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So autism and executive function right there.
There's, there's loads of issues that cause stress within executive function.
And then it happens through everyday life.
So when you think about like executive function with an autism, right, it
should actually be called executive.
Dysfunction, um, as it is pretty much a huge struggle for
people on the autism spectrum.
Um, so there are seven executive function skills that people typically
develop over time from being a child to be in full developed adult.
Right now, however, these skills are difficult for people on the autism
spectrum to develop and maintain.
So I've outlined all seven of these and how they impact autism right now.
So we're going to go through that together.
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So the first one is adaptable thinking.
Now the ability to change and adapt at a moment of sudden change.
Now, autistic people love problem solving, but unexpected change can cause
huge issues and potential meltdowns.
As we know if you're, if you're, if you look after somebody on the
spectrum, if you are on a spectrum yourself, a meltdown could be imminent.
If you are not.
Um, if you haven't, if your routine changes, right.
If, if there's a change in your plan, it's just going to go downhill.
So number two is planning the ability to think future and plan accordingly.
So thinking ahead and plan accordingly, this is super difficult
for people on the autism spectrum.
Um, for most people on the autism spectrum due to an issue, we
shot some memory difficulties.
Now I have a, um, A video all about short term memory loss and stuff like that.
And I'll try and leave it in the kind of, of here and in the description down below.
Um, but it's really interesting too, to check that out, but yeah, this is
again, another executive function issue.
Okay.
Number three is self monitoring.
The ability to self monitor, how well or bad you are doing in a task or
topic is one of these skills, right?
So for autistic people, this is a diff difficult as it causes.
You are oneself to be detached and people on the autism spectrum find it difficult
to evaluate oneself and detach yourself from that situation independently.
So it's a very difficult skill to acquire, especially if you have issues
with this and you know, you'd already been conditioned like autism, then, you
know, it's kind of difficult anyway.
Okay.
So number four is self control and this is the ability to refrain from emotional
on a physical outbursts as an autistic person on autistic communication issues.
Autism kind of provides you with , lack of understanding, complex communication
issues and communicating one's emotions.
So again, you fall short on this kind of area.
This is why executive function actually impacts the lives of
autistic people quite harshly.
So number five is working memory.
Now this is the ability to store and recall memories for use later on.
Um, and this is interesting because autistic people retain lots of
information, but it won't always be.
Uh, relatable to life skills.
It may just be facts and knowledge on a subject of interest in topics.
Like you may know everything is not about my own Monroe, but you want to be able
to cross the street safely because you forget that there's this highway code.
Right?
Okay.
So number six is time management.
So keeping on track of how much time you are seeing on spending on a task, right?
This is particularly difficult for autistic people due to the
hyper-focus and zoning out.
So let's just say people can like really focus on something that's
completely outside of, you know, that whatever the tasks they're doing.
So you're trying to work on a computer, but then you find like
there's a bug on your desk and you kind of like super focused on the bug.
And then you kind of start zoning up to the task you're
doing at that moment in time.
So time on a fringe go straight out the window.
It's super difficult to do.
So number seven is organization the effective arrangement of times
and materials, data, and ideas in an organized manner, right?
This is really difficult.
So it's difficult for lots of people on the autism spectrum to do this
accordingly because organization can be so difficult people on the spectrum.
I have issues with it.
Um, but one of my friends have issues with it.
So wants to see people don't have issues organizing, and that's like an executive
function that they can excell at.
But most of us do have an issue with organizing a life.
Like it could be organizing bills.
It could be organizing like days to go and see your family.
It could be any kind of organization, but yeah.
Sometimes we can fall follow that and it just, yeah, it just
doesn't, it doesn't always work.
And that's just one of those downfalls of it, guys, if you have anything to
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