[sdfjsd]

Here’s a story: there’s a kid who has autism, adhd and central auditory processing disorder. He goes to class everyday. He takes so long to get his work done because he can’t focus, and he can’t understand what the teacher is saying because it sounds like mumbo jumbo because of central auditory processing disorder. He also has trouble with social skills because it’s hard for him to understand what his peers are saying in a conversation. His hearing is very sensitive, so every little noise sounds like nails on a chalkboard. He is overwhelmed all the time.

This kid eventually goes under the care of an excellent psychiatrist who gets him on board with ABA, educational therapy, and speech therapy. However, thing that really changed this kid’s life was treating central auditory processing disorder. The only reason this kid got diagnosed with central auditory processing disorder was because his dad happened to remember reading about it briefly in medical school, so it was by chance that this kid was eventually able to go to a university.

That kid was me. There’s something wrong with the whole system. Speech therapy would have done me no good. One of the main reasons why I struggled socially and academically was because of central auditory processing disorder, and I had a REALLY severe form of it.

[virtualhoney]

Autism has no cure and doesn’t go away with age. Being around neurotypical children is certainly not more effective than therapies. Respectfully, mother of an autistic child who homeschools due to years of bullies. Now she needs another therapy. Wishful thinking without knowledge is what I’d call this.

[bbqueenyourobots]

I have Autism. Thank you for taking about it .

[JacksonJackson-gj]

Thank you for your presentation!!! I really enjoyed it and will be sharing this information with my co workers

[TheCupcakeaholic]

My son is 3 and just diagnosed. Thanks ou so much for what you’re doing! ❤️

[FlightyFeyCosplay]

I appreciate the goal of this; however, I would ask that you not talk about a need for a "cure" - it is a difference in brain "wiring" that is genetic. Autistics do not need to be "cured" of who they are, but accepted and accommodated where necessary. Thank you for encouraging the latter, as you have done. My son is autistic and proud of it, and I believe I am as well. Keep advocating, keep learning, keep speaking out!

[sdfjsd]

I’m pretty sure autism is a combination of various different developmental disorders (many of which we may not have discovered yet), environmental factors, and maybe some other things, but I can’t say for sure because I’m not a doctor. I know for me, I am autistic, and the main reason why I struggled in school when I was younger was because I had central auditory processing disorder and ADHD. Once I got those things treated, I excelled. When I went back to school after getting treatment for central auditory processing disorder and ADHD, I was shocked by how easy it was to listen to the teacher and do well in school.

I used to be mid-functioning, but now I am the most high functioning person you could possibly meet.

[odelwilliams-oimv]

Some mental illness difficulty is social, behavioral issues and spiritual.

[Dave-bi]

Many autistic kids seem happy and oblivious on the outside, but on the inside, they suffer. For me, I used to be mid-functioning autistic, and I struggled in school because it was difficult for me to pay attention to the teacher due to ADHD and central auditory processing disorder. My parents thought I struggled socially because I was too much in my own little world, but in reality, I just had extensive difficulty understanding what people were saying because I perceived sound differently. I also have a friend who used to be very severely autistic, but is now pretty much "normal." He didn't start talking until second grade. He says that when he was very young, life was VERY difficult for him because he couldn't communicate and his body would force him to flap his hands and shout, kind of like Tourette syndrome. Today, he finds it difficult to talk to severely autistic people at school because it "brings back too many bad memories."

As you can see, many autistic people suffer more than everyone else in their daily lives. Their obliviousness may just be because they have too much going on internally, or because of sensory overload, or something else entirely. Therefore, you should never judge an autistic person.

[emiliobello]

Sony Pictures Classics should make a documentary about autism and entering middle school. Parts of this footage could be shown in it

[jumbojumbo]

tbh im shocked this videos are so less seen by people even till now unlike other ted talks that do get popular but not related to autism at all

[bolinhong]

Thank you doc for your good work
It’s been months now and my child has improved completely from ASD/speech delay since using your herbs.
His therapist and school teacher has confirmed his improvement and this makes me happy
God bless you Dr Oyalo

[channelmar]

0:30 it’s the kid on the left because of the facial features (particularly the wide eyes).

[craigjw]

Autism is physical, eyes set wide apart and stimming and no eye contact