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So I have spoken a lot about Aspergers symptoms and traits on this channel,
and I'm going to do a bunch more videos on that, but something I'd never really
covered is why those traits actually appear in somebody on the autism spectrum.
Now, this is a very interesting subject because we all know, like you could
list off a bunch of different kinds of characteristics and traits of somebody
on the autism spectrum, which is great, but understanding why those happen
could actually help you identify it.
Quicker more efficient and just give you a general kind of empathy to the
person in general that you're talking about, and maybe this will help.
So I thought it'd be a good idea to do a video.
On that I have listed out five of the most interesting actually,
and more common that's what your symptoms or traits or characteristics
we're ever going to call it.
And I've given an explanation of why this actually happens.
So I've got my list here on my snazzy iPad pro, which I absolutely
adore and that I don't think I'd go anywhere without my iPad pro anymore.
It's kind of like attached to me, you know, how it goes.
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get attached to items and, uh, you know, objects and stuff like that.
So let's get into this video.
Actually, I need a drink of water first, man.
It's like a thousand degrees outside and it's eight o'clock at night.
So let's get on.
With the traits.
Okay.
So the first one is talking fast.
Like you guys may have noticed that people on the autism spectrum talk
really fast actually in actual fact, because I'm on the autism spectrum.
And I have ADHD, I get a lot of comments from people saying, Hey
bro, why don't you talk slower?
Stop talking fast.
You talk too fast.
I can't stand the word, you're saying.
I'm sorry about that.
But it's just who I am.
And a friend of mine, um, who also is an autistic female, uh, called Chloe.
She runs princess aspian, uh, a, uh, another autism YouTube channel.
So princess aspien I think the channel's name is.
Chloe really cool.
We're going to do videos together soon, but she talks just as fast
as me and it's kind of refreshing because I feel like I'm not alone.
That trait.
Why does it happen?
It's kind of like, because the autistic person's brain is
going a thousand miles an hour.
There's data, there's ideas, there's creativity.
There's there's everything going on.
And we're trying to keep up with this fast paced brain movement.
And you're trying to get everything out all at once.
It's really difficult.
And most of the time I want to getting out maybe like an eighth
of what I actually want to say.
And so I stumbled across myself and then I don't talk properly.
And then they mumble and I start to, and all this stuff happens and people just
comment on it saying, dude, you talk too fast now it's funny because it's all it's.
It's trying to keep up your, your mouth to try and keep up with your brain.
And it's never going to, you know, it's something that is very apparent.
Um, it kind of like, it just sucks.
It sucks.
People kind of, you know, want to comment on it and it sucks that I talk
too fast, but Hey, it is who I am.
You should always love yourself.
And.
It's just what happens.
Okay guys.
So number two is, uh, socializing issues.
Now look, there's, everybody knows that people on the autism spectrum
have issues with socializing.
Okay.
So socializing is very difficult people on the autism spectrum.
And this is because the part of brain that is responsible for
socializing and communication.
Part of the brain, um, is impacted by the neurological
differences in the autism brain.
Now we know autism is a neurological developmental condition that, um,
can gradually you become worse.
The older you get.
Um, typically, um, I did tell you all about how that, you know, the
age of autism kind of impact you.
And I will leave a link for that in the end slate unaccountable
for yet and down below.
So you can check that video out after you've watched this one, but in terms
of why socializing is a big issue, it's because the brain is, is trying too.
Um, it's kinda misfiring in, in the area.
It's kind of like, uh, you know, The socializing wires are wired up
to a different part of the brain.
So the brain is kind of like Crosswired and neurological paths
are a little bit different there.
Uh, and that difference is awesome.
It gives people the ability to do other things.
Okay.
They may not be good at socializing, but they can do other things like
being really good at music or talk really fast, or like, you know, just
do something completely different.
Like.
Look, if you're watching this right now and you know, somebody on the autism
spectrum and they're like kick butt at like playing Pokemon or Minecraft or
whatever, and they're really good at something, but they're like terrible
at socializing, hit that thumbs up, but you know exactly what I'm saying.
So that's why it's how the neurological path kind of developed in the brain when
the person was being conceived, basically.
Okay.
So this is number three, which is eye contact.
Now people in the Austin spectrum have difficulty.
With eye contact it's no, uh, isn't.
It's no kind of biggie.
It's no, it's a no brainer.
It's something that we all know about.
Eye contact is difficult for people on the autism spectrum, but what you didn't
know is why does this trait occur?
Well, eye contact is associated with socializing.
When you meet somebody, the official typical greeting is to look someone
in the eye and shake that hand, you know, start talking and you
make eye contact and connection.
When you talk to somebody.
Now, this is classed as a typical average.
Social, uh, communication tool.
Uh, but eye contact people on the autism spectrum, uh, is not like that.
It becomes a more of an intense feeling, because again, you're thinking about
what I said in the last one where the brain works slightly differently because
it was wired a little differently.
So that.
Looking someone in the eye is more intense on the autism spectrum
and it does not come naturally.
It's not something that they are programmed.
Like everybody else who's neurotypical to do.
Just kind of just by naturally occurring.
It's like, Oh, look, now it's shut down.
It's something that has to be either taught, developed, learn.
Understood.
And so.
Eye contact just becomes something that isn't a natural gift or somebody just
picks up who's on the autism spectrum.
It's actually something that is, you have to kind of got your
way to really understand, learn.
And maybe you'll never do that.
I mean, I'm 34 years old and I still have issues with looking people in the eye.
Uh, unless it's like my partner, I even have issues with my parents in the eyes.
So, so difficult.
So it's.
It's because of the communication part of the brain that can the
communication and that impact how a person, um, socializes and communicates.
And obviously looking someone in the eye is communication
through social interactions.
Okay.
So number four is obsessive interests, right?
He knows exactly what I'm talking about.
Anybody who knows someone who's autistic is obsessed with something, right?
The autistic person will be obsessed with something I'm obsessed to fight club.
I don't know if you've ever noticed, but fight comes on to my obsessions.
I actually love it.
I watched the film.
I used to the film every single day, actually.
And I have it on, in the background and I don't have a TV in here that will do it.
So I might actually rig one up on this wall so I can actually
watch fight club all day.
But in terms of that, um, the, the brain is highly engaged with the fine details.
The really small.
Details of things.
And so someone on the autism spectrum will come across something that is the
most mundane thing that you can think of.
Like, it could be postage stamps, it could be certain coins, it
could be a certain type of book.
It could be a certain celebrity.
It could be absolutely anything.
It could even be brushes and types of bristles.
And they'll see the final beauty in the fine.
Details that is within that the, minuet details that I was within that thing, and
they can get totally involved with it.
And that is why an obsession happens is because they're seeing the detail in those
unusual things, because it's, there's a deeper level of, of sight was on the
autism spectrum for things that have.
Detailed to be given.
And I think that's an amazing thing.
It's a beautiful thing.
And it should be celebrated and congratulated because we'll honestly,
I don't think we'd have electricity the way we currently receive it.
And I don't think we'd have any of the sciences and on the modern kind of like
innovations that we have today, because I think that a lot of the people who
are doing these things in the past have been on the autism spectrum.
That is still okay.
So number five is routine.
Now people in the autism, spectrum of love routines.
I lived in the same thing over and over and over again.
We did, we love it.
I love it.
It's great.
And the reason being is because the people on the autism spectrum, don't
like having, uh, unpredicted events because unpredicted events outside
of their control and outside of that control means that they are.
It's going to be a surprise, basically.
So people on the autism spectrum, like to, uh, control their own environment,
space and, and, uh, rituals or whatever you want to call them those routines,
because there's going to be no unpredictability predictability in it.
It's kinda like you always eat chicken nuggets from the same store at the
same make, or you eat frozen pizzas because frozen pizzas have no ambiguity.
Processed foods, uh, kind of like rampant within the autism community
because processed foods, yes, the highly processed and above you, there
is very little surprises, you know, when you go to the store and you get
like a fresh kind of bag of like apples or grapes or, or potatoes or carrots,
there's going to be deformaties.
And then there's going to be imperfections that are going to cause a, uh, it's,
it's not linear in, in the former of what you want is a surprise.
Then, you know, maybe you could open a bag of like peppers and one of the.
Bell peppers is rotten on the inside, but when you buy frozen stuff, it's just
perfect every single time, because it has a consistency to be exactly what you want.
And this is why autistic people love routine because it's comfortable.
It's it's relatable.
Um, and it's predictable.
And the predictability is something that people on the autism spectrum thrive.
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