How I Learned To ACCEPT My Autism

Hi indie people, how did I learn to accept my autism diagnosis? Well in this video where I share some of my experiences which led me to ultimately learn to accept myself and accept my autism diagnosis. As I have been getting a few comments from viewers about how they are struggling to accept their autism diagnosis

But I hope that by talking about how I learned to accept my autistic self will help you in accepting your autism diagnosis.

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*ABOUT ME*
Videos on autism from the perspective of an autistic adult. Sharing my autism experiences to help other autistic people and autism families to improve their understanding of autism.

Hello indie people, I'm Andy and I have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I make videos on autism from the perspective of an autistic adult. Sharing my autism experiences to help other autistic people and autism families to improve their understanding of autism.

This channel is focused on raising autism awareness & acceptance of autism. To try and change attitudes towards autism, to educate people about autism for those who are new to the autism world.

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[rev.jesseabelchristianlife]

For me my diagnosis was liberating and it vindicated me from 42 years of being shunned, abused and rejected. There was an actual reason for why I had to face all the negative stuff.

[maxdv]

it took me 14 years to understand what autism actually was and realising why i felt so different from classmates my entire life and im so glad i found out at a young age. i always used to underestimate myself and now ive learnt to appereciate myself

[Pompazour]

I’m not diagnosed yet, but I have lots and lots of autistic traits that control my everyday life and impact others and I’ve found it so hard over the years to accept my limitations. I often try to force myself through things I know I can’t handle in the hopes that I won’t hurt anyone or let anybody down. It’s very draining for me. Piecing together that I’m probably autistic has been so helpful and it’s all thanks to people like you that I’m starting to understand myself and give myself the things I need in order to function to my fullest potential and forgive myself. It’s even saved my relationship and I’m so grateful. I’ll be starting the process of trying to get a diagnosis soon, just difficult because I’m uninsured. But thank you so much for the videos, gives people like me a lot of hope

[MasochistMouse]

Yeah... Before my diagnosis I felt inferior, but my mother was an ablist & prevented a diagnosis when i was younger- so knowing i was different, but not knowing why & having to mask a lot of myself was hard...some things i just couldn't mask though.

After my diagnosis at 25- I learned i wasn't alone, and was able to accept myself better.

[thewasp]

I found being autistic hard and still do have trouble excepting it

[shimoon]

I feel generally very positive about my autism, but I've also had a very different experience. I didn't know I was autistic until this year, so up until now I've always known I felt different and struggled with certain things but just didn't know why, and that was exhausting. Knowing that I'm autistic has just been a huge relief.

[TDDrum]

Hello Andy, thanks for posting content like this. Accepting myself and my recent diagnosis is no doubt an uphill battle for me; but, hearing your story really helps.

[UnapologeticFranchfries]

I love when youtubers share their personal experiences experiences, it trips me out in a good way when I see how others experiences were so different from mine. Like how you didn’t made friends outside of school! For me was the opposite, it was easier to make friends in my neighborhood than in school because of school politics and how kids were so ruff and the bullying made me feel alienated many times & I would go in my own world many times to escape what I just couldn’t comprehend. But in my neighborhood was different, I could be myself and the kids liked me for being unique and different and they didn’t it in mind any of my eccentricity!😅
But it’s really sad how in most of the worlds its still considered a bad thing to have, & that’s why I’m trying to break that outdated stigma and teach everyone about Neurodiversity! 🙌

[JadeDRail]

Never underestimate the power of finding people that are like you. I never felt like I fit it or was understood until I found friends who are on the spectrum or have anxiety or ADHD. Strangely enough, I have ADHD but I tend to get along better with autistic people than people with ADHD.

[Polytunnel]

You were one of the first "Youtubers" I found and you inspired me to find the positive! I am unlike you in that I wasn't diagnosed until 40 (and that was a lucky accident!), but I relate to what you describe. I didn't try that hard to fit in as I soon realised I preferred my own company (at primary school), but my family "exposed" me to various "groups" and arranged "play dates" (while still allowing me to be independent at home - I was lucky in that respect.) Not that I learned to enjoy socialising, but various peers "put up" with me until their "teenage" minds switched on. I was still enjoying my private activities and my bed is still covered with soft friends; my shelves have various "action figures" and I'm not sure I actually "grew up" at all. (Becoming an adult is unavoidable, but "growing up" seems to be very much optional.) Still, I didn't feel anything was really "wrong" until university and jobseeking reared their ugly heads. (That is, I realised I was the "weird" one, not everyone else.) I love being autistic, but this current crisis removed some of my vital supports such as volunteering (where they seem able to accomodate me well enough) and I seem to have "regressed" to a certain extent. This channel and that of others, especially "Autistamatic", "Stephanie Bethany" and your good self, among others. (I love everybody.) There are plenty of knock backs, but I still dare to imagine a time when we might be more accepted. It takes far longer than it should, but we can't give up hope.

[scatterlienatalie]

Thank you 🙏 You're videos are helping me immensely, in the same way that Invisible I, Yo Samydy & Aspergers from the Inside are helpful! You are doing the thing 🖤 Thanks for being Au-some! 🤘

[CylitheraGreywolf]

I am greatly relieved after my diagnosis at 41 a few months ago. I knew something was off with me because I couldn't relate to most others and very few could relate to me. Knowing that I'm autistic helped me understand why I am the way I am and how to address my challenges, mostly revolving around sensory and people challenges. I think my autism has actually helped me become a better weightlifter and archer because I am very detail oriented when motivated as well as enhance my systematic thinking.

[MadHatch]

I found out I was autistic recently - but when I was looking through my medical notes for evidence for the diagnosis I found out that my parents had been told to get me assessed when I was 6. 43 years later I finally got the diagnosis. They were embarrassed about it. I'm not.

[Vermillion_Treezzz]

3:02 Wow, i like what Andy says here bout his experience not havin friends outside a school, i also haven't ever really made friends outside work or college cause social gatherins are real weird for me wi my socialization issues 😅

[robbie_davies]

Hi Andy, thanks for this video I totally relate to your journey through school and into work. I wish I was as good at putting it into words as you though! I'm a mess when I have to talk in general! I was friendly with people at school but couldn't make the friendships deeper and I used to avoid seeing anyone outside of school and always felt on the outside of things and that carried on into being an adult and work. I didn't understand why other people talked about and did the things they did, and that feeling of being an outsider really sucks! There's lots of things I don't like about being autistic but mainly just feeling like I'm so different to other people (oh and meltdowns!). On the positive side, I love my creativity, attention to detail and that I'm always looking to learn new things. So for me it's a bit of a mixed bag. Great video Andy, thanks.

[StephanieBethany]

Great video! For me, I found that learning about it gives me a kind of power - like its not some scary unknown that makes me weird, but whats going on inside and how what I do helps and how to work with it instead of against it. Learning about autism is so valuable - and I don't mean just lists and lists of what's wrong with you 😅

[Garrison_the_Barbarian]

The thing that bothers me most about my autism is how it’s comorbid with my schizophrenia and depression, both of which have gotten worse in this year alone. I know better days are ahead and I know my autism isn’t all that bad. But for the times that I have my psychological lows…it just sucks. It fucking sucks. :(

[robynriana]

I waited 16 months for referral to a psychiatrist... my appointment is next week, finally. I will find out whether I’m qualified to be diagnosed. 🙃 Kinda scared. But autism is a positive for me. As long as people care to understand me, my autism can be positive for them, too! 💙

[gonnfishy]

i am definitely limited by my traits and it makes me feel damaged not special. HOWEVER once i knew there were others like me and there is positive reinforcement if you know how to look for it, i’m part of an echelon i never wanted to be in. but belonging is like a blanket in a storm.

[aidenhorse]

Hey Andy, this helped a lot thanks I'm coming to terms with it a little more now