Ever wondered if you've not noticed autism in adults or if there's a
characteristic and you think, Hmm.
Is that autistic in this video I'm sharing with you.
five ways that you've never seen autism in adults before coming up.
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Guys, in this video, I'm covering five super, really interesting ways
that you've not seen autism in adults before, and you better make sure you
stay at the end of the video to watch every single one of them, because.
These are really interesting.
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So this is kind of a way of seeing autism and adults.
Like you've never seen it before.
Right?
I'm super pumped about this because I wanted to do this video for a while and
talk about other things that are like, you know, characteristics of someone
on the autism spectrum that are not as common as typically, you know, like you
might hear it on the national autistic society website, or in like a pamphlet
or leaflet, or if you ask your doctor.
So yeah, he goes nothing.
Okay.
So we've been covering five of them in this.
Video, but you already know that, so let's get into it.
Okay.
So the first one is lack of social interaction.
Now this is really interesting.
So people on the autism spectrum, especially adults with autism may
not have the best social skills.
Right.
And because, uh, you know, having a.
Uh, and also the spectrum of condition does impact your social ability
because it's a communicator issue.
It's a community, it's the communication part of the brain.
So, you know, if you're an adult on the autism spectrum, conversations at
the water cooler at work and not going to be something that comes easy to you
and, or you may say the wrong thing and cross boundaries of things, people don't
usually say at watercolors, like having a, um, having a filter for what you say,
you know, Swearing or saying something that may be considered rude or crude.
So bad or lack of social interaction is a huge factor and a huge contender for
when you're, when you're trying to think, is this person on the autism spectrum?
This is a covert one.
It slips under that because a lot of people could like brush it off as being,
Oh, he's just rude or, you know, whatever.
But in terms of, uh, having the, uh, Having a, uh, an interaction where you
are socially aware socially the social norms and the social conventions that
are within those circle, people on the autism spectrum don't have that.
So that's something to definitely think about and look out for when you're
dealing with people on the spectrum.
Okay.
So number two is reclusive now an autistic adult, maybe reclusive.
They may kind of like withdrawal themselves from social gatherings or
social events because they're overly, socially anxious about those things.
And therefore by default become reclusive or become a recluse because the things
that they enjoy doing is like reading books or going to a library or going to a
museum or playing video games or reading research or, you know, stuff like that.
And yeah.
You know, it's not really a social event.
Really.
It's a read research, you know what I mean?
So I think it's like, you know, it's a huge, huge effort to go to a social
convention, like say, yeah, all your work colleagues or university
friends had gone out for a drink and they say, Hey, I got to come along.
An autistic person would be typically more inclined to say, nah, it's okay.
I'll probably stay up.
I want to study or no, I'm doing something else.
I'll always have an excuse why they can't come up.
And I've been like my whole life as well.
My friends say it rather than say to them, Hey.
I'm going to be honest, I have autism, this kind of doesn't
entertain me and freaks me out a bit and like social anxiety as well.
So I'm not going to come out.
I kind of say to them, Oh, you know, I've got this thing I've got to do, you know?
And then it kind of kind of think you just fobbing them off.
Cause you don't wanna hang out with him cause you don't like them.
So it's actually on, it's not.
It's not a, uh, it's not a bad thing that somebody doesn't want
to hang out with you, or you don't want to hang out with other people.
It's just something that happens because you are on the autism spectrum.
Your brain works in a slightly different way and being, you know, staying at
home and doing stuff for inclusiveness, um, is, is, is your cup of tea really?
End of the day.
So it's something that's very interesting because if you just see that and
you know, you might just think those persons being awkward or arrogant
or whatever you don't really think.
Okay.
Well, on the autism spectrum, and this is a trait of autism, super interesting.
Okay.
Number three, obsessive intense interest.
Uh, we all know that people on the autism spectrum can get
really into certain topics, right?
They'll have a specific topic of interest.
An intense interest is when they get really intence in to it, an adult
on the autism spectrum seems to fall into this category quite well.
So if someone, you know, say somebody knows a lot about Marlyn
Monroe, and then, but your specific interest is Marilyn Monroe.
And then they say a specific line or, or John, or a topic about one woman row.
That is a factoid that isn't really.
Accurately right then the person, they also have spectrum.
Yeah.
Really intense about this and I'm think, Hey, you've said it wrong.
You know, this is completely and unrelated.
You, you didn't, you don't know that context and blah, blah, blah.
And so, yeah.
It's knowing how intense they get over certain spirit obsessive interest
topics that they know a lot about, which will kind of show you more of that.
They inclined on the autism spectrum because that intense subject is almost
like the life's work, that they love, that, that they'd love talking about
it and they know everything about it and they know what is the correct way
to do it in what you know, correct way to talk about the thing and
what is complete Tosh on non-factor.
Related.
So it's interesting to, to know that, you know, you might have
been in the conversation and you've got to give me a thumbs up.
If you've ever come across this, if you know a guy you think is autistic
and you come across the conversation of something that he knows about,
or she knows about really intense, almost like confrontational about it.
It's because it's their thing.
It's their topic.
You don't sit on the topic.
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How many people relate to this?
It's super awesome.
I love it.
So number four is a strict clockwork routine.
I want to mean by this is an autistic adult.
Who's on the spectrum will follow a routine like clockwork, like they'll have.
You feel it at the same time everyday, they'll go for lunch at
the same time everyday, they will.
Um, you know, they'll know exactly when to go and get a snack.
I'll make a tea at the same time.
Every single day.
They'll know what time they're going to leave to go home at the
exact same time every single day.
And if they can't go home at that time, then they start freaking out.
Or if they can't go to lunch at that time, then they'll start freaking out.
It's kind of like a.
A comfort thing, like having a strict routine like clockwork, but it is
exactly that it's a clockwork routine.
That's the one on the autism spectrum.
We'll do, you know, they'll have the same food every single day because you
can, you could literally set your watch by them because you know exactly how
they're going to be, even to the fact that yes, they'll probably be late.
Cause it's supposed to start work at nine o'clock and they're not
there until 10 past nine, but I'll come in at ten past nine.
Every single day, you know, the routine is exactly what it is.
Um, and it, and it runs by clockwork.
And I think that is very, very interesting.
And it's one of the, it's one of the telltale signs that
someone's on the autism spectrum.
If they have a very strict, rigid clockwork routine.
Okay.
So he is.
Number five.
This one is intense emotions.
Now people on the autism spectrum or who are autistic in adulthood, um,
I'm more likely to be, I'm not sure.
Well to control their emotions, they may be very angry for no reason.
I have really bad anger management.
They have really bad tempers.
They may have, um, Really uncontrollable, uh, upset when something happens that
you might think well, that wasn't really that intense, you know, to them it's
kind look really upsetting because there is no way to control emotions.
Now, everybody on the spectrum has an issue with this, but the older you
get, the more situations are around.
Where emotions will be higher, you know, maybe it's, um, you know, work related
or university study related or it's like relationship related, but they can become
very intense and those emotions because emotions convey how we really feel.
But if you don't understand how you really feel, how on earth are you supposed to
convey them into an emotional response?
This is why autism.
Oh, but you know, it's such a vast spectrum and quite an interesting concept
or interesting subject to look up now, adults with autism will definitely display
issues with the, uh, emotional control side of things on the emotional input that
they have, especially to their friends and family and work colleagues and whatever.
So.
My advice.
If you are a person on the autism spectrum is to look for anger management tips
and tricks like that, and maybe check out like meditation to kind of help.
Well, I know that it's difficult because you have to kind of concentrate
them, especially with me for ADHD.
And concentration is very difficult meditation and guided
relaxation and things like that.
It definitely help overcome with these intense emotions.
Now, if your person is watching this, you know, someone who's on the
spectrum who has intense emotions, the best thing you can do is not.
Uh, react negatively to the emotional response.
Cause you know, that it's not a thing where, you know, they're not turning into
the incredible Hulk at the end of the day.
They're just trying to explain how they feel, but they don't
really know how to do that.
So just have a little bit more, uh, empathy and sympathy for them
and just kind of get down to that level and go, okay, I get it.
You know, they just need time to chill out and they'll be fine.
You know, it's not a vendetta.
They don't like hate anybody.
And I think like having support from friends, family, and people who
know he's going to be the best, uh, best way forward, really, because
then you're going to have this.
A relationship where they know, okay, they've got intense emotions.
Cause they're on the autism spectrum, what can I do to help him?
I mean, golden, that's a golden opportunity to really get close
to somebody who's on the spectrum.
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