What is Autism? (Part 1) | Written by Autistic Person

What is Autism (Part 1)? | Written by an Autistic Person. It goes over what is included in autism and what are its major types?

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00:00 What is Autism?
00:45 Symptoms
02:28 The percentage based on gender
02:48 Cause
02:58 Types
04:24 Support us!

[Aurora]

My female friend has Aspergers. She said that it can manifest differently in women, and is grossly undiagnosed. It may not be that it is more common in males.

[weewoo]

I don't believe it's more common in men, just that women are far more undiagnosed

[AutisticYooHooFan]

I have autism and I am 18 years old. I have imaginary friends and I love them. I also like kid stuff like music, and kid shows, I talk to myself alot that's just me talking to my imaginary friends and I am happy who I am.

[juangoodman]

My brother has autism and I love him to DEATH I protect him at all costs if someone bullies him they gotta go through me next

[drunkginger]

Small misconception about Asperger’s:

Yes, we do look like we have less severe symptoms, but we don’t. Trust me, it’s not as easy as it looks. The only reason neurotypicals don’t see it is because, due to naturally higher IQ, we find it easier to hide it, or embrace it. When we hide it, we spend a lot of energy doing so, to look normal. For some people, this is the way they like to treat Asperger’s, and it can help sometimes. When we embrace it, we accept that we are different and we gain control over our symptoms. This is why some people with Asperger’s, like me, have rather obvious symptoms, like rocking back and forth, over-sensitive to loud noises, always needing to chew something, twirling my hair across my fingers, set patterns of actions across the day, talking to myself even though nobody’s listening. We embrace the uncommon brain-wave we were born with, because we are ok with the symptoms we got!

[thedemonthatchasedyouupyou]

People on the spectrum are odd to people not on the spectrum.

People not on the spectrum are odd to people who are on the spectrum.

That's how I view it.

[spiderqueen]

No one suffers from autism. They suffer from how people treat them for having autism.

[lalabestboii]

Interesting as my younger brother has autism. This video helps me a lot to understand him more.

[nebulab]

So I think that girls have the same prevalence as guys, it’s just that we present differently than guys. In past studies only males were used because until more recently, they didn’t think it ever effected females. This means most data is skewed towards the more common male symptoms.

[williamwehrli]

I love the example of how you would literally take the seat when someone asks you to take your seat, and you ask "Where to?" I'm so literal like that!

[luisicky]

Just because you don’t feel comfortable in social situations doesn’t mean you don’t want to interact. That’s probably the hardest part of being autistic, wanting to fit in but not being able to

[yzhmmlq]

I have autism and I'm a 16 yrs old Japanese. Thank you for making this helpful video♥️
I was bullied in elementary, middle and high school and now I dropped out of high school. Now I study English with my American girlfriend hard every single day♥️ I wish I were a native English speaker…lol
I'm the only one in Japan who can use the now-lost Japanese language, but is this a talent of mine?💓 I hope so

In the future, I want to make all animals so happy💓

[urmom]

it's actually not that uncommon in girls its just under-diagnosed

[benjensen]

I have high functioning autism and I do lots of the things he talked about but I am really smart. Sometimes people think I do weird things but I just have autism. People think that autism is only the severe one but it actually has many forms. Some people called me weird and stupid because I did things that were confusing to them and they think I’m just dumb but it’s just the autism. I’m actually in honors math, honors English, and honors science. And I’ve always had all A’s. And I’m going to do all the honors classes in high school.

[gorillan]

My older brother has autism and when I was little I just treated him normal because I didn't know much about autism, but I watched a few videos to learn more about it and now I understand him. I still treat him like the rest of my brothers, except when he is having a bad day.

[ezlme]

people who have autism are so sweet and loving as well. Thanks for sharing this information.

[TheWillikids]

I have autism, I am a slow progressing person, a simple and straight-forward mindset, and often thinks of different other ways when I'm just told of just one thing, and I'm not the best for communication or social interaction in the public, It's like I cannot gain the strength and go on my own life alone, I always feel like I rather stay with friends and support until I die. And it's not fun combining with my anxiety as well.

[bananaface]

I have high functioning autism and I can say that it is VERY hard having it, I always feel like there is something wrong with me, I always have a hard time looking for basic words when I talking to someone, I always get social anxiety when I'm around non family members (all though I am doing much better with it), I always need to constantly fidget with something, smell what ever I see, feel whatever I see, like when I'm at a store (which I noticed I've been doing much better at), it's hard to control my inside voice and usually when I am loud I don't even notice until I get in trouble, I tend to talk myself out loud and have casual conversations with myself, I tend to make weird noises for no reason (which I'm getting worse at), I usually take phrases and jokes seriously (like I can never understand the phrase "think outside the box"), And I usually do have complications with making friends because they would not understand my struggles and think I'm weird or something which is why I tend to make friends with people who have Autism or ADHD (which I have ADHD as well)

[thatoneoverthere]

Please dont forget to watch PART 2. Cuz this is only Part 1. And that one is amazing too ❤️

[astra]

This video was very informative. I’ve always thought I was a bit autistic as I just never seemed to fit in with other kids when I was little. I was always on my own, struggle in social situations and often don’t really see how my words, body language or actions can affect people, I feel sometimes like a kid in an adults body and it sucks. I mess up talking to people all the time, often speaking over the other person. This video has shown to me that I’m not on my own with this stuff and that there’s so many others like me.