Autistic Traits of those on the Spectrum | Autism Vlog 5 

You surprised me at the begining, I hide behind my hair too ! And I'm lucky, I have a lot ! I don't have anything left from the 17 first years of my life. My mother and I had to flee from my father with nothing. Clutter bothers me, but I can't be organised, and things tend to grow wild around me. And sewing being my special interest/intense passion, I have fabrics almost in every room ! But my attention to details helps me a lot when I'm sewing ! I've been using scripts all my life. Every time I allowed myself to be spontaneous and genuine, everything went really wrong. I always thought difficulties with social interactions were my personal disaster, but when I found out I'm autistic, I understood it's "normal" for autistic people, and interactions with autistic people are much easier, with great understanding. And that's why I like you and your beautiful community so much ! 💗 I'm only a dog, cat and bird mom, and I admire autistic parents (and grand parents), I think I couldn't do that. Just like you, I can't mask when I'm in pain, and I have chronic spine pain... The landscapes you included in you video are absolutely beautiful and so peaceful ! I loved the colors of the sky and the clouds above the trees at the begining ! Take care and have some well deserved rest ! 💕

Together with my sister, we decided to become minimalists a few years ago. It took us 4 years to clear about 70% of the house and stuff collected over 30 years. It was really tough at times, and it is quite a lot of work (especially deciding what goes where - thrift store? 2nd store? sell online? - exhausting and stressful) Our rule these days is; if you want to buy something new, you have throw something old out. That rule has helped us save quite a lot of money too.

Thank you Jenny. I have a cupboard full of toys from childhood in the 1980s too!! 😊😊

I used to have a script in the form of postcards for many situations eg saying hello to a stranger; saying hello to a work colleague you come across in a shop etc my response followed by expected reply followed by my follow up sentence followed by 'interesting fact' eg of course it is sunny in Spain all the year (I know this is not accurate and I would be ready with some details on the Iberian climate from memory) I would openly take out the postcard and read the first line to the person who had said hello to me. Yes it was strange that I needed to do it. I even had a postcard for being at a party but I would always leave early as I could not engage with most people at all they seemed to be speaking a foreign language.

You can swish with coconut oil for up to 15 minutes every day instead of brushing to clean your teeth, heal your gums and cavities. With little kids, I really needed to have help from people to watch them so I could have alone time. At one point I got out and learned to run. Alone time in the bathtub. Hobbies like knitting and reading for escape. The toys and messes are really hard for me and I still have a hard time knowing what to do with things and getting rid of them.

make a diy wall art (easy fabric flowers and make a border with the lace) and frame it, maybe incorporate some family pictures.

I'm lucky enough that my job requires me to have great attention to detail! About parenting as an autistic person, the sensory aspect can be really difficult. For me it is the screaming, noises and touching.

Had an interesting thing happen, this week, Jenny. At my hubby’s docs appointment, I mentioned being autistic…he looked at me and said, “you are NOT autistic! Maybe have Asperger’s, but NOT autistic”….he has a child in his family with autism and declared they are not the same….😮

I like even longer hair because of tie-back or top possibilities.

If I have a place for everything to go I'm fine and I keep things tidy. But if there's something that doesn't have it's specific spot, then I need to create a spot for it. And if I don't create a spot, then everything will clutter up until I sort that out, even though these other things have their own places. In the past I've been stuck on things for years. But I generally don't see the clutter so it won't bother me until such a time when I need something within that clutter. Then I'll start tidying up, find that thing that didn't have a home, create one for it, and then move on. Every single time this happens. I try to tell people that I'm a tidy person, but my surrounding often don't paint that picture because I'm stuck on something.

lol, on previous videos I was constantly wondering why you had pictures of 'flour' up in the background.

Hi Jenny. My aunt told me a general rule: If you haven’t used it in the last 3 months, throw it out. It’s difficult, especially with things which have sentimental value. I would suggest maybe taking photos of them so you can look back if you need to. Or donate them to a thrift store so you know that other people might get some use out of them.

I live in a very small house so its difficult to find space for everything. Yes babysitting the kids squealing is like torture to my ears😂🙋‍♂️

I really want to get rid of stuff. But I have slight hoarding tendencies so it is difficult!

My husband is hf autistic and IS the clutterer. It doesn't bother him. It bothers me, the wife who gets tired of cleaning it up!