so Asperger's in adults in this video
whether we covering nine ways that you
can spot Asperger's and somebody quickly
coming up hey I'm done I have Asperger
syndrome
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somebody hey everyone welcome back to
the apps be world where we understand
autism from an autistic person's point
of view and so before we get into the
video I just want to ask you guys a
quick question and I would love to know
what your background is if you're a
parent or partner or loved one of
somebody who's on the spectrum or you're
a healthcare professional or industry
professional in the field let me know in
the comments below
just cuz I'd love to start that
conversation with you okay so let's get
started number one people will
absolutely syndrome you'll find social
situations very confusing and they won't
really understand a lot of the social
cues where typically people will
understand body language a lot more with
social cues like whose turn is to talk
next when to finish talking how long to
talk for what the boundaries and the
conversation and things like that but
people last bigger syndrome just
sometimes don't have that ability and
this is one way to identify it and it's
super common within people with Asperger
syndrome I myself suffer from this issue
as well so social situations can be very
confusing and because of that I kind of
tend to ignore and isolate myself from
social situations I don't want to get
involved and I avoid them like the
plague
this is boil down to the fact that what
is immune occation part of the brain and
this is why it's a neurological disorder
and this is how you can really tell it's
like the first steps is really telling
if somebody has a neurological issue
where there may be something on the
autism spectrum there so this is a
really good one to look out for so
number two people Asperger syndrome will
find it quite difficult to make small
talk now small talk is the conversation
that people have in social situations
that just kind of comes naturally to
them and they
have this natural ability to just talk
to somebody who they may have met in a
bus stop or in a shopping center or
whatever but people lost burger syndrome
have a huge issue in engaging in this
talk I mean how do you start a
conversation quite difficult I find a
quite difficult start conversation with
a stranger or somebody I don't really
know or somebody who I've just
encountered for a few seconds I mean I'm
not sure why there needs to be a
conversation in the first place but this
is something that I found that I do
differently to a lot of other people and
that I go is kind of like notice that
this is a trait so when you're dealing
with somebody who you think may be on
the autism spectrum look out for this
fact that they more often than not will
have difficulty to Smalltalk ok so
number 3 the person with Asperger's
syndrome may find it difficult to have
some imagination and or just imagine
imaginative story writing or when
someone telling the story they can't
really imagine it I have this massive
issue right so this is an example for me
my girlfriend she'll come in and she'll
say like I did this and work today and
this person is over here and they stood
there and they have this thing here and
it was this position there and I'm just
like I have no idea what I can't imagine
how the layout of her office looks or
whatever I can't understand how you know
the layout of of the the school or
whatever it's really difficult I have to
really see it with my own eyes
understand it and I find this really
difficult and it actually kind of also
affects my directions as well and I'm
like when we're driving somewhere trying
to find some of my directions are really
cool because I can't imagine what's next
and stuff so this is something to look
out for because it's a huge huge one but
um you know definitely affects people on
the autism spectrum with Asperger's
syndrome number for people with
Asperger's syndrome are normally pretty
good with picking up details and facts
about something that they may be really
into so it's fine details quite often
common so for instance when I want to
first met a guy who I'm not friends with
called Tom he I noticed that he changed
his trousers during the day we were in
we were in a college course together and
happy through the day he changed his
trousers or his hoodie and I'd always
noticed like he changed his clothes and
I'd always say to him like hey you know
you're changing your clothes all like
when somebody does something quite minor
like they maybe change the hair halfway
through the day I'll notice out the
change is that and so those small small
details are
really interesting because a lot of
people just ignore them and they don't
really realize them at people with
Asperger syndrome really find those fine
details and I'm good with facts like I
love learning about facts and I always
retain information about facts I don't
know why but I find this fascinating but
people on the autism spectrum
definitely retain these facts especially
that Asperger's and dominates their
crucial one to look out for now number
five is social imagination or trying to
understand what the other person is
thinking so people with Asperger's
syndrome have an issue with figuring out
how the other person feels or how
another person you know what they may be
thinking so for instance I was talking
to somebody about a topic and that topic
upset them I wouldn't really notice that
it upset them I'd have to wait for them
to tell me
Dallas's upset me you shouldn't really
talk about this topic and this happens
all the time especially their feelings
as well I don't understand other
people's feelings I don't know if
they're happy or sad they have to really
kind of tell me I mean very extreme
levels on Oh someone's happy or sad but
generally it's difficult to judge that
I'll gauge that so this is something to
look out for when you're trying to spot
if Asperger's is the condition that I
certain person has if you guys are
interested I did a video on unusual
Asperger's symptoms which are more
unusual types and I'll leave that in a
card above here so you can check that
out after this video if you're
interested in seeing some unusual traits
of Asperger's syndrome
okay so number six people Asperger's
syndrome can usually focus on certain
things for long periods of times now a
lot of people call this zoning out but I
like the color zoning in so a lot of
people say other zoning out of kind of
reality but it's more like a zoning in
and it's kind of like what I like for
instance sometimes I'll be somewhere and
I'll see something on the floor maybe
I'll be a bit of electronic equipment
and then I'll just look at it and and I
just zone it right into it and I'll
start thinking about the complexities of
it how it got there what was made of
what its purpose was what I could really
use it for how it could take it apart
use it for something else what it looks
like what it kind of resembles and all
this kind of stuff you know it may take
moments and moments out of the day for
me in my mind but it'll be like minutes
and minutes for everybody else this is
something to remember if you see
somebody zoning into something and
zoning out of what you'd call a typical
environment then this could be another
causing factor be it absolutely syndrome
so number seven
being rude and intentionally now I have
this a lot a lot of people find me
arrogant or rude but it's not like my
intentions I've never intended to do
that so people with Asperger syndrome
never intend to be rude or arrogant it
just may come across like that because
again it's all down to that social
communication and the social imagination
and understanding what is going on in
that conversation and where your
boundaries are so I may say something
which is an obvious fact but something
to be aware of is being tactful in your
approach to conversations so one thing
I'm not is I'm not very tactful in
conversations I may say the wrong thing
at the wrong time and it's really
difficult to gauge that so somebody with
Asperger's syndrome will definitely have
those issues trying to really pinpoint
the the right things to say at the right
times okay number eight is strong narrow
interests now people with Asperger's
syndrome everybody ain't no on the
spectrum on loads of people now thanks
to YouTube we all have the narrow
specific interests like my specific
interest is like UFO conspiracy theories
and I know like as much as I can get my
hands on up by books on it and then just
like over indulge in it and I just I
just love learning about it and it's
like I just love focusing on it it's
almost like my relaxation in the way but
people with Asperger syndrome may have a
specific topic that they're really
really into and it could be anything it
could just be you know it could be a
movie star
it could be learning about movies it
could be anime it could be Pokemon it
could be absolutely anything but if you
notice that they have an obsessive
unusual or typical but obsessive focus
on an interest I know a lot about it
like a hyper hyper focus then this could
be a causing factory again toutes
Asperger's syndrome
number nine is routine so people with
Asperger syndrome like to do things in a
certain way that inflexible they're very
repetitive so like I like to get up the
same way every single day I like to do
the same thing I like to wear the same
clothes I like to have my morning
routine exactly the same I like to have
my day routine the same or when we go
anywhere I like to plan out what we're
doing and have that routine in place
because those things make me feel calm
and make me feel more secure and safe
and without them
it would cause a meltdown or an outburst
or and it would just seriously upset me
and so people on the autism spectrum
especially Asperger syndrome love
routine and certain rigid inflexible
patterns it's just comfortable to live
your life like that I find it chaos
outside of these patterns my brain can't
cope with it my mind can't cope with it
it's it's difficult to explain but it's
something that is there and it's a it's
a huge huge factor in Asperger's
syndrome
okay so I know I said I was only gonna
give me nine but I'm just gonna give you
an extra bonus one this is number ten
now number ten I hear this a lot from
people who I know people with Asperger
syndrome may find it really difficult to
make new friends I'll just make friends
in general I remember in primary school
this was really difficult for me to make
friends I didn't really have many
friends in primary school and in a
secondary school it was even more
difficult to make friends but I found
that by playing music because I'm a
multi musician as well and I taught
myself to play instruments by playing
music I found other people who played
music and I then made friends of those
people making my friends they're my only
friends really that I've had to my
entire life so it's difficult to make
friends because you have to find some
way relating to them and often the world
can be very isolating so if you see
somebody who's got a huge difficulty in
making friends they skip you down to the
fact that they have Asperger syndrome if
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