Ye, unfortunately there's a push in the opposite direction. Special treatment but "positive". Used to work with autistic people (handler or whatever you wanna call it) most of my coworkers hated me but I never got fired because the autistic fella liked that I was myself around him, treated him as I would any other person even if that sometimes included jokes about the situation. A normal guy would get a joke here and there about him being overweight if he was and that's what he wanted
Fr tho like my friends say some shit about "thats gay" and then appologize to me like im a faulty laptop😂😂😂 Im not that kinda gay, i know we grew up with 2010s era xbox live just say it dont appologize unless you thought it was taken wrong
@@casuallycelticAs a medium sized Austistic man with RBF, I can confirm that not all of us present the same way. So I won’t sit here and state as fact, whether it’s his normal face or he was genuinely angry or cautious or whatever at first.
As an autistic vet, he could be uneasy, not thinking about it, or using toughness as a shield to social interaction. Either way, he seems like a nice guy.
@@serotonin5852it is.. those are my sons.. Michael is autistic & Zachary is an amazing supportive brother who loves to spend time with his brother. Their on a comedy cruise right not that Zach surprised Michael with for his 36th bday 😊
with autistic people you have to just be normal they don't know they are different when they are young,,,, my niece is autistic higher on the spectrum sometimes nonverbal and loves being alone but we treat her normal and she had slowly come out her she'll sorry for typing so much it's just a beautiful thing to know others treat autistic people normally
@@sergiomanriquez4624yea for real, the people tryin to get offended on our behalf about this joke is frustrating, lol, i thought it was super wholesome
@@giovannibertocci8944 He's treating him like a normal person, maybe even especially nice given they're in a comedy club. Plus imagine finally being involved socially when you struggle so often, look at his smile.
@@giovannibertocci8944 can’t tell if you’re serious or not. That’s how Comics approach crowd work. They look at appearance and start talking. He made a very awkward situation and even made fun of himself
he started off bad but he was probally speaking 'filler' while running comedy math to create a joke while making him comfortable. he was hunting to get off the subject humorously. rather than end it elsehow.
Fr tho ive got a lot of friends on the spectrum and unless youre around them 24/7 most time you dont notice it, they are just livin life And also im scared that all of them say i need to get tested😭😭😭
Because people always say your autistic your having a conversation with someone and immediately someone says he's autistic, or what do you want for lunch ? He's autistic or for example someone's joking with you he's autistic why do these people always have to tell people your autistic it's like telling people your stupid in a nice way I have adhd and if people kept telling everyone I have adhd I'd want to punch them the fuck out thanks for telling everyone I'm fucking stupid 😅
Well fuck dude what you expect? Takes so much energy to look someone in the eyes that you come across as pissed, and then you start spacing off because they said something that triggers thought lines. Yea we are fucking weird.
@@flynnejammin1eh autism isn’t real, normal isn’t real, they are just words to categorize us as humans. We ain’t fucked up we are just all on some spectrum of slightly this way or slightly that way. Once we all realize there’s no ‘typical’ we all would better understand each other I think. P.S. it should be noted technically I’m autistic, neuro divergent, on the spectrum, gay, whatever you want to call it.
That cut to the guy laughing when Akash said he “fuck that imma treat him like anybody else” is beautiful. We’re all people trying to figure out what life is. Don’t forget that.
@@keenanpierson420I mean singling him out while talking about his autism like it’s not normal then saying you’ll put whatever he’s getting on his tab, kinda isn’t treating him normally.
@@keenanpierson420 shaking his hand... Not roasting him or making any jokes like he would to any other guest, he just started asking him random questions - the comedy literally stopped.
It's not that I'm truly nonverbal but I do not like talking much. I'm not dumb either I just find most conversation (chit chat and the like) not only pointless but also mentally draining because I have to pretend to care about something menial and that makes me seem like a dick.
Exactly, we've seen how hard they'll work for an interest. I always hated when people would say "Sorry" if I mentioned my kids autisim. I always say Don't be, he can master anything if he decides he wants to do it. I watched him learn to spell because I refused to help him in Minecraft. Now I ask him what commands to use for stuff 🤣
The small 6 year old girl I know is also nonverbal. Especially kids get confused, uncomfortable, and uneasy with her. They gather together and make fun of her. Many times, she goes hiding in shame. Deep shame ! The kids immediately understand and like her when I explain her condition. The thing is, I get tierd of these situations over and all-over again. Exhausting. Painful.
@@schizsec9886I’ve had students like you and like any other student I try getting to know a few interests so I can incorporate them into my lessons. I have the same feeling, I hate talking about the banal, but you get me started on an interest and I go hard on it. I love finding what those students are interested in and letting them go hard, too. I ask a lot of questions so they can keep talking about their thing. I have tried explaining this to other teachers who have the same students, that the student is totally cool and very smart, but they just gotta engage them the right way. Usually met with “That sounds like too much work” And I say “Most things worth doing take effort”
We are so used to being treated like we are weird or strange that we can be, or appear guarded. As someone with ADHD, which has many overlapping symptoms with Autism…Thank you! ❤
@@bloxstarluke you share over 40% of symptoms. 44% of Autistics have ADHD. Stop talking out of turn and actually read what I said and not what you think I said. You’re not special. You’re neurodivergent just like me.
@@1PhantomT dude you can’t go to a comedy and not expect to get roasted by a comedian that’s what’s beautiful about a comedy show people know how to laugh
My brother in law is autistic and let me tell you. They WANT to be included but everyone is so uncomfortable around them that they don't understand how to talk to them normally. I think he handled the situation PERFECTLY
Same🤣 I meet a lot of people and stuff like autism doesnt even register for me. People will sometimes be like, 'How'd you do that?' I'm just like, 'What?' I only see individualism
The small 6 years old girl I go swimming with sometimes loves being around people so much. She looks sooooo cute (Ghana girl), everyone is so in love. They will soon be very confused and uncomfortable because she is different. She behaves totally differently & she is nonverbal. It breaks my heart. It really breaks my heart to a million pieces . I get paranoid because every encounter is like that. And the swimming pool is crowded. Many people feel uncomfortable. All of them. This comedy guy is phenomenal and funny. Fascinating !
@@BoldAMATUER Autism doesn’t affect your physical appearance/ features. Does Elon Musk doesn’t look autistic; he has visible autistic behavioural tendencies. You can spot it from just looks
@@uhohhotdog if you have seen the show he points out a lot of people in the crowd throughout it... just keep scrolling through shorts and im sure you'll see others so yes, he did treat him normally
@@uhohhotdog Except doing that is in fact his way of treating him normally, He picks people and jokes about them, if he picked him and found out has autistic and dropped it, it would be treating him as if he can't handle it or isn't normal.
@@uhohhotdog He focused on the crossed arms which was his first question, like he would anyone else with their attitudes or behaviours, found out he's autistic, and instead of dropping it or just going on the crossed arms bit that was overdid, he focused on the new thing. happens with the majority of people.
This dude reminds me of my brother. He is NOT disabled. He is weird. That's it. My brother does shit like that. He stinks, sits with his arms folded like he's tired of being there, never worked a day in his life because he is lazy and acts like the world holds him down. Idk about that guy's ambitions but he is NOT disabled.
@@bigleenethyou have never met this man before. You have never spoke to him, his family, his friends or his doctors. You know absolutely nothing about him, his personality or medical information. Stop projecting your own issues onto strangers you have never met before
@@bigleenethDude all you know about this guy is he can talk. Most disabled people can talk! You haven’t even seen this guy get up and walk around, not that autism usually affects that. He could be the most multiply disabled guy in the world and you wouldn’t know
He loved that: everybody being uncomfortable, fk them! immma treat you normally, fr that was sweet! I respect you enough to take the piss out of you like i do everybody😂
Saying with your chest that you're gonna "treat someone normally" is only pointing out that there's a reason they don't usually get treated normally. All of you "normal" folks trying to sound respectful just sound like some socially awkward rejects that have less social interaction than the actual autists.
My little brother has autism probably to a similar extent to this guy. He always told me it never made him uncomfortable until he noticed people babying him. Thia guys a real one for sure 💯
I have Autism, and this is the reason why no jokes are off limits for me. I absolutely love to scare the shit out of people who don’t know I have autism, I usually wait until it makes sense to, then I’ll say”uh, just so you know, I have Autism.” The looks of terror I have gotten before are priceless, they almost always assume they said something wrong and start apologizing.
Oh, I’ve done this too. Love messing with people at times! 😄 Also on the flip side, some people who’ve known I’m autistic but don’t know me super well, I have a big, slightly naughty sense of humour and when they’ve heard me making jokes, they haven’t known how to react because they expected me not to do or understand jokes! Yeah, I understand jokes.
This was beautiful my brother is autistic and this interaction gave me goosebumps. I hope everyone eventually acknowledges how beautiful and amazing their minds are
@@allyh7075 on the contrary, by them I meant anybody within the spectrum; the only point in my comment was that people with mental illnesses have a broader, brighter, and wiser view of life.
@@RS-vy9qv he’s a comic…. He literally looks for material in anything , they basically beg for this type of shit to happen lmfao it’s perfect for improv. Sounds like I just struck a nerve lmfao goofball
@@slightkek dude out here acting like even people that do things for a long time don’t have uncomfortable moments sometimes, lmao. Once it was brought to light that he’s autistic, I guarantee you he had to pause for a moment in his head and thought “how do I make this work”? It’s okay to be human every now and then Macho Man. Not impressing any women in a RU-vid comment section, take it easy and laugh.
I work in fast food and had an elderly couple come in with their special needs son whom was non-verbal. I had asked his order and they had said he was non-verbal, and I said so? He may not communicate the same way as you and I, but he's still human and deserves to be treated as such! They used to come in every week and the son would always run ahead when he saw me. (And only me) sadly, a year into the Pandemic, the dad passed and in early 2023? their special needs son passed away. The mom still visits and so sweet. They have another son who lives out of state with his own family. I miss him and his dad. They were kind and wholesome.
Thank you for caring about people, for real 🙏 Working in fast food or any service work, you get to know people over time and when you interact personally like this, no joke, you may be the one person they feel like actually sees them, you may be the one person who shows they care. It really matters.
@@Tricia_Ksome people truly do have the ability to speak how they feel. It's not insane to think this could have happened. I've noticed people don't really lie to look good(unless you're a politician) these days. "I caught a fish thiiiiiiis big" really don't happen anymore. Granted I'm never on Reddit Twitter or Instagram so I could just be ignorant. Try to lighten up eh? Even if it's a lie it's one thats sweet and hurts no one, so why fight it?
My father has ASD which I believe was previously known as Asperger’s, and he can be so difficult to deal with, but that man is an amazing soul and I would not be here without him. I have ADHD and my mother and I are always making sure we take care of him and relearn how to interact with him because he was only recently diagnosed at 60 years old! Sorry to write such a long message, but I just wanted to say I totally agree and thank you for what you do for these beautiful souls that are just trying to navigate this strange world. Stay safe my friend!
@@TheRockLobsterMafia hey, your father is a person just like you. Would you want someone infantilizing you and calling you a “beautiful soul” and acting like you’re some special case trying to figure out life? Our brains function differently, that’s it…it’s so weird that you guys think you are “normal” we are all just different.
This is amazing you can see how the guy loosened up even with the jokes once he got treated like a normal person instead of people normally making it more uncomfortable by treating him like a child
I've worked with a lot of autistic people and the most respectful thing you can do for them is just treat them normal. They hate it when people think they have to walk on eggshells around them.
Grew up around people with disabilities of varying levels of severity even have my own share of auditory and cognitive issues, can confirm treating them the same as anyone else with a little extra patience thrown on top goes a long way.
For real it just makes them feel like somethings wrong with them. I have an autistic buddy, such a smart and sweet dude, but I don’t spare him from the jokes 😂 anyone can get this smoke.
I have autistic 18 year old has never had any REAL friends....he's soo funny and sweet....he's social skill are soo bad no one gives him a chance to get to know him
This is why i will never understand the hate for chapelle he treated them like everyone else and made jokes he even had a trans comic love him for it. Let them perform shows until the trans community hated them for liking him until they killed themselves.
Good friend of mine was autistic difficulties communicating with people, but since I was an asshole, I easily communicated with them and there’s nothing he could do or say that would upset me. I was 6 foot two he was 6 foot two so we were good he was a terrible student, and then one day he decided to leave high school. He walked into a college and became a civil engineer. Five years later, while working as a civil engineer, he had an issue with an attorney he decided that he was going to find out what the law was as it relates to the project was running. Three years later, he passed the bar. He was an amazing human being, who just didn’t communicate well with people and quite frankly I think it was the people he was around not him.
Whoa, rhats an awesome story! Ive been saying for years, people who are on the spectrum are no different than anyone else, they just need a little help with finding where they belong. Glad your froend is doing great amd hope you still keep in touch.
My grandson is on the spectrum, but it seems more of an enhancement that helps him focus on what is important to him. I can hang out with him and simply be fascinated with his awesome memory and his crazy ability to handle pain. He knows all the dinosaurs... And he is only 4 yrs old.
Yep, sounds about right. Start researching a thing you're curious about and tunnel vision that new interest until you've mastered the gist of it then a new side curiosity starts a new tunnel vision quest and now you're a new thing. Jack of all trades, master of one...then another one...and another one... Spend all day ocding about learning new information.
is that a peculiarity of autism? they can't really focus on one trade? i supposedly have it and i read books on everything. but i don't know if this is autism @@calamity0.o
My entire life has been a struggle with communication. I started coming to realize that I wasn't necessarily the one that had communication issues, though. The way people interact with each other often makes no sense. I can say one thing and they can hear something totally different. They can say one thing, but mean something totally different. And I'm the one with difficulties communicating? I call bull. It's like speaking another language. I mean exactly what I say, but it gets misinterpreted all the time. Like, bloody hell, that wasn't at all what I said. How the hell did you arrive at that conclusion?
@@fooperfarvey4812true but how often in his crowd interactions do you see him shaking the guest's hand and offering to pay for their meal? He is visibly treating this man different than he wouldve if he just assumed it was RBF.
You can tell akaash is a genuinely nice person. I met him when he took pictures with everybody after his show at Vulcan in Austin last year and you can tell he's just a kind person.
Bro one of my best friends is autistic. He’s such a cool dude and I’d do anything for him. Props to you for treating him like anybody else, as it should be
The fact he decided to lay into him instead of backpedaling when he found out he was autistic probably made that guy's day, instead of treating him differently because of his disability. I'm sure he's had plenty of being treated differently and just wants to be treated normally.
I totally agree with you except that it's not disability. It's just different. Not trying to be a dickhead, I just sure that Autistis people are amazing and genius but we still struggling to accept them. I hope we do one day.
@@KolanceMeerAutism is a disability and there’s nothing wrong with that. Have a disability isn’t a bad thing it literally just means there are some things that you’re unable to do because of it and that’s ok. There’s nothing wrong with being disabled
@@KolanceMeerlike yes autistic people are absolute geniuses when it comes to certain things but it’s still a disability, not being rude it’s just a fact
That's something my brother needs to hear more from other people, people to treat him normally and not like an idiot. Already was made to feel like an idiot because of his teachers growing up which hasn't been good for his self confidence
The big guy at the table is my son Michael. He was also treated poorly growing up.. we taught him to not give a shit what others think or say about him! He’s also adopted and doesn’t care a bit! He’s loved, cared for & VERY smart and confident and that’s all that matters ! I hope your brother can feel that way one day as well ! ❤
yea I like the sentiment of the whole interaction and it’s still nice but I thought it was weird and extra that he said I’ll treat you normal and instead of just roasting him he gets down and shakes his hand in front of everyone and offers him free food and drink like he’s a make a wish kid or something lmaoo
@@maOdajObre Yeah!! That's actually the most insulting thing done here. He's not a kid! If you say you're gonna treat him like normal, you'd better mean it.
Love it when people don’t coddle others. It makes them weaker and they know what’s going on. I’ve a 13 years old with autism and the LAST thing he wants is special treatment. New respect for this man
I think the problem is that autism wasn't always a spectrum and people like this guy would be classed as " the quiet kid " or "the weird kid " and the more severe side of the spectrum was what was classed as autism but now it's all classed as autism so it's not as easy to say treat them normally . That's why his brother is there
@@Michael-vg6tiI agree. The spectrum helps explain alot, my son might be classified or labeled adhd by a school for meds when I was in elementary, if at all. I was never even checked because I got solid grades and ended up going to the USMC. Now all my "odd kid" Marine Vet friends are having kids diagnosed and we're realizing we weren't just goofy kids. If you didn't know the military is mostly weapons grade autistics who can run well.
@@Michael-vg6ti I’m a 90s kid so as a kid I wasn’t autistic I was just that weird kid who ran around on his tippy toes way to late into life, The kid who wore shorts to school in the winter, I did cut class but not to do drugs or to get laid, but to do parkour
I wish this didn't even have to be said like it's an incredible thing to just treat us like other people, but unfortunately that isn't the norm. You sound like a great parent, I wish you and your family the best!
Im on the lower spectrum but have been treated like im 5 by most people. I can tell you from experience that hes happy that hes being treated normally and being included
Always love the chuckle this guy get me...but this one was so beautiful and wholesome...just watched it on loop about a dozen times for the sheer warmth it created ❤.
Yea this was a dumb video. I’m sure the guy didn’t want to be called out then to be congratulated for having autism could be uncomfortable. It’s weird how people find this wholesome.
Even on stage he's so insecure and worries so much about what everyone else thinks. He needs to admit he's gay for Andrew so he can be his true self and stop hiding
Just like anyone else at a comedy show up front who sit with there arms crossed. Mikey knows its a possibility to get made fun of because of it. He is a pretty chill funny guy.
@@TheRealPigula Not the insult part. Hell, it would've been more respectful to rag on him more. But no, he offered to pay his tab and asked childish questions. I'd be hurt
I really think he wasn’t thinking about anything offensive when he said it. Akaash asked him a question he wanted to answer and he answered it with what he knew. I know I wouldn’t have been thinking about religious stuff if someone asked me about my favourite food, they’re two separate parts of my brain which can only connect if I make them. I’m not saying it’s the same for him but he could experience something similar. I would feel bad afterwards though.
As an adult who recently found out I'm not "weird" I'm autistic I can 100 percent say we never mean to make you feel weird...we can't help it! In the last 6 months I've realized/figured out all these crazy masking things I was taught at such and early age...problem is sometimes you forget to mask...so you cross your arms or stim too much and people view it as very "passive agressive" or they'll say things like "I just don't get it...their reaction was TOTALLY CRAZY! " Nah, I'm just overwhelmed and you WOULD NOT STFU!!!
Now this is how you handle that … humor but kind and compassionate … talk about excusing that elephant right out of the room.. well done. Just perfect. 👏🏻 👏🏻
If you see the moment he said and did treated the autistic guy like anybody else. That guy was extremely happy, most of the time they want you to treat them like everyone else because they are tired of people acting so careful like if they were babies.
@@DolphinboiDo you think its ok to make a joke about anybody? Better yet do you think a joke is a good or bad thing? Better yet what is a joke to you?
