5 Things You Don't Know About Autism (Part 2 of 2) 

I am also an Autistic person and this video and comment made me feel like I'm not alone and that I'm not sort of some weirdo in this world. :)

Your not alone man it's even worse when you've had trauma

@@multicolorgamer761 I mean like my parents got Divorced when I was 1 years old. And then like a cat and a dog I knew nearly all my life died sooo- that was traumatizing for me 🤷‍♀️

I absolutely agree with you there. I want to fall in love, but I don't want to be a burden on my partner and know I have special needs on that front.

I am autistic too, have been masking for 50 years, and am currently undeegoing therapy to deal with past trauma and the diagnosis. It is really tough, but am determined to get my life back on track, this time, embracing my autistic traits. I have told friends, and also have lost some along the way. This is fine, I had to let go of the fact that some people do not like the new me. The key is self care, and be surrounded by the people who love us as we are.

Ugh same it's so anoying!

My mother does this

@MEATE CRUNCHE Don't take RU-vid seriously, as support for opposition to your personal network. Social influencing is a business model, not a substitute for the judgment of legal guardians, nor professionals.

Ngl as an autistic person I'll be real with you. If anyone infantilised me I would most likely tell them to "[Redacted] off" but that's the mildest reaction someone could get out of me.

same, everytime i try to express myself i end up shaking

Same, my mom had the wrong thought of autisim untill she had me

i see that we both got autism, haven't we?

GUYS SHE IS LYING!! SHE ALWAYS LIES ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH

@@chibitchhyyzomy nah she fakes mental health and sh

@@yesha3306 based on what

I Do Also Have Autism & people should know about it because (some) people don't understand even misunderstanding too of autism

@@narumea. Yes, omg your right very correct, I used to get bullied because I had autism, and people with autism can't outgrow it.

And that's where I will have to stop you right there and say that there is no such thing as mild or severe Autism, simply more or less challenges to face.

@@soIzec theres this kid in my class that had autism and its to the point where he cant talk and needs constant assistance. But then theres another kid whose comletely fine? Im pretty sure theres a scale there 😂

@@ivythealiencat that's less a scale and more different people with different minds and experiences they're on the spectrum there isn't a scale

yes that sounds about right

same here, but i'm not terrified of being touched by the right person :)

That sums it up pretty well

That's why i hug my son every now and then when he's overwhelmed. He can't express the feeling but he becomes assured i guess. Is it ok? Or whatelse i can do these times to help him? I want to listen neurodivergent point of view regarding this matter please.

​@saranabil497 uhh it might depend on the person, but personally i need space alone for a few minutes to like fully get okay again Then with hugs again might depend but for me touch is like "help wth someones touching me no" for a few seconds then if its still there its fine, would probably be different when overwhelmed though Sorry if im talking in brain mush ive been sleep deprived all week, anyway hope this might help Probably shouldve used my break card yesterday instead of being overwhelmed for 2 hours- welp

How?🤣🤣🤣

@@melaniemartin4319 ??? TF

These damn bots in the replies

I totally understand!

If you wish to know more I, as another autistic person, have done a lot of research so just let me know and I can try to get in contact with you!

This was explained really well I think

"autistics actually don't have any more communication/ ... problems", that's just false. It's literally one of the core parts of autism, and trying to remove that is messed up.

@@Nekotaku_TV Because we're like Japanese people that got magically teleported to Sweden, yes. Allistics (an umbrella term for non-autistics including both neurotypicals and non-autistic neurodivergents) are the more common neurotype, so they're more likely to have and abuse power over us, so their way is considered the only “right way” and we're forced to try and learn it meanwhile they're praised for their perfection (as if most of their TV shows/etc. didn't literally revolve around miscommunication-induced drama) and refuse to compromise for us. And people wonder why autistics are more likely to end up trapped in abusive relationships, y'all are literally teaching us from childhood that that's our ONE-AND-ONLY option. Communication is two-way, one person being blamed for **ALL** of the problems and changing themselves so much for the other person's sake that they end up both mentally and physically ill - that they literally *don't even know who they are* and are *too terrified to have personal boundaries lest they hurt someone's feelings* - is what's messed up.

@@ejaostudios6689 I'm not sure whether you mean that I explained Double Empathy well - in which case, thank you 😊 - or if you mean that they basically said what I said in the video - in which case, the “cognitive empathy deficit” theory is certainly one of the better ones, but there's still an impactful difference between all the ways allistics (see previous reply for definition) claim something is broken about autistic communication/empathy and the Double Empathy perspective (both also explained in previous reply). Not all autistics are even deadpan, some of us are the opposite extreme (HYPER-expressive, which allistics usually read as being “too intense” or “fake”) and get denied diagnosis based on the deadpan stereotype. I'm just trying to help with Psych2go's stated goal of correcting harmful myths. 💛

@@Nekotaku_TV You misunderstand. I'm guessing you're not autistic since you're saying this, but what the OP of this thread is saying is 100% true. As someone who only got diagnosed a few years ago, getting to meet up with other autistic people has just proven to me that autistic people aren't wrong, we're just communicating on a different wave-length. I'd been struggling with social stuff in school basically since the day I started school. Yet a few years ago, I got to move into a dorm and start at a gymnasium (European secondary education) in a class for people on the autism spectrum, and it was such an eyeopener. It felt like finally finding my people, and getting to speak my native language. And I realised that, all the social struggles I had, had just been because neurotypical people communicate differently to neurodivergent people like autistic folks. Communicating with other people on the spectrum is so effortless, it actually blew my mind.

thank you for the list :]

I have Asperger’s too! I relate to you about how it’s difficult to make friendships/relationships and about showing emotions. Sometimes if I receive a gift or something I will on the inside feel “Omg!! I love it!! Thank you!!!” But on the outside it looks like I don’t like it/don’t care, or I’ll say something like “..Oh, thank you. I like it”. And it took me years to make friends at school, because people saw me as the weird/different kid. But I made friends last year and I’m very grateful! I relate to you on all of these things, so don’t feel alone :)

Ah, a fellow teen with high functioning Asperger's! Purple! (Hello-yellow-purple)

Liannadelfin64: Asperger's is a form of Autism.

Asperger’s has been changed to autism spectrum disorder…

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and feedback :)

I have worked in SPED and a guarantee you can do an amazing job. You will be able to reach and teach individuals with learning disabilities and understand the plight of other NDs like yourself. Some NTs will even think you have a magic wand you wave around that somehow helps people learn things they had no idea to approach, meanwhile you will see it simply as the logical outcome of trying different things while looking deeply into the needs of the individual. The real challenges are all the bureaucracy (e.g. writing IEPs) and interactions with NT adults that it takes to do the whole job, and the amount of time you will have to spend in joint parent/SPED team meetings. Try to get a full picture of the job before committing, as there is a rather hidden trap of burnout waiting along the path of pursuing SPED as a special interest. If you take your needs into account when you're still young enough to create habits from them, you stand a much better chance of making it a life-long, fulfilling career.

Thank you for the info…As far as I was informed by my son’s psychiatrist and psychologist, Aspergers was taken out of the Autism spectrum about a couple of years ago. Not sure the reason as to why…and to me and the way I see my son, it doesn’t really matter…it is just a label…

@@radojkabarycki5188 It was discontinued as a medical term because its namesake had some rather unpleasant personal beliefs. The updated equivalent of the term is ASD.

Please be accepting and nice to everyone one ❤️

Im not accusing im just saying. Please PLEASE dont talk down to him. All the teachers and my family talk down to me bc they think I'm different when in reality I'm just as human as they are and I'm very much aware of how they see me and it pisses me off. 😣

@@ivythealiencat cant talk down to him! he teaches me something new everyday!

@@innerpeaceforall thats good than :)

@@ivythealiencat ❤️❤️❤️❤️

My mom showed me that show too she thought it was funny about how much similarities I had with Shawn. I am 15 and grateful for my mom as well :)

@@Mike_Rottchburns My mom told me the same thing, when she knows the reason I have Autism, is because I have high functions, and yeah, I do have similarities with Shawn too.

Obv you don't have a dad

@@brquaz Sorry for the mixed up, I do have a Dad, I should’ve edit my comment before the reply.

Hold on, my parents watched this series too

It breaks my heart to read that your ex-stepfather tried to “discipline” the autism out of you. I’m actually almost in tears. I knew my son was on the spectrum we before he was diagnosed because I grew up with an autistic brother back when there wasn’t much known about it and did research on it in college. To be honest my son doesn’t really understand that he’s autistic at all because we’ve never really treaded him like he had a disability or anything. He’s been in special education since he was four but we just treated him regular. We were fortunate to have a very good special Ed department at their schools so we had a lot of support but I’ve always done my best to advocate for him and explain to any and everyone that needed to know about his autism and relay what realistic expectations they should have. My son talks out loud oftentimes at home and husband sometimes says “he needs to stop doing that” i have to explain that some of his behaviors and quirks are not going to just change because you want them to. It’s so unfortunate that I’m this day and age where information is literally at our finder tips that people still chose to be ignorant and perpetuate stereotypes about autism. There are so many strengths you have and I hope that you now know that there is nothing wrong with you and that are perfect the way you are!

What’s an Ed teacher

@@idiot_11 they teach people with special needs

@@ragadoesstuff566 oh okay ty

That's a hard but really needed job. Speaking from personal experience.

@khell get the heck out of my comments

I have Aspergers, anxiety and concentration problems. I'm gonna be completely honest. I have never had any actual friends in real life and the only friends i've ever had are my online friends whom i have built a good relationship with. One of my friends even have the same special interest that i have, which is programming and computer things. I also have a partner that understands my Aspergers and problems, which is my dad. I talked to him about my school-related issues of anxiety attacks and stress. The homework they assign me give me an extreme amount of anxiety and stress and it's really hard to concentrate even if i'm paying the fullest attention. It's a very hard thing to control. I also have a very hard time waking up at a really early time (6:30 am) and that too brings me anxiety. As a result of all these problems, i have completely stopped going to school, online school is the same experience for me when it comes to homework. My dad brought me to an hospital many times, where i talked to the psychiatrists about my problems that i have. From there we got the diagnosis for Aspergers and anxiety. They gave us a misdiagnosis, claiming i was suffering bipolar depression. My dad called them out and we got the correct diagnosis (with 1 inconsistency claiming i had suicidal thoughts). We were done going to the hospital, and the next thing my dad did was give the diagnosis to a doctor who works for a local government organization so that they inform the school about my problems and order they give me a special Ed teacher for my problems. I'm still not going to school as of now, but i might go before this month passes and even wake up at a non early time like 8 am like my dad said. I hope i can go to school without any problems and not with a strong hatred that i've always had. My dad is a very good and understanding person, he can get angry at some times but he does has a good heart, and i am very grateful to have someone like him in my life.

hiii!

Hi

Hi

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Saw part 1 the day it was uploaded. Going to send both videos to spread awareness about autism and how lives can (hopefully) be made somewhat easier to cope with knowing that myths have been debunked. Just like everything in life, autism also has its pros and cons. Examples could be that some people with autism you get alone well with while others you're constantly at each others necks. Some may excel when it comes to playing games while others can excel with maths. Edit: Hi Psych2Go!

You are still you and will be you just older. I sure you have your ways of doing things. Credit is important to build while you're starting out. High credit scores can get you lower interest rates on things. Discounts and makes it easier to rent, buy and get certain jobs some people check that stuff. What's really different though were you kicked out and need to build from scratch or you just adding a few extra chores here and there. Moving from one age to the next don't mean you have to give up certain things. As long as you get done what needs to be done you still can do you.

autism runs in families. if there is an aspie there is also usually a bi-polar. lots of narc mothers are bi-polar. low or high bood sugar runs with it, too. there are lots of ranges on the spectrum. dont worry so much about dating or working. do what makes you tick. tell your narc family to go blow it out their ass - and if you need to, cut them off. if you can. if you are unable to go no contact then lessen the amt of time in their company by making an excuse to go. autistic people have a really hard time staying employed. We get walked on by everyone. You sound like you are a very sensitive empath. publish your novel yourself - you dont need anyone's approval. exploring relations is fun - be careful. I got played so much because my hateful narc family never taught me anything. you might publish on your youtube channel - its a thought. I dont really know how it all works. I'll look you up - I have a saved playlist here on my channel I named Divergent Autistics that you might get some relief from. this white flower profile picture and my name Patty Knight if you want to go look.

Ok obv don't tell people your autistic, your RU-vid videos say your 'special' as one would say and I'm not making fun of you bc in autistic too (asd) I'm just saying

@@brquaz why shouldn't we tell? autistics run the world - why should we have to hide who we are just because all of us arent megalomaniacs with tons of money? maybe its time the world ran on our view. just sayin

@@pirupami9746 yes, I am a subscriber

@@brquaz Bull crap. If we dont tell anybody nobody will understand and it will lead to all kinds of miscummcations and accusations. Then it can weigh down on pepple mentally get people into fights and just overall bad stuff that could be avoided. Ive spent my whole life quiet about it. Telling people Ive realized has helped me get out my feelings dramatically and has even lead several people to understanding me better. Which overall makes it easier for us to get along. So I strongly disagree with you here. Sorry.

I am currently 20, i have never been tested for autism. However i fit all the descriptions of autism and also the descriptions in the video. For myself i am 95% sure that i am autistic, but i am also scared of being tested. On one hand it might give some rest and i have a confirmed reason why i am the way i am. But on the other hand that mighy complicate certain things like e.g. renewing my drivers license and i am just the way i am, a label for it doesnt really matter in the end. What made you do the test?

hello!! i wanted to say that the term special needs isn’t preferred by autistic people. when a lot of people use the term special needs, they think that the disability is a bad word or that they don’t think autism is a bad thing. it isn’t a bad thing, and disability is a bad word. the child is disabled!! i hope that this educated you!! we’re not differently abled, we’re disabled.

@@keyaunna. appreciate your input, that term was used by her school so often, it has fallen into common use, perhaps it shouldn't be so. Even so, ironically my honorary daughter had strong issues with the word autistic. People, no matter who they are will have individual likes and dislikes. When someone uses a term, but is clearly supportive, it probably should be understood as inoffensive. Hope that helps.

@@keyaunna. some of us don't prefer to be called disabled it feels offensive, while it can be true that some of us have disabilities, when we're called disabled it's like we're labeled as that instead of human

Autistic people don’t have a natural understanding of hierarchy. My 16 likes to give me mom job feedback too. 😂

It’s not that. They’re trying to guide you to meet them halfway to their level to avoid being misunderstood and possibly (or not take your pick) infantilised in the future. They want to show you their own individuality. Let en have their tattoo probably when they’re older but let em communicate what’s wrong calmly even if it’s animated as i can relate to what your kids are trying to say

@@danixx9220 She's 7 years old. Autistic or not she doesn't need a tattoo or a boyfriend right now sorry lol

@@indigobaby0305 no i mean tell her when you’re 18 you can or something Not at 7 of course not

@@danixx9220 oooh okay lol

Don’t fall for that link dude 😨😨

RU-vid needs to handle their bot problem 😑

Right on. Never be ashamed of who you are.

@@pirupami9746 yeah I report them all the time I just wish that when they as for a reason you can bubble more than one :/ but oh well

Asperger's was named after a Nazi doctor who used his diagnosis pattern to sort for autistic people useful to the Third Reich or not useful. 100% of the boys who fit the latter were killed in insane asylums. This is part of why the DSM-5 made a lot of people very glad when they no longer separated the two. Please stop invoking a murderer's name. I know it's an identifier, but I doubt you'd want to say you have (hypothetically) Goering's Syndrome if a newer name existed for it.

Why isn't there a community online somewhere.

Good point

There's also something that you should know,not everyone on the spectrum likes the gold infinity symbol.

I relate to being “Quirky” or “Shy”. Sometimes I feel like people still think those things about me, but I now have a great social circle and I no longer feel unwanted

@@sylviaeditzzz7567 I'm definitely still quirky and proud of it lol ...shy, only when I don't know anyone in the room, otherwise, I'm probably OVERLY talkative with my inner circle lol...it's only the last year or so I've built a tribe of healthy people who I absolutely adore and appreciate me for me even when my filters and masks are gone 😊

I add my reply to another person interested in SPED, slightly edited: I have worked in SPED and a guarantee you can do an amazing job. You will be able to reach and teach individuals with learning disabilities and understand the plight of other NDs like yourself. Some NTs will even think you have a magic wand you wave around that somehow helps people learn things they had no idea to approach, meanwhile you will see it simply as the logical outcome of trying different things while looking deeply into the needs of the individual. The real challenges are all the bureaucracy (e.g. writing IEPs) and interactions with NT adults that it takes to do the whole job, and the amount of time you will have to spend in joint parent/SPED team meetings. Try to get a full picture of the job before committing, as there is a rather hidden trap of burnout waiting along the path of pursuing SPED as a special interest. If you take your needs into account, and ensure you can get accommodations from your employer, you stand a much better chance of having this career feel fulfilling rather than exhausting and unsustainable.

@@pirupami9746 lol why

@PRISTINE JOEL Autism cant be cured...?

This gave me hope, Thank You. -Teen Autist

@@pirupami9746 Most of them were funny at times but yeah the owner of the school is mentally unstable when it comes to her anger issues Nobody can change their system

@@pirupami9746 Is it bad? Looking up places gives me anxiety

@@pirupami9746 Ooh okay i'll check'em

@@pirupami9746 I believe Tubbo might've watched that channel on stream before Not really sure but i saw it before and it seems very interesting and educational Thanks for the recommendention ^^

I totally agree we need to face challenges in order to grow. We will never grow if our parents don’t let us move out of their residence unless it is our choice to be there. I would actually say family can be a barrier to developing good friendships or intimate relationships. I don’t want to have a partner and still be stuck with my parents when it goes against my rights. One of the most important values is that of safety which changes in our 20’s. At this point I value community more than family. Especially when family has so much control. Being autistic may mean I am seen differently but that doesn’t mean that everything important is with family. This video is right on point on regards to the relationships. I do want others to see my highlights but I need to feel comfortable in my own skin before I take a chance on relationships I am not certain how they will turn out.

@@pirupami9746 I have not but did a quick search and will look into it

Glad they can help!

👆👆My RU-vid channel name can help u out with shrooms,LSD,dmt, and other psychedelic stuffs

@PRISTINE JOEL Autism is not curable..

Same! As a person with autism. Im are on the moment overthinking so much..... I hate it. So now im really stressed.

Relatable as an autistic Things seems straighforward on paper Yet i overthink just to compensate on how to express yourself,

@@pirupami9746 not that I know of

👆👆My RU-vid channel name can help u out with shrooms,LSD,dmt, and other psychedelic stuffs

Yep. My school cut me off from my meds recently, like in the last few months, but luckily we found new people.

so i am not the only one who barely reacts to videos

I'm here to support autistic people like myself. Even if I am a masochist, even if I fail understand how to act properly, even if it drains all of my mental energy. I want to support others but it's just hard.

Sending you hugs, it can be really hard. One thing I have come to realise is it's a lot easier when you stop holding yourself to neurotypical standards, before I knew I felt like a faulty person, after I was diagnosed I still looked at autism as something I needed to be ashamed of or hide in order to get by in the world, so people would know something was different but not know how to put their finger on it if I didn't tell them so I really suffered at trying to meet their expectations of me, being open about being autistic from the get go has been very helpful in making people understand me more and have different expectations, not lower expectations because we can still kick ass just in different ways that should be embraced. I'm high and rambling sorry haha.

Ditto.

I'm happy for you

thank you! (just a quick suggestion, I wouldn’t say I’m dealing with autism. I just am autistic, Im only dealing with the world that’s not made for me :] )

@@alphabetmafia_0116 my apologies on that and you're right! :)

@@shareesejohnson7104 thanks for understanding!

@@alphabetmafia_0116 You're Welcome! 👑👑👑👑👑

Teen Autist in Highschool.....this hits home. Megalomania: obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others. (Similar but what I thought you really met, correct me if wrong) Delusions of Grandeur: delusion about one's own power or importance. I don't see any notice of that in the writing, only you can answer that clearly though. You seem at least a bit self-aware if you are considering the possibility of megalomania. Starting at Middle-school, I got closer to Teachers then I did my age-group. After Middle-school I had a reset on my “Friends List” once more and I immediately noticed that I was hitting it off with the Teachers more than my peer group. (excluding work and greetings) Social interaction with my classmates had become limited to the occasional banter and when an interesting class discussion happened. You mentioned intelligence being a potential factor and yes that is an observed phenomenon…”restricted” interests is also another one (do you have any special interests?). Continuing the intelligence thread, It’s been hypothesized that 2 people within 30 IQ points can meaningfully communicate, over that it either becomes impossible or just not worth the efforts (Note: To many scientists it's considered a myth but the general idea stands); I’m not saying that your IQ is 131 or something, it’s just a validation of the idea that as you stray further from normal intelligence relating to them becomes harder. During Middle-School my “friend” group were mostly the high-scorers on tests or people with more atypical thinking. Also, thanks for giving me the chance to learn a new concept: a “factorial”. It’s moments like this that make shifting through the toxic mass of the internet worth it. 😊

@@ozzivpodno1356 Well- i guess i can tell you what a factorial is. Basically think about 3×2×1 You can collapse that into 3! which is 6 since 3×2 equals 6. There's the reverse mode that should be factorial(subscript: -1).

I really had to change and become tolerable too. I agree, you really have to push yourself for things to get better. I can really relate to your comment.

@khell I’m 11 OvO

@@pirupami9746 wut

I don't associate the Golden Infinity symbol with autism, I see that it's more for childhood cancer awareness. Please do your research. (I don't want to come off as rude, but I just want you to expand your knowledge)

@@sonicfan82 i think youre mixing it up a bit. All im seeing is the golden ribbon for childhoon cancer, not the infinity sign. Theyre similar tho, and thanks for telling me :D

@@cannedbread9214Your welcome

Actually I think people like you need to be educated not society.

Honestly this all just misinformation

@@bullrun2772 What do you think this video and I got wrong?

@@amcvart9839 the fact that autism is special thing when it’s not. Has nothing to do with how you think and your personality. Just has to do with the brain chemical part.

If people was doing more research on this, People will understand more and,one day, they'll change it from awareness to acceptance.

Really ?! I saw more autistic girls than autistic boys in my life and I'm myself an autistic girl

@@aynsac7765 well yours is kinda rare to happen tbh cuz generally autism is way more common in boys than in boys... For exp I myself have never met an autistic girl but met a couple autistic male individuals

No problem :) We hope this video helps !!