in this video well looking at 5 Signs of AUTISM so you can identify an autism
condition in somebody with ease coming right up
hey what's going on I'm Dan I have autism OCD ADHD and dyslexia I make
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we're going to be covering 5 Signs of AUTISM so you can remember what to look
out for when looking for the condition and also covering some symptoms that you
may not realize that our actual autism traits hey everybody happy a new year
this is awesome 2018 is upon us which is super super awesome because I'm really
pumped to get this year started I'm just I'm so eager to get all new content
going on the videos and of course all of you lovely subscribers I hit 22,000
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help people communicate with autumn I'm also making some download eDownloads so
you guys can down some stuff like daily routine schedules and things like that
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consultation so please check that out] ok so 5 Signs of AUTISM and this is gonna'
a super swell video so number one is a repetitive behavior so this video is
aimed mainly at children but repetitive behaviors not just in children's with
owls as well and the idea is that the child or the person will have a
repetitive behavior so they may just play with one toy or just spin a wheel
of a toy you know they could sit there just spinning a wheel or they could just
look at one thing for ages I'll play the fidget spinner and just stare at the
fidget spinner for a while and that is repetitive behavior at best and this
type of thing is soothing because it's soothing to the person with autism
because people with autism like repetitive familiarity and things like
wheels and things are spin and repetitive behaviors they're kind of
soothing to the to someone with autism that is super cool but it's something to
look out for because if you notice this characteristic in a child or a person
who you suspect of autism this is a good indication that they may actually have
the condition and it's just going undiagnosed
number two is that the person may not smile much so some children may not
smile as much and they may not have a good coping mechanism with their
emotions I'm going to show that emotions they may not show when they're happy
they may not show when they're sad you know it could be the birthday and
they're still like you know upset or miserable or it looks like they're upset or
misirible but it's just because they cannot convey the information of the
communication part of their brain which is got this in issue which is because of
the autism where they can't really show their emotion well because it's
communicating their emotion to their facial expressions which is quite
difficult people in the autism spectrum number three is getting upset with minor
changes now a lot of people on the autism spectrum
love routine they love things again repetitive behavior but when you are
used to something like you get up you have toast you go to school and you come
home or whatever you do if there's a small change within that routine where
there's no toast today or you run out of butter or the toast is slightly burnt or
somebody went into the bathroom before they get and then there's this huge
freakout where there's this moment of anxiety or complete confusion or just
anger or just you know a pent up emotion this is again triggered because of the
the upset in in in the routine so autistic people like routine and they
like everything to be familiar they don't like a lot of changes so even the
smallest change can freak out somebody on the autism spectrum
again a good key indicator for looking out for somebody who has autism flapping hands
or like stimming as it's more professionally called but a lot of
people see kids doing this or they'll be like just one hand or they may rock
their whole body and stimming is a sort of self soothing it can happen at
different times it can happen when somebody gets excited or it can happen
when somebody's anxious about something it's because the notion of the the stim
actually is repetitive and that repetitiveness helps cool the brain down
a little bit and helps soothe the person who's going through this whatever it may
be whether it's a change or excitement or something that is hiding their
emotion it's a kind of wave controlling how the person feels but it's also a
good indicator to see that the person is reacting to the stimuli happening around
them but again it's super super common in people with autism and is a good
indicator again for looking up some but you may be on the autism spectrum okay
so number five is not really answering to their name and a lot of people on the
autism spectrum when they're quite young are diagnosed as being deaf but they're
not actually deaf you know they can hear perfectly well but the problem is they
don't respond to their name and the reason they don't respond to the name is
due to a few factors again one is because they zone out and this is the
main factor of zone out on something so when somebody has an autism spectrum
condition like Asperger syndrome or autism a high-functioning autism or low
functioning autism or any type of spectrum disorder they'll get super
super into something and they'll be zoned into that thing and that may take
their entire capacity for focus of just that one thing so if you could be
calling on them for hours and they'll just not hear you and another thing is
because they're focusing on other things they're not always aware that you'll be
calling them by name again it does take a little bit of time and they will get
used to having the name called it's just initially
that whole process does take a little bit longer and it's a good indicator to
see if somebody is on the autism spectrum okay so here's a bonus one for
you guys this is number six and I thought I'd do this because I don't know
I'm really cool and I'll give you an extra bonus thing here so number six is
hypersensitive to taste texture smells and sounds and this is because people on
the autism spectrum normally have a hyper or hypo sensitive hyper
sensitivity hypo sensitivity to things like flashing lights or fluorescent
lights or certain smell, certain textures, certain foods
and these things can really upset somebody so like somebody on the autism
spectrum may not like you know wet food with with dry foods and they may not
like that combination mix they mean they may get really freaked out over certain
smells or certain foods and they can't be in the room with certain foods and it
really makes them upset or angry and this again is the communication part of
the brain it's a fantastic phenomena within people with autism spectrum but
it's a good indicator to look out for a few suspicious or somebody on the autism
spectrum if you'd like to learn more about autism please make sure you hit
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