So what is autism in adults?
Here are three common signs that you need to know all that coming up.
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So I've done loads of videos talking about like common signs, like how to
identify autism in people and they still get asked the same questions.
How do I know if this on and off that?
And so I want to do this video, just talking about three most, really common
signs in adults that you could really tell someone's on the autism spectrum.
And so.
I think that this is much needed.
And I think that a lot of people will benefit from this.
So let's dive right into this video.
Okay.
So the first thing we're going to talk about here is socially awkward.
Now, when we're talking about autism, we always think about autism
in children, but we're looking at adults in this picture and we're
talking about autistic adults, right?
And there's a lot of autistic adults who didn't get diagnosed
because of one thing or another.
So when we think about autistic adults, I'm thinking about this in
particular thing, which is social awkwardness and socially awkward people.
Uh, obviously neurotypical people can be socially awkward, but when you're,
when you have social openness or issues with social boundaries and social
situations, for example, like not knowing when it's your turn to talk,
not knowing what the right thing to say, not having a filter to stop you
saying things that may upset somebody.
When you, when you're unaware of upsetting somebody, these skills,
these unwritten social boundaries, uh, learn by neurotypical people over time.
But with autism it's somewhat missed because of other things
that go on inside the autism brain.
So, yeah.
The F the idea of having social awkwardness, but having real
difficulties with social interaction and social communication on a whole,
it's something that is so unique and so interesting about autism.
That it's a very, very big telltale sign that the person in question
could be on the autism spectrum.
Okay.
So number two is difficulty communicating, but communication is typically at the
heart of an autism spectrum disorder because autism is a communication
issue at the end of the day.
But yeah.
This causes a lot of autistic people to have difficulties communicating
their needs and their emotions and how they feel to other people.
I think people may not have the ability to, um, express how they feel if they're
angry or upset about something, it may come across in different ways.
If they don't like the texture of food, it may come across in an anger outburst,
or they might feel flip the table.
There's a loads of different things that can go on here.
But knowing that.
Somebody has real difficulty communicating how they feel telling
us on what is going on in them.
How are they feeling?
The thinking is definitely difficult for people on the autism spectrum.
Thus, a good way to identify someone, you know, is having
difficulty to communicating.
Then, you know, it could be related to an autism spectrum disorder.
And that's really interesting to find that out.
Okay.
So number three is quirky behavior.
Okay.
And that sounds kind of like a broad spectrum.
Cause I know a bunch of people are quicker behavior.
I mean, everybody's got a grandfather he's a bit crazy and you know,
he's got quirky behavior, right?
But there's a difference between having quirky behavior.
That's an autistic trait and just being quirky for the sake of being
just a bit outlay, you know, so quirky behavior is sometimes characterized
within a few different things.
And I mean, it's in the lightest nicest sense.
So autistic people love routines, right.
And they love repetitive behavior.
So they may, um, rock buckets and forwards and have stems where they like
put the hands in front of their face or do certain things like listening
to a record and just not one piece and rewind it just to hear that one.
Better the record.
They may have a routine, a daily routine that they follow rigidly,
that they follow that structure.
They leave work at the same time.
They have lunch at the same time, they get the same thing.
At one time, they come home at the same time, we were pretty much
the same clothes all the time.
They have the same shoes.
Every single time.
They may just like carbon copy every single day.
Now that may be quirky behavior to people, but it's.
Typical for someone in the Austin spectrum to want to eat
the same thing every single day.
You want to do the same thing every single day.
And that's why a lot of, I think people find themselves in jobs
that are somewhat repetitive.
Um, um, if they're lucky enough to find a job, then they'll find a job that is
repetitive because that repetitive notion is comforting and it's, um, it's expected.
They, they like expectation, but they don't like unexpected surprises.
So this is a good way to identify somebody who's on the autism spectrum.
But just knowing that noticing their behavior, maybe slightly quirky.
Or maybe odd, but it's not really odd.
It's different.
It's just a different way of doing it because they're wired
neurologically a little bit differently to neuro-typical people.
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