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[JanustheXanus]

A few things to keep in mind about Autism is that it's not a disease or an illness. It's just a variation for the human brain to function and develop. People who have it aren't less than those that don't have it. There just different, regardless of how the condition affects them. Another thing to keep in mind is that autism isn't a linear scale with it being more or less. It's a very broad spectrum in the sense that it's more like a circle. Regardless of the traits, they may have challenges and abilities that someone else doesn't have etc. People with the condition don't fit into a box. Also in many cases, people who have "mild" autism don't experience reduced struggle. They just do a better job of covering up the Autistic traits they have to pass as Neurotypical.

[ianlopes]

this video must be reviewed under the light of recent research

[lobozjane]

Nclex exam is so fustrating can't believe I failed again after studying so hard

[orenfranz]

I have history of:


(From when I was a child and some symptoms still present in adulthood)


* speech delay ( used to have speech delay a long time ago)
* incredibly delusional personality and sensory perspective of myself and trouble changes in bizarre behaviors ( I used to have that problem, but still engage in repetitive behaviors and have some kind of limited interests )
* developmentally delayed chronological age
developmentally delayed IQ
late toilet training and problems with tying my shoes ( That was a long time ago )
* some symptoms related to dyslexia ( I had trouble reading, but it slowly got improved )
* some coordination problems ( I don’t have coordination problems anymore)
* developmentally delayed social skills ( used to have trouble understanding verbal and none-verbal social cues and had abnormal eye contact when I was a child and a young teenager and used to to have blank facial expressions, used to not cry when I needed something and etc, when I was a toddler)

( when I was a young child )


* disorganised speech
* strange facial expressions
* self-abusive behaviors in frustration ( such as, head banging and hitting myself in the head for sensory needs or when routine changed and when I could not communicate correctly at that time )

(From childhood to adulthood )


* trouble changes in from one transition of the environment to another ( I am more likely to suffer from mental health issues ( such as delusional disorder with manic mood swings )) if my transition changes from one environment to another

( From childhood to adulthood )

( ADHD was discovered when I was a young teenager and taking medication for it )

* unusually hyperactive
* trouble with focus
* spacing out
* drifting out

[nicolasjamo]

This video is actually helpful and isn't vague like the others, thank you.

[Cybernaut]

I was diagnosed as autistic and I enjoyed this.

[kiraphillips]

has this grouping of videos helped with the NCMHCE?

[thexskating]

I keep my stuff as dim as possible. I get sensory overloads way too often from just NORMAL light in general.

[Cass_i]

I like the way she doesn't use the word "normal" when talking about children without autism.

[orenfranz]

Am I lower-functioning, since I have history of being diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder with profound Intellectual Disability?

Even though I have Pervasive Developmental Disorder with profound Intellectual Disability, I can be independent and go outside on my own, without 247/7 care
I have profound Intellectual Disability, because I was once severely autistic and profoundly developmentally disabled

[orenfranz]

I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, now I just get identified as a person with medical diagnosis of Autism


* I Don't avoid eye contact
* I normally don't have a problem with communication
* I am tired of people asking " Why do people with Autism avoid eye contact? " Excuse me? There are people who have medical history of Autism and have pretty good eye contact and that's Ironic, because Nerotypicals can avoid eye contact, also, it doesn't explain Autism very well, because Nerotypicals can have sensory issues too and restricted Interest too and have truble reading facial expressions too! So how do you find out who is X, Y and Z?

* I don't have much restricted Interest and normally don't share them


* I do have some sensory issues
* I used to have a problem with my instincts

* I have negative reactions to sounds

[tuckchong]

i have ASD said my resources teacher she wrote it in a note not that this commet matters this vid is old as am i im11 15\4\17 good bye

[bmwcarguyecars]

I have ASD I hate sport blocks and all of those other than cars. I am 11 and I am obsessed with cars, I could name every car that I see in clouding brand and model of the brand.

[orenfranz]

I don't have trouble with neurotypical social skills at all anymore, even though I do have history of developmental delay and reports that in childhood and early adolescents that I had developmentally delayed milestones and delusional prospective of myself that is part of developmental delay

[nicolasjamo]

A concern that I have is what constitutes as autism when it comes to not fitting in with others. This could be confused with general antisocial behavior or may be a result of being sheltered and not learning how to interact with others. So is there any specifics to tell autism derived social awkwardness from others?

[trashcan]

I liked horseback riding but I‘m allergic to horse food or something so I had to stop! I know when I was a kid my interest was marine biology haha, in retrospect stuff like that makes more sense now that I know more about being on the spectrum haha. I know I love to draw 24/7 and only within the last year did I ever even consider the idea of getting tired of art when someone asked how I don’t get disinterested after so long. I can’t imagine not wanting to draw for a whole day!

[lollollow]

i have asd and i have NONE of the key signs, especially the enjoyment one, although i do hate blocks and horse but i love FOOTBALL ( im british get over it, btw soccer is called FOOTBALL like in england). then the stimulus, i follow the expected line for stimulus and everything like that but because somone ive never met has diagnosed me i guess your video must be wrong.

[orenfranz]

I was once profoundly developmentally delayed to the point were I was psychotic until I became 7 years old, I was mixing fantasy with reality into my own repeated interests, I had fear of dinosaurs and etc, had some symptoms of Paranoid Psychotic Disorder, had visual and auditory sensory issues that looks like full-blown Schizophrenia, had profoundly delayed social skills and Intellectual Disability and even now, I have very low IQ and don’t know how to do math and other subjects at all, but only know how to use computers later on and I used to abuse myself by hitting myself in the head and depressed, because I could not communicate in a way others would understand me and when used to get angry at that time, I was a danger myself and others, I even have a medical record that I used to hit and fight others when I would get angry

[orenfranz]

Can I say that I have delusions of grandeur, since I have Pervasive Developmental Disorder

I have a false impression that my routine is always more important than anything else and it is also a symptom of Pervasive Developmental Disorder

[orenfranz]

I have some kind of rare form of Pervasive Developmental Disorder with lots of neurotypical traits