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Okay guys.
So this is a video I wanted to do for a while.
Just talking about the interesting thing, things about uniqueness
around autism, or specifically around the term Aspergers syndrome.
And I use the term Asperger's syndrome.
Cause that's what I had as a diagnosis.
But we all know that Aspergers syndrome is actually a, um, a name that was changed
to Austin spectrum disorder in 2013.
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So welcome back.
Different thinkers.
Well, we think differently daily.
I wanted to do like three interesting, um, uh, three interesting facts
about, uh, Aspergers syndrome, because like Asperger's syndrome is very,
very unique or an autism in itself has a very, very unique stance.
And so when people use the terms, Aspergers syndrome, they actually are
referring to people who have, um, a typical kind of a lower support needs,
um, and used to be like high functioning, but we don't like to use functioning
labels anymore because functioning labels imply all kinds of stuff and
it gets really like messy and sticky.
So what we, uh, what we kind of tried to do now is just talk
about, you know, support needs for people on the autism spectrum.
So people with the Asperger's syndrome.
You know, diagnosis or autism spectrum disorder would typically
have a lower support needs.
And that of people who have, um, more high support needs on the other end of
the spectrum, they may be non-verbal.
They may not be able to do executive function.
That's whole I'll use the bathrooms and stuff like that.
So there are a bunch of different ways in which we can, uh, perceive and understand,
uh, people on the autism spectrum.
But today I want to talk about Aspergers syndrome in general
and some interesting facts.
So here we go.
here's fact number one.
So fact number one is that people with the lowest support needs not as, and
more people in general have a high IQ.
So autistic people in general have a high IQ.
Um, people diagnosed with Aspergers, usually have an above average IQ and a
very intellectual in their approach to life, which means that like, uh, people
with Asperger's syndrome typically have, um, you know, Varying degree of
understanding of things on a very complex matter that doesn't take away from the
fact that other people on the autism spectrum may have high IQ's as well.
It's just more common in people with lower support needs that this type of
diagnosis, where they are, you know, verbally accurate to go and do stuff.
And they're able to walk about and use the bathroom on their
own and hold on relationships.
Those people who would be diagnosed with us, but just syndrome.
We'd have a typically quite high IQ and it's comes from the fact that autism
allows someone to think a little bit differently and outside of the box, which
allows the brain to, I'm just looking at it, the different ways of doing stuff.
And that I guess in itself is intelligence and trying to figure things out and
problem solve, which is basically what people in the Austin spectrum love to do.
They love to solve problems.
That's why we like playing games and that's why I like doing
puzzles and stuff like that.
And so everything is a math puzzle.
To me, but in terms of, um, in terms of doing, uh, you know, actual activity,
brain activity to, for your intelligence people on the autism spectrum, typically
like with Asperger's syndrome have a higher IQ than the neurotypical
average person, which is fascinating.
I mean, that, that really is fascinating.
Okay.
So number two is a special interests.
Now people with Asperger's syndrome will have a specific field of interest or
special interest that becomes almost.
Obsessive.
And that would be a, uh, maybe a certain kind of genre of researcher that they
become an expert in like an expert level of research where their research and
something so much that they just, you know, fully just absorb all of that.
And then they become so well absolved in it that they become an expert.
I, and maybe that they reach a level of that, that it's, you know, they could
become a professional in that, or even just, you know, a project manager on
that field because they're really into it and this could be anything, but
people on the autism spectrum typically have, uh, an interest, a field and
interest they know a lot about, and they probably won't shut up talking about it.
If you ever bring it up, or if you ask them what they're into and I'll
tell you, they like fight club.
But fight club's, not just my own special interests, I do have
a bunch of other different ones.
Um, like, you know, I did a degree in chemistry and I also love social
media marketing and all kinds of stuff.
So, um, there, there are very different things that I get obsessed over.
Um, but one of my main ones is, is UFO's and stuff like that.
Um, but yeah, I just love it.
I love having the special interest and I actually collect loads of stuff like that.
All my books collection right now, uh, books on social media marketing,
because I just find it fascinating.
It fascinates me.
I love social media.
Um, but yeah, you definitely would typically find people,
on the autism spectrum would be like super engaged with it.
I know of a guy who is so into Marilyn Monroe.
That he like researched everything about her death, how, where she was born.
Her parents were friends were even went to the house that she
last lived in before she died.
And that was just really interesting.
Like he, he just loved it, you know, flew out to where she lived.
Where she used to party hang out and stuff, and he just knew
everything about Marilyn Monroe.
And I think that's great to have an interest that you really enjoy like that.
So, yeah.
Special interests.
Okay.
So number three, um, most of the famous scientists in history who helped
shaped the world we live in today, uh, showed signs of Asperger's syndrome.
I'm actually, I was reading an article saying that if, uh, you know, autism
was diagnosable back in the day, then a lot of these main awesome scientists,
mainly British actually, uh, would have, uh, would have been diagnosed with,
with autism or Asperger's syndrome.
Now these do include people like, uh, seismic Newton.
Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein to name a few.
Um, okay.
I know that only one of those guys was British, but there are
a lot of British scientists.
I mean, uh, which were in this article, I was reading, but people like, sir,
Isaac Newton actually had a very interesting life where he actually,
the apartment that he was renting, uh, from, uh, from his landlord, he asked
his landlord, if they could create a stairwell, like a staircase at the.
Back the apartment so that he could sneak into his own house rather than
going in the front door, because he'd be confronted with people because he
had high levels of social anxiety and social destruction would cause him to
have kind of some sort of meltdown.
And, uh, this was very, very, this is very, very common in us, but
just syndrome and Sir Issac Newton was, uh, obviously akin to that.
Um, same with Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein actually, uh, had.
He was just so clever.
It was ridiculous, but he has very interesting things and very interesting
traits about him, where he, um, he would definitely be characterized
as being in the autism spectrum right about now and Nikola Tesla.
Um, wow.
I mean, this guy is just incredible.
Excuse me, Nicola.
Tesla actually never had a, um, And never had a relationship, never had
a girlfriend or boyfriend or husband or wife or anything like that.
And Nikola Tesla was just to commit to his work.
You never had a relationship.
He was very isolated.
He was very introverted, which is again, parallel.
It runs absolutely side-by-side with an autism spectrum disorder or
Aspergers symptoms because you know, someone with Asperger's syndrome
would be more of an introvert.
They would kind of keep themselves to themselves and not really.
Um, all the time, worry about romance and relationships, because it's not
on the forefront of their life when their life's work is there also
obsessive interest like Nikola, Tesla and his was electricity and stuff.
And you know, you got to think these guys shaped the way we live today
and we're all thankful for that.
So, um, that's just fascinating.
I love all of that.
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