in this video I'll be sharing with you seven signs of Aspergers so that by the
end of the video you'll be able to spot it coming up I'll be sharing with you some
personal signs of Aspergers syndrome from me and some I'll be talking about
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have a conversation with you okay so seven signs of Asperger's here we go
so number one is stimming and stimming is short for self a stimulatory behavior
now a lot of people who have Asperger's syndrome will stem and this is like a
repetitive self-soothing behavior it could be all kinds of things from like
rocking backwards in the chair a lot of younger people will like flap their
hands or like or rock just one hand some people just use their fingers and like
stim looking at their fingers and they flip them back and forwards very very
quickly other people use items like fidget
spinners to use as a stimming and they become really popular like physical cues
fidget spinners and notice type of things and the idea is that when you
stim you are soothing a repetitive notion or the idea of repetitiveness and
routine within your lifestyle that you find calming and soothing so you know
rocking back and forwards is soothing to people with an autism fashion condition
like Asperger syndrome and also things like you know rubbing their hands
together or ribbon their fingers together these are also very common
stems that you may find with people with Asperger syndrome
okay so number two is having a strict routine so people with Asperger's
syndrome have a very rigid and strict routine and they love that routine it
could be the same routine they've had for the past ten years and that routine
is their kind of comfort blanket and something that they find relatable and
that they know so it could be that you get up the same way every single day put
on the same clothes every single day you come downstairs at the exact same time
you have your conflicts at the exact same time you sit in the exact same
chair and you watch the exact same show and that's kind of like your morning
routine and then you'll have routine for all kinds of things it won't just be
like getting up in the morning it could be routine of how you operate your phone
how you digest entertainment it could be a routine of how you are and work it's
like what time you go for your lunch when you're in work it could be how you
you know what songs is until earn your way to work it could be what you think
about any way to work all these routines and rituals are very important and
they're very strict and rigid also people with Asperger's syndrome if they
have any deviation from that routine it could get messy and they could cause a
meltdown or a panic attack or something so having this strict routine that
doesn't deviate is very important and is a huge sign of Asperger's syndrome and
somebody so if you know of a person or if yourself I used to have very strict
rigid routines and you love that and you get very distressed if you deviate from
the routine this is a huge huge common trait of song with Asperger syndrome
okay so number three is repetitive eating and what I mean by this is that
people with Asperger syndrome tend to have really small selections of foods
that they really really enjoy and they'll just eat those foods constantly
so rather than having like a big varied option or many of things that they do
actually like they will just have like one set meal that they just love to have
all the time like you make it to detail all day and they probably do have it
every single day and they'll try the best to just have that meal every single
day this is a huge sign of Asperger syndrome
I mean repetitive eating and a small selection of food that they really
really enjoy and this also could include picky eating
so number four is echolalia now this is a fascinating one echolalia is the
repetitive notion of repeating somebody else's words or sentences so when you
hear something you repeat it so with Asperger's syndrome people who have
Asperger's syndrome will typically kind of mimic television shows or movies or
people they know when they say something they'll say over and over again
so for me when I hear a sentence from somebody or here sentence from someone
on TV I'll just repeat that sentence a lot of the time mainly in my head
then I'll repeat it out loud and sometimes under my breath and one of the
other fascinating things about echolalia is that people with Asperger's syndrome
especially will say a sentence and then repeat that sentence to themselves under
their breath so you'll see their mouth moving when they've said like the
sentence you'll see and repeat that sentence but just moving their mouth not
actually saying the sentence this is very very common and is a huge trait
like I personally have experienced this and it was until somebody pointed out to
me that I actually was like holy you know I actually do this and it's an
actual thing when I research into it I realized I tackle a Lea and all the
other things that come with it like repeating things on TV and this is also
true for people with Asperger's syndrome who may have American accents because
they learn a lot of their vocabulary and their dialogue from American TV shows
and American movies so people with Asperger syndrome may sound slightly
American a lot of people actually think that I sound quite American I have a
Welsh English accent but I also you know have Asperger's engine when I grew up
watching American TV so this is a thing that I might actually have an American
tinge to my accent I did a three-part miniseries on how to get an autism
diagnosis and I'll leave it in a card above here so you can check those videos
out afterwards if you're thinking about going for a diagnosis of autism I
thought that you might help you out
okay so a number five is issues with socializing now there are unwritten
rules and like compliances with social interaction so people typically will
have this almost like an intuition for like what is like social etiquette and
how to be in a social situation like whose turn is it to talk next how long
do I talk for is this rude have I gone too far with this is this appropriate to
say you know all those things like unwritten nobody tells you about these
things you kind of picked them up and learn them through social instruction
but with Asperger syndrome those are missed so a person with Asperger's
syndrome will have difficulty socializing and have difficulty
understanding that area of you know do they talk here do they talk there I have
an issue with I say the wrong things to people and they get triggered by it and
I think that oh my goodness I didn't know what was gonna upset them another
thing is that I'll just talk for hours about something I'm really really
interested in and people get really annoyed because you know it's there tend
to talk but I haven't like them have there tends to talk another issue I have
is talking over people who are already talking it's really difficult to know
when a person is stopped talking to then take your turn to talk and I find this
super super difficult and it's probably one of the most difficult parts of
social communication for me is knowing when when I can talk next or when I
should stop talking so as a trait of a sign of Asperger's syndrome
this is very prominent and I feel like most people if not all people on the
autism spectrum who have a condition of Asperger's syndrome will experience bad
or poor communication skills I'm a huge fan of support need helping people so if
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okay so number six is a sensory sensitivity so what this means is that
people with Asperger's syndrome will be susceptible to sensory processing
disorder meaning that they can be hyper or hypo sensitive to sensory stimuli
meaning touch sound smell taste noise it could be absolutely anything now for me
I get super triggered by all kinds of things and it runs alongside something
called proprioception I'll leave a video the end slate which is talks a bit more
about sensory processing disorders and tips if you relate to any of the stuff
I'm talking about and basically it's like too much sunlight or too much light
or fluorescent lighting can really affect how I see it because fluorescent
lighting flickers for me and so I have to wear sunglasses when I go to tech
stores I have fluttering lights and this is very uncomfortable
also certain noises I'm really sensitive to you and it could even be certain
words and really sensitive see I'm super hyper hyper heightened by certain noises
and certain things especially smells like garlic onions vinegar things like
that those specific food freaked me out so much that the smell is so intense I
can't even be in the same store so there's this local supermarket we go to
and one side they have a deli counter in the deli counters like an open style
banner has like garlic and hummus noise kind of stuff and so I have to like go
to the other side of the store to get my shopping done to walk the exact opposite
side of the store and it's the largest one in Europe of this this actual chain
of supermarket called Morrison's so in order for me to deal with I have to
avoid that side completely this is such a common sign of Asperger's syndrome and
if you can relate to this so you know somebody who relates to this this is a
huge huge telltale sign that they may be on the autism spectrum and it could be
Asperger's syndrome so for me I have hacks and ways around that but that is
just one of them it could also be like sensitive to clothing you know you don't
like the tags in your clothing yeah it could be certain type of whole thing
makes you feel a bit odd or awkward and you can't wear those or certain smells
could get you upset or certain sounds can get you upset so those things are
all signs of Asperger's syndrome that you should be aware of
so number seven is not getting jokes and it's not just not getting jokes it's not
understanding when somebody is joking and taking things very very literal so
people with Asperger's syndrome will take things very very literally so you
know if you said someone odd raining cats and dogs outside a person with
Asperger's syndrome may actually believe that you're trying to say that cats and
dogs are falling from the sky a lot again a lot of this stuff is learned
socially and people kind of pick up this stuff like through intuition are just
social acceptance but people are spigot syndrome won't learn those things that
traditional way so you'll then have to explain to them oh it's actually this is
not actually raining cats and dogs physically it's just a term used because
I have huge issues with learning in terms so I did a video a few weeks ago
where I spoke about somebody said something to me about throwing the baby
out with the bathwater and I had no idea what this is talking about and I was
kind of horrified because I didn't understand what they meant about it and
it was just all crazy and because of the ha I have a huge difficult time trying
to figure out social kind of accepted sayings and slang for things like that
if you do relate to this or you know someone who relates to this taking
things literally like don't know when you're joking can't understand sarcasm -
sarcasm is a huge one because sarcasm is trying to say something that isn't in
the way that you are which is really difficult
I mean how it is do you explain that and I find that sarcasm with strangers is so
difficult I don't even understand it account understand when people are just
saying jokes when like I almost got into a fight once went to a supermarket
because this the cashier was trying to be funny and then I thought he was going
to be an idiot and then so I would got really annoyed about it and I was about
to pull off and my girlfriend was like no no no he's just being funny he's
trying to have a joke but I didn't sit on the joke so it can get you into all
kinds of trouble if you don't understand those things but it's definitely
something that I would say that I super relate to from having us biggest Andrew
this is one of the things that really sticks out and you notice it when people
are constantly trying to rectify issues up ok just like that situation right
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