Dedicating my channel to educating and uplifting neurodivergent people of color. I'm here to share not only my experience as an Asian, AuDHD woman but to highlight resources, media, and content of other amazing neurodivergent individuals.
Teleportation, the ability to eat mashed potatoes without almost throwing up (the texture is abhorrent to me) or shapeshifting are my top picks when I’m asked what superpower I would have is.
You put it so well. Diagnosis is a tool for accessing help and not an identity... of course I understand the need to fit in somewhere, especially when you've felt different all your life. It's sad to see so much content focused on validation (not bad in itself), but not a lot of content advocating for things that could truly help with the disability. I think the neurodiversity movement could benefit a lot from engaging and cooperating with the larger disabilities community. The movement right now seems to lack organized political goals. It would be amazing to see the autistic community fight for health insurance to cover alternative early interventions, like occupational therapy, since only criticizing ABA doesn't put caregivers in a better situation since often that is their only option. Of course, I'm not judging anyone at all but this is just my opinion on how the community could better advocate for EVERYONE. Have a wonderful day!
I've made a lot of videos about this actually, but all of us are different so it won't present the same especially across different groups of bipoc. I'd recommend following as many different autistic bipoc content creators that speak on their experiences 🤗
Hi, I have a fifteen year old daughter who was just diagnosed with level II autism. I agree that people shouldn't be generalizing or using a vulnerable community to self-promote or profit from. I happen to be Caucasian, and my daughter was born here in the US but her dad is Brazilian and she identifies as mixed race. We're just new to this and trying to navigate everything.
It's a lot to understand and navigate 🫶🏼 I wish the best for your daughter and family! My hope is to bring true informative content so that those seeking help find the right resources for them.
Thank you for educating me on this topic i definitely wasnt aware of a lot you talked about. Do you have recommendations of autistic bipoc content creators?
Many BIPOC creators on TikTok that I follow are great. Sadly, there aren't many on YT or IG, but they're getting more acknowledgement there. Irene, The Thought Spot, is a great RU-vid autistic creator you should subscribe to.
But I highly doubt anyone is going to do any reflection cause of this hypothetical (man bear thing). The "good men" will just take offense cause they can't imagine the average man being a threat. The "bad men" don't care whether women are afraid. I know there is some idea of "Men need to do something to change it" but what exactly are men going to do? There are already laws to protect women and they haven't exactly removed the danger. So if even the threat of prison doesn't scare the "bad men", then I highly doubt another guy telling them "Hey, don't attack women" is going to achieve anything. And in terms of understanding, I think most people already understand. It doesn't take an IQ of 150 to understand that someone who has been bitten by a dog probably fears dogs. That doesn't mean the average dog is any more or less dangerous though. It doesn't affect the probability.
something i realized in general that sadly, white people will always be the loudest in a marginalized group b/c it’s usually the only intersection they have, so they talk about that all day and night. meanwhile, also as a bipoc, afab and a person of the lgbt+ community, and neurodivergent, unfortunately our voices will never be as loud.
Right before I sent my first comment to you I was so nervous, typed up my comment, then I thought" omgsh what if she thinks I'm weird" (sidenote: too late) SEND. That was AuDHD at work 😂
i just randomly found this vid at 1 am but damn this is so relatable 😭😭 im also an asian girl w autism and im really happy i found ur channel, it makes me so happy to find other ppl like me in cyber world!! will def check out ur other content tmrw!!
…considering doesn’t mean agreeing… And it was HER headphones. SHE uses them for HERSELF. I thought the cardinal rule of slurs was you can use them for yourself only?
Important conversation! Autism Network International (ANI) started in 1992. Neurodiversity movement has been established since the late 80's. Parents need to know the history.
such great points, especially the racial aspect of who gets an ODD diagnosis vs. who gets told they have PDA symptoms. i work at an elementary school and the way black children are demonized for for developmentally appropriate behavior is staggering; it makes a horrible disgusting amount of sense that this type of diagnosis would be HEAVILY influenced by implicit racial bias. i feel lucky to be in a position to advocate for my kids and their innocence. sorry this video just made me think abt a lot of things lol, great vid!
Don't be rude if people have got autism the last thing they want is for you to be making fun of it. Spread some love instead of this on your channel it will mean a lot more to ❤ people
right...🤨because my actual experiences that I'm showing here isn't something I should talk about?--awareness means bringing all shades of someone to light even the dark ones and normalizing that. not just what makes others happy.
I was diagnosed in the mid 2000s and I didn't know I had autism until I was about 17 years old. I'm 27. In my region there was ABSOLUTELY. NOTHING. They did that actually helped me. And surprise, there's still nothing for adult autistics in my area either. They didn't even say I was autistic or even had Aspergers which made me feel extremely lost and confused for a long time because there was just so much stigma about being diagnosed back then. As much as I am grateful that there are more mental health resources that aren't harmful, people seem to forget that we early diagnosed autistics did not have that. The idea that we had "more time to develop those coping mechanisms" isn't a good thing or something newly diagnosed autistics today should be jealous about. They need to understand. We were thrown into the ocean and told to sink or swim, and not all of us learned to swim correctly, either. I learned that the only way for me to get better was by dropping out of highschool. I don't want anyone else to have to do that. I just wish people would respect older autistic people more. Ya'll really do have it easier thanks to us.
Truth!!! so many young people in general, autistic or not, forget about those who came before us. Thank you for sharing your experiences--this is something I try to personally bring more awareness to through my content and promoting other autistic people who share the same experiences you've gone through.
I don't do this but I do like to cross my arms or put them on my waist. I also have a tendency to stomp my foot or make deep sighs when standing in line. 😅
This usually means you carry tention in your shoulders and may need PT to correct. Takes years to get there. I'm in PT because AuDHD and not having proper education messed my body up.
