I remember when I was a kid, my mom was putting me to sleep reading me a story and I told her she left the radio on. She couldn't hear it, but I told her the song that was playing. She went to check and the knob was just almost turned down all the way (just one more millimeter would have turned it off). She turned it up and the song I said I could hear was playing was on. Since then she says that I can "hear a mouse pee on cotton" 😂

I have found that those of us who understand humor and sarcasm tend to be wickedly hilarious. We can make almost anyone laugh with a mixture of blunt truth, colorful wording, and irony. I find this to be a common yet positive trait.

I think a positive aspect of ASD is that im never bored. Everything is fascinating.

I can smell electric wire getting hot, 'saved' a local krispy kreme FACTORY I worked at when the display fridge plug started to heat up. I immediately stopped and made it important that we locate the source of the smell, and the manager found the hot cord right where I had stopped! Many other small talents and beautiful moments are thanks to this attention to detail!

I am a retired police investigator. I sucked at personnel management, but excelled at crime scene investigation. I saw details, patterns and interpreted their relevance exceedingly well, it was like I could see it happening. I was called in from my time off regularly to examine the scenes of suspicious deaths and routinely assisted the coroner with minute examinations of the bodies more as a partnership because of this. I tried to share with subordinates what I was doing. I had extensive publications on the physical signs of homicide on human bodies and shared them in an effort to educate subordinate colleagues and emphasized the need to be observant of details. When they couldn’t do so, I considered it intellectual laziness. I was diagnosed with ASD after I retired and am making sense of this now at 63. Sadly, I have extensive PTSD from 31 years of policing and can’t help but wonder if my heightened sensitivity also heightened the trauma injuries.

Being AuDHD i have multiple interests that i cycle through. I don't have a single exclusive special interest, but i will switch between hyperfixations, but i will continue to passively collect ideas and information about the others at all times.

Not being pulled in by group think as easily. More often keeping a detached analytical perspective when everyone else is already crowding behind flags.

#1: I was at a pub and packing up my leftovers and the lid of the takeout container was plastic and the smoothest thing I have ever touched. The rest of my party didn’t seem to get why I was so enthralled by its extremely low coefficient of friction

Sticking to routines and patterns is why it makes me crazy when apps and suchlike get updates. I have to put everything back to as close as possible to the way it was.

I think the nonjudgmental thing comes from a place of evaluating things for their consequences, as opposed to the naturalistic/normalistic fallacy which seems to be the gold standard for allistics. (Which, let's be honest, is just mindless conformism.) Instead of "if it's not normal/popular/common it must be bad" the judgment is based on "does it hurt anyone or affect me in any way? No, then who cares?"

At my age, early 60's, learning that I have autism is helping me understand the reason I was treated the way I was growing up, my adult years, etc. I never got to actually have a 'normal' life.

I'm my family's walking memory. When my father was dying I was overseas and my family urged me to come back quickly, not to see my father before he died (it was already too late for that; we'd seen each other before he slipped into his final coma), but because, as they told me, "Ken, you remember everything and there's so much information we need to gather and people we need to contact. Come home!"

Pattern recognition is the one thing that makes any situation I am in super fun, because I feel like I am constantly putting together a puzzle. It’s like a little challenge that I have for myself: Find the right piece and the right spot. It’s so satisfying when it fits.

It's great knowing that there are benefits of being autistic. I'm wishing to be able to open my mind. All I hear about is negative.

I just got my late autism diagnosis on the 22nd of may 2024. Just 8 days ago. I'm 43 years old. I'm forever grateful for autistic youtubers like you. It means the world to me. Thank you. 🏆❤

At the point where you contrast hyperfocus for ADHD versus autism, it made me think about how my ADHD and autism conflict with each other. I have that autistic hyper focus butt like an ADHD person I flit from one hobby to the next leaving a swath of unfinished projects while at the same time being incredibly scientifically and computer literate for decades.😂 Maybe you could do a video on how ADHD and autism conflict like that?

Pattern recognition... That can explain why while crossing the train station in Cologne, I spotted a pickpocket in action and ended up getting the police instead of eating with my ADHD husband and daughter, who didn't notice I wasn't following them anymore.

Yes! I have been called non-judgemental so often that I have been the go-to-guy whenever there was some deep talk about a deep personal problem that needed to be addressed, so I am kind of a therapist for people and I love it. People trust me with their deepest fears, their deepest issues, their problems, but they know that I'm not the guy they want to go to whenever they want to feel distracted, they only go to me if they have issues and not if they are happy. I am fine with that, but it also has the negative side-effect that I tend to attract people with a lot of problems that I feel obligated to solve and that has led me into some serious co-dependent relationships.

I have a rubbish memory for everything but random stuff 😕 I walk in a place and suddenly I remember what audiobook I was listening last time I was there… or some moments in the past, what they did say to me, what were they wearing, what place, the day of the week, and the weather there was 😅😅 I don’t know if it’s odd or normal 😅

I am learning so much about myself from your videos. In my 70s now, I had no opportunity for diagnosis before, and now its gaslighting to contend with.

#8 is so real. After I visited the new home of a "friend" of mine, he decided to explode and told me he finds me absolutely insufferable for what boils down to being autistic, and especially everything you talked about there. It really sucks to no longer be on speaking terms with someone I've considered my best friend for so long, but someone who can barely tolerate me is no friend at all.

The hyper-vigilance is a superpower for work, but sometimes I wish I could stop fixating on how many overhead lights are out at a business 😅

Im 18 and just starting my diagnosis journry in france. I have been researching autism since covid. I am the best at recognising patterns in my family. I have been in the same school now for 4 years. From the second day i realised that the bell (a clip of music a lot better than a loud ring) always rang 2 minutes early than the time that they said it would. In september a new teacher came and was confused by the bell ringing at the wrong time. No one else could explain it. Its amazing how much neurotypical people miss out on. I wasnt even trying to find it either i just noticed it. Ill keep you updated on my diagnosis journey. One of my teachers that came in later has an autistic son and recognised it in me. This school year she has allowed me to stim when necessary. She also allows anyone to get up when needed. 5 minutes i to a lesson i ended up laying on a table. Thanks to her i told my mum and we started the process. The wall paper on the school walls feels and looks amazing. There are little circles with lines going vertically to connect them and each row is staggered. It feels good to run my fingers along it. Also looking through the gaps in a fence when i am walking

I LOVE designing homes, apartments, tiny houses, stores. I have probably thousands of floor plans at this point. I enjoy designing entire towns as well. I learned about blueprints for floor plans when my dad was building my grandparents home, and have been interested in it ever since. Its so fun.

Growing up i was notorious for remembering random facts about people or random things that they said years back. It would blow their minds if very single time.

Note on #10, I remember that when I was in college, I spent a lot of time with people that I disliked for various reasons, like gossip and gross habits. I sat down with myself and wondered why it was that I disliked these people, if I told people why I disliked them, would that make me a bully? I knew bullying is (usually) a learned behavior of copying things other people do, but how did people choose what traits were worth bullying? I was really only making conclusions with my own experiences as data; but I decided that my hatred towards certain traits (and maybe other people as well) was because I have these traits too, and I'd been subconsciously taught to be ashamed of them. Therefore bullying was an act of lashing out in self hatred when other freely express these traits they are ashamed of, though it's probably subconscious. So I should be open and respectful of other people despite my discomfort, because there was a good chance that the people around me were going through the same thing... Of course as time passes and it becomes increasingly clear that I am incredibly neurodivergent, a lot of my internal data has a bunch of asterisks on it and I'm constantly fact checking with others. Ramble over.

Does anyone else love photography for pattern recognition and balance reasons? I love photography and I just started putting together a scrapbook recently…it brings me so much joy to find the perfect flow and visuals…❤

Can relate to so much of this. I love recognising patterns and have crazy attention to detail which comes in handy with my work as sometimes it really does come down to the detail. I can notice when someone looks different and they’ve shaved, had a haircut, changed their glasses, even when no one else seems to notice these things. I love to get right into the details, very much a bottom up thinker, if I don’t understand the details then the bigger picture doesn’t make any sense. Sometimes it’s a challenge and sometimes it’s a real gift. It’s nice to feel seen and validated❤

Clothing tags will send me into an almost insanity. I have nearly wrecked a car because i was trying to rip a shirt tag out. The flip side is that i can feel the difference between every grit level of sanded surfaces. Im a fine furniture carpenter. Also, the smell of laundry can either be heaven or hell. If i smell the musty thing feom clothes that sat in the washer even a few minutes too long, i go bonkers. And it freaks me out because nobody else can smell it.

I spent most of my childhood having spoiled food shoved in my face because I could detect a day before everyone else. My mother used me to check food.

As a side note, I belong to the small percentage who, instead of thinking in mental imagery, have NO mental imagery. It's called aphantasia. I have no ability to 'see' things in my mind. My 'visual' memory consists of lists of details about a person or object. For instance, I can't picture my mother, but I can describe her features in minute detail because I've memorized what she 'looks' like. This is where the attention to detail is a plus. On the other hand, if I'm in a new environment, my need to memorize it in the form of word lists gets really overwhelming really quickly.

Yes, being autistic like me has many perks. I have skills, insights and abilities than many neurotypical people only wish they had!

So... I have a mastery degree in human behavior. I've been studying psychology since 2011. I haven't actively studied autism, but it's crazy to me that I'm just now solidifying that I might have high-masking autism. I knew I had some tendencies, but it overlaps with trauma, so I didn't think anything of it. The memory? The design? honesty? non-judgmental behavior? tunnel vision? It's crazy how every point was spot on. Picking up some books now. Thanks for the self-discovery!

The moving wallpaper. 😲 I remember telling my mum about that in my auntie's house, but she told me it was just my imagination!

The AuDHD combo is wild, let me tell you. I’ve got a rolodex of cycling special interests and cannot for the life of me be put in a box. This has resulted in my career as a freelance jack of all trades - and I mean that quite literally. I have a BFA in film making, I’m a professional illustrator, writer, actor, and a musician. I’m developing teaching materials for music theory, but I also have a license to drive a tour bus and lorries/big trucks. I do all these things simultaneously. I’ve got at least three projects going on at any given time, right now I’m juggling 6, because it’s the only way I can get anything done. I’m constantly procrastinating on at least one important project by working on another important project. When people ask me what I do for a living I try to mention only two or three of the things I’m doing, otherwise it gets to a point where it sounds like I’m lying 😅

the problem with remembering old science information is that it get replaced with better information as science progresses.

Thank you so much for showing the positive side of autistic traits. I think we all get fed up of hearing about the negative side of them. I don't know if this is an actual autistic thing or not, but I can find things really easily. I have heard it described by using the phrase "Needle in a haystack," where an autistic person will say "what haystack?" That's just like me! Maybe it's the attention to detail side of things where we can see the detail of the needle really easily.

I’ve also been fascinated by shipwrecks and history since I could remember.

The ability to follow multiple scenarios in the mind relating to a single event to analyse the potential pitfalls in advance.

I’m sorry, I had to pause the video after that story about absorbing and incorporating the hotel design at home because that is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard.

I got em all in spades Pattern recognition is fun, i can set my algorithm to find the shape/size/ color/pattern desired and find objects easily: waldo always pops out of his hiding place in seconds, and four leaf clovers literally glow in the grass. Iʻve found one while RUNNING, and doubled back to pick it to prove it to my companion, and while dancing - picked that one to wow an audience member… but also works on events, environments (the smell thing) and peopleʻs behavior as well… and having a 3-D modeler inside my head is great for building things and working out designs, packing things efficiently, fixing broken things, and much more…

My dad was a gifted and talented teacher for 20 years until the program was canceled. Every kid WANTED to be in my dad's class. I believe he may be ADHD and an extrovert. He was funny and all the kids loved him. He made it seem like the cool class, and should have been the poster child for what a gifted and talented class should look like.

I got my late diagnosis last October at 57. I now know why I've struggled my entire life!

On that last point about being nonjudgmental, I think part of it for me comes from being blind to what is often considered “socially acceptable” by my peers. I’ve never minded listening to the opinions of others regardless of how unpopular they are, as long as they don’t cross my own moral lines and into being downright cruel and malicious. I approach everyone with respect and understanding, because that’s what I would have wanted for myself. And in any interaction with anyone, I’m always tend to be rather blind to their intentions in the moment because I’m usually not paying much attention to their body language or their subtle changes in tone. I pay more attention to the content of what they’re saying than the way they’re fidgeting their thumbs or the subtle change in their facial expression. On one hand, this lack of judgment has often led me into being manipulated over the years without me realizing it until way after the fact. But it’s also wonderful because I can go into a conversation with just about anyone without any prior judgment of them, leading me to see the inherent good in just about anyone without any prior judgement based on superficial things like appearance or body language. And I’m left after every good interaction I have feeling a certain sense of wonder from the contents and depth of what was discussed, of being able to learn something new about someone else, or simply from having had such a great time with them. Anyways, if you took the time to read my own little observation about things, thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great day/night! :)

There are a Fair number of other advocates on other channels who have made me feel validated and made sense of what's going on with me as a late diagnosed autistic person in my forties. But there are zero channels where I feel the same sense of identification as when I watch you. You say so many of the things that I also think, and bring up a lot of the experiences that I'm only now realizing are not what everyone else is going through. I can't overstate how much I appreciate the work you do.

Ugh the sense of smell is so annoying sometimes. I often smell the tiny smell of gas when a gas dryer/furnace stops and the motor turns off and a tinnnny amount of gas exhaust doesn't vent perfectly. It makes me wonder how awful I'd experience the smell if it was an actual gas leak or something more significant!

One manifestation of my passions is Pokémon. When I play a new version or go back to play an older version I spend days plotting out the perfect team, I study every aspect of each animal, type, look, stats, etc. and come up with the “best” team, (fun teams, emotional teams, difficult teams, rare teams, etc.). Playing the actual game is secondary to me vs the team building, I am way more excited about the time researching. My passion isn’t the game, it is researching and finding every possible combination and pattern.

yes with pattern recognition and sticking to rules! im obsessed with a bingo game on roblox and when they changed the default font of the numbers it ruined my next few days because the line weight was slightly thinner than the previous one and i kept obsessing over how the 6's tail curved differently.

Is one trait never being bored? There’s always something going on in my head. I’ve been told I think too much. Also what about liking to read non-fiction exclusively?

My husband is autistic and I am ADHD. I see many of these traits in him and also many in me. Seems like there are overlaps.

contrary to the stereotype about autistic people, in my experience many of us are highly sensitive and empathic.

I like order and straight lines so always tidy leaflets and order items into categories of colour or size. I also love skylines, oil rigs and large metal structures with angular shapes.

At 42 I came across the term HSP and looking back at my childhood, I was sure I am an HSP. In my mid 30s I was in a relationship with an autistic man for five years and in all of the tests I took, I scored higher on the spectrum than him. But I dismissed the idea for the usual reasons. Two months ago I had an unusal event happening in my life and I just knew that I'm autistic. Patterns, colours, smells, I love Architecture (Bauhaus!) sounds, how things feel- I've always been extremely moved by things I like, they trigger me as if I was high (I never did drugs), wheras tasts, smells, sounds, colours I dislike or ugly, grey and dirty places, get me to a really low point or even depressed

I have high-functioning AuDHD and I got 9/10 on this list. The one that doesn't apply to me is being nonjudgmental. I'm actually quite judgmental (most of my masking involves holding back from expressing my sharp opinions). I would expect autistic people to be more judgmental than average. We have a strong sense of right & wrong, we value order, we notice details, and are usually picky about a lot of things - we very strongly want the world to be a certain way. That said, being judgmental has very little to do with bullying others. Bullying occurs when making another person feel bad makes the bully feel good. This stems from the bully's personal insecurities and/or because the target is an "other" perceived as a threat to the bully's "tribe."

I once found an error in delivery data because two different data sheets had the same 5 decimal digits in a measurement. I built a whole test routine around this error and it's still getting used. Raw data is so much more enjoyable than chit chat.

Great list. Yes, the super hearing. I can hear amazingly well even as an older person. And being honest really hits me as something that caused me a lot of difficulty. Non-autistic people really don't like it. I never could understand why they weren't. It just didn't make sense to me and was a big part of why I felt so different all my life. That and seeing the patterns to the point where I often feel psychic, but it's just a matter of seeing all the pieces and knowing how the puzzle will look. I also can see the result before it's finished...in my mind. Design has always interested me too.

I work for a utility on complex electro mechical high voltage circuit breakers. Complex systems have always intruiged me. My ADHD gets satisfied by the fact that I rarely work in the same location for more than 2 or 3 days. My job is perfect, for now.

This is one of the best videos I've seen that share the positive aspects of being autistic in today's world. I have two boys that align with your 10 clues. Thank you! 😊

*Being judgmental comes from a place of insecurity, & isn’t unique to any neurotype.* I’ve seen plenty of judgmental behavior demonstrated by Autistic people, & I myself was pretty judgy in some ways before I worked through my own emotional trauma. Haha, I definitely didn’t consider myself judgmental back then, though. It was only in areas that were connected to my trauma that I had stuff to work through.

#1: I have been an artist since I was a toddler because I loved working with detail and often would use lots of color as a child. Now my art uses shapes and colors to create forms. I also could recall details about houses years after visiting to a very accurate degree… despite not recalling my visit. #2: Art, lizards, sheep, primates, sea life, creative writing… there’s quite a few more but I don’t have many at any specific moment. #3. I am often great at planning layouts based on the shapes and sizes. I also can recall textures and colors when trying to plan something. #4. I can hear every mechanical component of a vehicle, electricity moving through things; even changes in the atmospheric pressure before a storm. I was able to tell that a truck was a Ford 4x4 from the 90s and used for utility work based on the sound of the engine and it driving… utility work was a assumption because it sounded like the belt thing was on its way out.

Thank you. I loved this episode. It was so positive. I like all your episodes actually. But this was especially nice.

I'm just overwhelmed how true this is of me and explains so many things looking back. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

People sometimes accuse me of being judgmental when in my opinion I'm just stating facts/things I observe. I often times still don't get it right away when people are suddenly defensive about something I pointed out - it really confuses me.

I have no idea why the algorithm recommended your video, but good lord, you just described my entire life. I've always been an extreme introvert, "too sensitive", and an absolute nerd about my niche interests. Now I wonder if there's a reason behind all of that.

Being nonjudgmental for me goes along with bottom up thinking because I am looking at the details before I see the big picture allowing me to adjust my perspective as my focus zooms out

Stemming gives me pure joy and let me experience the world it almost a carefree way. Also the ability to see patterns and how things connect together gives an amazing picture of how the world works, and how to subjects that don’t seem to fit together truly do and complementing each other and it’s a push and pull and completely fascinating to me.I wish others could understand the scope of how many things work together. Perhaps that’s why I love English and music and weather. I would love science, but there’s so many things to remember that I just can’t wrap my brain around.😂

I only noticed my bottom up way of viewing when I went into painting class and he had me do a zoomed in piece on an object and I almost went microscopic and did amazing but doing the bigger ones of the room still life and I got overwhelmed.

Seeing the details first is a survival skill. Two cavemen walking down the path, the one who survived is the one who sees the snake. Pattern recognition, the spots in the tall grass become the out line of a tiger. My eye could frame it's fearful symmetry, and the normals are kibble. I always said one of my best assets is the ability to side step. Conclusion, we need more snakes and tigers.

I once remembered the name of a person I had only spoken to over the phone ten years earlier, simply because I remembered seeing her name on a caller id one time when she called.

Diagnosed with ADHD at 36, just turned 40 and I’m really thinking I have a few other colors of that spectrum. I’m neuro-chartreuse

I am a photographer, so all those details fill my mental cup. The fact I'm capturing images is secondary to how I'm seeing everything in new ways as I *really* look. ❤

I read a lot that ASD people don't get social cues or body language. I believe we do, but that it often conflicts with what a person is saying. So when the body language says one thing, while the person is saying the opposite, which do you believe? Very confusing. I totally agree with the Memory trait talked about here. I have childhood memories from less than one year old--corroborated by other family members. Another odd trait of mine that I have learned is a thing for ASD people is that I could read very early. Reading is a pattern recognition process. I could read before I could talk. I was diagnosed at 44. It's been freeing. I no longer feel like I am wrong, or something to be fixed. However, that doesn't change that a lot of the traits I have--honesty for one--are not appreciated at all by society.

People, especially neurotypical people won't quit judging. It's part of then autistic experience to be disliked. The sooner you embrace it, the sooner your sensibility will yield, and the sooner life will become more endurable. Neurotypicals hate feeling weirded out, and autistic people weird them out. The good part is that if you quit masking, and someone actually like you, very probably they genuinely feel for you. As autistics.we need to understand that a human being needs to be loved only by one other person. To the rest of fellow human beings, it is enough with being mutually respectful.

I don't see it as a strength but I noticed something really telling, and distressing, not too long ago. Does anybody else do this: When shopping online - it doesn't occur to me that there may be an option that is already perfect for my needs. I tend to look for something with the idea that I will have to modify it and, then, look for versions suited to modification. Why am I not looking for the already perfect thing? Ah, but then if we DO find the already perfect thing - woe betide it should ever get discontinued (if it's something that will likely wear out or break)... I feel like I should stock up on things. I should, whenever they're on sale, stock up. My dad had a very similar way about him. He would, any time, much prefer to adapt something he already had than look for the thing he wanted. There were some hilarious consequences. The waterproof gardening slipper booties he made were incredible.

The super smell is TRUE. I've been told I'm crazy so many times because nobody else seems to notice the smells I pick up!!! I also just wanted to say thank you for your channel. I've been absorbing any and all content you've made while awaiting autism evaluation, and I received a diagnosis today. :) it's put so many things into context. Love your content, keep it up!

It did not shock me to hear any of these clues. Mainly due to already knowing these things existed about me that I couldn’t easily relate to most people about. But now I can add this to the evidence of my autism. I feel validated knowing these are clues that are also signs of my Autism. I am currently seeing a therapist for a hopefully near future assessment.

Holy sh*t !!! Always wondered why everyone else seemed to go top-down rather than my bottom-up understanding 🤯

It has been less than a month after my late diagnosis, it has been a thrilling ride! Watching all these videos from you and other autistic youtubers allowed me to recognize so many of this things in me.

Thank you for the positive video, love it, is so much disinformation out there, and you put it so well explained, and centered and positive way, I wish it wasn’t this much judgment, thank you for inform us all.

Pattern recognition for the win! Makes you quick on your feet. I got good grades on a class everyone else was practically failing cus I noticed the pattern of the exam questions and studied for them in accordance to that.

Thank you for this video. I finally understand my neurodivergent life! I was a gifted child with a high IQ. I've excelled in all my professional endeavors. I do not meet criteria for autistic disorder if looking at the DSM-V. But, I have many of the autistic features that you addressed. I was misdiagnosed with ADHD at the age of 50.

I am super quick at editing and picking up typos

I relate to almost everything on this list, but especially that last one. Long before I learned anything about autism, I have maintained that I'll only stay friends with people who can have a conversation without being judgmental of each other even if they disagree. I also flat refuse to gossip about anyone, which caused no end of frustration to my gossip-prone neighbor in the cubicle next door at a place where I worked. She started standing up and talking to someone two rows up because I never responded to her "juicy gossip" and I never gave her any commentary or gossip in return. (I basically just politely smiled and nodded and otherwise didn't interact besides saying good morning.) I wish more people would adopt the non-judgmental approach to disagreements--having different opinions shouldn't automatically mean thinking less of the other person (unless, as you said, their opinion equates to something immoral and terrible.)

I was working at NIH and tested my vision on a spectrophotometer. I can see WAY into the ultraviolet spectrum. It just looks like dark violet to me. When I wear glasses that filter UV light, I lose detail in the shadows. I have also tested my hearing, and I hear way above the normal range of human hearing. A dentist once tried to use an ultrasonic drill on me and I threw it across the room because it was so painfully loud. I am a piano tuner, and that actually demands hyperfocus, since you have to concentrate on one overtone out of a welter of other sounds.

My longest passion has been computers. I more or less taught myself how to read by reading computer manuals and computer programming books (much to the astonishment of librarians and bookstore attendants). Even today my reading comprehension for technical text is much better than for things like stories or novels.

Ha! I did an aptitude test once. Architect and designer were top of the list. I love thinking about how to design things.

Thank you so much Chris, I can confirm everything.

1. Fixation on details 🧐 🪡 2. Diving into deep passions 🏊 3. Thinking in pictures 🖼 4. Super high senses 👂👃👀👅🙌 5. Hyperfocus 👁👁 6. Good memory 🧠 7. Recognizing patterns 🎢 8. Being overly honest 💛 9. High IQ 🎯 10. Very tolerant & mindful❣ 11. Exellent dry situational humor 😅 12. Special non-verbal communication skills for animals 🐈 and nature 🌿 13. Very good at recognizing vibes 🔥⚡❄ (positive or negative energy in the air) besides from # 4 14. Very good at expressing emotions through all kind of arts 🌈 15. Due to # 4 good recognition about changes in our body (when not being at # 5) and are more driven to take alternative medicine from nature (I often know intuitive which plant 🌱 I need to take) 16. Very creative - with all kind of stimmings 🤸‍♀️🤹🛀 17. Able to see far beyond the horizon 🌠 because we can be lost in space and time 18. More awake because we need less sleep 😇 19. Good thinkers because our brains are always running and in action 😁 20. Very resilient 💪because every day is a new challenge for us and we have already mastered so much in a life that was not built for us 21. Very modest 👣 because our brains don't focus on superiority, novelty and exitement 22. Good teachers 👩‍🎨 for we know what is essential in life 😊

I’ve never had a formal diagnosis, but I have had many traits that have made me question if I was on the spectrum. Growing up I just blamed myself for being different and wanted to change. I got so good at masking, I mask to myself now without thinking about it sometimes and I find that generally makes things less stressful because I have adopted thought patterns that are less prone to stressing me out. Still don’t understand people though

I can really relate (I think I irritate people doing these things) and there are a lot of people in our extended family with these traits.

Great Video. Reminds me of when I heard a gas leak in my apartment. The gas didn't have a smell, like they add in some countries, instead I heard it spraying against the wall, inside a cupboard. I'll often hear snakes in the grass when out walking, that no-one else has any idea they are there. Noise cancelling headphones have been my latest go-to to control my ADHD symptoms when at work because I hear other people in the office next door, through a wall so clearly, that it is way too distracting to work. On the flip side, I also listen to loud music, however I did this mainly prior to NC Headphones in order to drown out other noises (that seemingly no-one else could hear. One time in a crowded restaurant, across the table I asked a friend about what the other person had said (specifically) in their mobile conversation moments earlier. They were shocked that I could have heard the other person through the earpice given the surrounding noise, and that they were over 2m away.

Hahaha I’ve always been the most detail-oriented person in any work group that I’m in (by far), so this first clue makes total sense to me 😆

I am a pattern/systems thinker. It can take me a while longer to grasp new ideas that seem intuitive to other people, but I can understand those ideas on a deeper level than others. My pattern recignition also helped me with masking. Taking in patterns allows me to understand NTs to emulate acceptable behaviors. It took 39 years for me to get diagnosed.

My nose is insanely strong, has been all of my life, or rather, I've been extremely aware of it. My hearing has also been pretty amazing - I once heard a cat crawling under a car from 50 feet away, lol.

This is incredibly accurate. If you're into horror games. You should try playing "I'm on observation duty"

Excellent video! Autism is not a curse! It's a gift in diversity! The world needs us and they have no idea how much! Autistics were born to do "Stay at home orders"! Washing my hands thoroughly is a given. Following rules a must! Following moral values and being kind, ingrained. I just might forget my friends exist. I might pin them down and spew facts they never knew and them getting a word in edgewise, might not happen! If you ask how you look in that outfit... I will say you look better in the previous one, to be kind and honest. I see all the bad in people but I also see the good and the "human". I might have frequent absences but when I'm around, I'm putting in 100% and then some. Routines just make sense for everyone. More people should try it that are not on the spectrum, especially those with children. If I am asking too many questions, a lot of the time it's because I am trying to learn it by your specifications and to see things through your eyes... no matter how misguided!😂😀 You won't catch me jumping out of a plane expecting the attached bedsheet will break my fall or affixing a rubber band to my ankles while jumping off a bridge! I'll be at home, holding down the fort! You're welcome human race!😂😀 Take care, everyone! You are all valuable and in some respects, golden!😀

Thank you for plugging Steph Jones' book! I watched an interview with her awhile ago and was really impressed, but I forgot her name and couldn't find the video. Thanks for the serendipitous reminder!

Creating mad beats on any non musical object. I can play the lone ranger theme song on my daily pill box

My grandma was having dinner with my uncle for her 90th birthday. After sitting quietly for a few mins she tell my uncle how many bricks there are in the exposed wall behind him. 😂 it's heritable, you say?

I can smell a UTI 4 weeks before it will show up on a dipstick test. I had to ask a nurse I know why it wasn't blindingly obvious, and they always had to send it to a lab, can they not smell it?!?! Apparently most people can't smell it. I guess that's a super power, I'm just not sure how useful it is.