Yo! I just ran across a YouTube channel called "Aspergers from the Inside" -- there are tons of fantastic videos on all sorts of topics from a fellow Aspie. Just scrolling through the video list, I've already seen more than a dozen topics that I'm very eager to watch.
There are three in particular that as I was watching, I thought, "These would be really great to share with a few (neurotypical) people I know to help them understand things a little better."
1) 7 Signs of Autism in Men (DSM-5 Symptoms of Autism/Aspergers in High Functioning Autistic Adults) -- He does share a few links to videos specific to women, by the way. As for me having been recently enlightened (isn't that a better word than diagnosed?), those close to me might need a little help understanding what autism is and isn't.
2) 9 Positive Autistic Traits (that you may not already know!) -- A lot of things become so clear after watching this, and it pairs well with the video above.
3) Autism vs ADHD (The Difference between ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder) -- I was diagnosed with ADHD about 6 years ago, and it explained a lot. After my recent "enlightment" (re-confirming ADHD along with the new ASD diagnosis) I'm still discovering how many of the traits I thought were ADHD that are actually ASD, such as hyperfocus -- in ADHD, that's actually "hyperdistraction" or "hyperstimulation" as he calls it, which is insanely accurate, I think.
I only got a few videos deep into thus guy's channel before I just had to stop and share.
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autistic: not disabled, just differently-abled
07 Mar 2022, 11:00 am
