Stand up comedian - new special out now on 800 Pound Gorilla Media and on a UK tour - tickets in linktree
Stuart performs sketch comedy and stand-up comedy. He supported James Acaster on his UK tours and has appeared on and written for Radio 4, BBC, has two specials on NextUp and his play “The Journey” debuted at The Edinburgh Fringe at The Pleasance. His 2019 stand up show "Stuart Laws is All In" that The List praised as "A deliriously fun and nonsensical hour full of tiny little treats". In 2021 he was nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival and in 2022 was nominated for the Comedians Choice Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
He runs his own production company Turtle Canyon Comedy and writes and directs sketch shows, sitcoms and live shows that have played on TV, streaming and at festivals worldwide. He also wrote that Twitter thread about dirty plates, did that impression of Michael Caine saying "Never!" and called the phone number on the side of a horse.
I wish I could be that confident in telling people I'm autistic. I only got diagnosed a couple years ago and am still coming to terms with the fact I am allowed to care for my mental health. I'm getting there though!
Its so funny. I swear im autistic in sime way but ive gotten so good at controlling how im perceived that i genuinely make people think im normal. Maybe borderline. Every psychiatrist gives me a different diagnosis 😂
Bro I think everyone and their mom knew I was autistic but never told me... You know how exactly I started to suspect something was off about me? From a random 18+ manhwa. When I was 29. Not even kidding...
I wonder if autism is human beings adapting to low sensory and low energy conditions and normalizing to it... and then when exposed to high energy and high sensory conditions becoming overwhelmed and irritated by it (to the point of not being able to cope or think straight) so that you don't operate properly.
this is the most relatable ever, tho, very painful experience. I can date like once a year or two, or I will lose it, ngl. Always end up very very horror for me.
congrats buddy, welcome to the club - the lighting is low and the music is at the perfect volume to obscure your conversation from the tables near you but not set your brain on fire
This is entirely possible, as it seems over years the only people I want to continue engaging with are neuro-divergent, so there are almost no neuro-typicals in my life.
My doctor is autistic. Sometimes I found it weird how I said something, and instead of reacting like I expect she just stares at me for 5 seconds with a blank expression :DDD I guess it's normal, I've now found.
@@racheljackson3629 He thinks, because you're autistic, you should take a more literal interpretation of his words rather than just directly attacking an implication that was never stated. I think he has a point though, as someone with autistic friends who do act like this is it's very much something that isn't intrinsic to their autism but something, that maybe because of their autism, is a lot more difficult to internalize. Like even on a completely logical level pointing out that you have autism and getting confused by common social circumstances is something that you learn to overcome. As an example: I've heard that many autistic people find the disingenuous "how are you?" quite confusing. As a child they may give a genuine response with too much detail but then they learn that "how are you?" should just be responded to with "good, how are you?" unless the person has made it explicitly clear they are looking for a genuine response.
They widened the spectrum so much that it’s fallen into the hands of “influencers” to use and abuse. Everyone is an Autistic, Vegan, CrossFit, Polyamorous wildebeest these days, and they can’t wait to tell you.
Having autism is an excuse not to build your character. You've basically given yourself mind barriers where you feel you'll never improve. It is a spell.
Having arthritis is an excuse not to build your fitness. You don't get fit when you have arthritis by pretending you don't but by realising that that doesn't mean you should just give up.
@@patrickcampbell957 Nope. Even arteritis is a choice. They've been off the grid 80 year olds, show up at clinic for other types of ailments, only for their XRay to reveal they're also a total hip/total knee replacement candidate. They've refused the operation, because they function fine chopping wood and their kinematics are not impacted; they are oblivious of the diagnosis. Dive into the research behind placebo studies if you don't believe. Mental health is a spell.
@@stuartlawscomedy Consider the possibility you are giving yourself excuses for a made up condition. If you actually internalize this, rather than be repulsed & guarded, you'd find said advice liberating.
Not being funny here - saying this as someone who's supposedly ADHD - I feel like we're stretching the certain categories of neurodivergence to the point that they're not helpful. Or to put it more personally, I'm pretty sure two or three of my friends could be diagnosed as autistic, but honestly I just think of them as people who interact differently than the average person. I'd far rather understand who they are as individuals than try to interact with them based on a diagnosis/neurodivergent category. EDIT: I looked over what I wrote, and thought some folks might think I'm saying that autism isn't a thing, and I'm not saying that. I know I'm neurodivergent, I experience flow/hyperfocus, distractability because just one thing at a time isn't enough stimulation, a tendency to impulsivity, etc. And among my (newer) friends is a guy who shows virtually no facial expression, converses very awkwardly and monotone, doesn't have the best sense of timing. One of the things I love about the guy is that he still shows up to social events and contributes and stretches himself when it's very obvious it's not comfortable for him, but he knows the other person values his doing that. I have no idea whether he has a diagnosis of autism, and I honestly don't care, it's not going to change how I interact with him.
Especially since the “average person,” definitionally, doesn’t exist. Everyone deviates from this imagined average to some extent, so it becomes totally subjective about where we’re gonna draw the line to say this person is neurodivergent or that person is an autist. I think it’s easy to get obsessed with labels, and that obsession gets in the way of just being yourself and allowing others to just be themselves.
It honestly confuses me. My best friend is sure they are autistic. I see they try to hope or find others to be autistic too, and wondered if it is an online thing, everyone trying to get everyone else to be so they feel normalized. If they do not want marriage or deep relationships, it just feels like time to move on. Sad.
Stuart, is your family from North or South Carolina? Maybe Spartanburg? We share the Laws family name, so I was curious. (Not as common as Law or Lawson, etc.) 😉🙂↔️
In my case all you need to do is give me a shakedown (such as "sorry but you are talking too much about this") then everything goes fine. I'm not a retarded freak, it's just a mild neurological issue. You can even risk any subject as long as it's in good faith and if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter. Depending on the date it could go on with barely any talking if there is something else to do.
This brings back memories of the time I was at a party and one of the other guests, a child psychologist, asked my (non-ASD) wife, "Soooo..... does your husband know he has Autism?" 🤣
