Do I have autism?
Okay.
In this video, I'm going to share with you how to know if you have
autism, all that's coming up.
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So then at different thinkers, today's video is very interesting.
I'm talking about how to know if you have autism, because a lot of people think.
Do I have autism, you know, how does it work?
How will I know?
Well, I've kind of listed out three main things to think about.
If you're thinking, do I have autism?
Because let's face it.
You don't, you don't just magically wake up one day and
somebody says, Oh, here you go.
Here's an autism diagnosis.
You know, it's a gradual process.
Maybe it happens when your child and your parents realize from a young age that
there was some things that are a bit.
Unique about you.
And then, you know, you're a, you know, a different thinker, just
like the rest of the farm on here.
Love you gives you a thumbs up.
If you think differently.
I know you do so let's see them thumbs up.
and, you know, it's kind of like that.
Is one way you could see it in somebody and then they get a diagnosis early,
but then sometimes it's flashed later on like in my life, I wasn't
diagnosed until I was like 26.
And then, but even at that point, you think, well, how do I even know?
You know, cause it to you, if you're an autistic person or
the person who knows autistic.
To them and to you, your life is, is fine.
You know, you, you do your things.
People are just odd, you know?
And like, I remember, I certainly remember this question coming up.
They said, well, what does it, how do you feel?
Day-to-day?
I said, well, I feel like I'm absolutely fine.
And everybody else's a little bit weird to be totally honest with you.
And I feel like that as well.
I feel like quite disconnect to most people in that i meet in the world.
You know, it's very rare that I meet people I really connect with, but when
I do connect with them, It probably ended up becoming my friends and they're
probably all on the spectrum and I think they all are on the spectrum.
So that's kind of cool.
So I decided that I would make this video for you guys because you know, one
in 100 people in the UK have an autism spectrum disorder and one in 60 people
in the USA have an autism spectrum disorder, a large portion of people.
And it's interesting to know where, uh, you know, Am I on the autism
spectrum, maybe you're watching this video thinking, Hey, do I have autism?
I want to know Dan.
So let's get on with it right then.
So the first thing you know, what I'm talking about is common signs.
Now there are a variant of common signs associated with autism.
I want to mean by super common signs.
It's things like, um, difficulty with eye contact people on the autism spectrum
have issues making eye contact, direct eye contact, maintaining eye contact,
knowing when's enough, or one's a little eye contact to make all of that is.
Relatively a common characteristic to somebody who is what's his autistic.
Another comment.
Yeah.
There's difficulty in social situations.
Um, you know, dealing with, um, with social interaction, social gesture,
gestures, people talking to you, people, um, knowing how far away to stand
from somebody, knowing when to talk.
And we went to stop talking knowing, when it's your turn to talk.
I mean, these things are all unwritten, social rules and social conventions that
we just pick up as we go through life.
But people on the autism spectrum typically don't pick up on these things
because it's how the brain works.
I mean, you've got to remember autism is a communication, an issue, and it's
a developmental neurological disorder.
So it's how the neurological paths fuse together.
When you were being created when you conceived, and that is the magic
really of, of, of how it all comes together, because it's all to do
with genetics and stuff like that.
But in terms of neurological kind of side of things.
Yeah.
You know, social interactions and communication is all
something that you should learn.
When the world seems a bit more clear to you, but people in the Austin spectrum
see the world quite differently.
So the occupied, trying to figure out this world, let alone the
conversations everybody's having, you know, how to talk to people in
social etiquette and all that jazz.
So that's really interesting.
Now, another common characteristic or comments sign of autism is strict and
rigid routines hang up, you know, every day at the same time, I'm going to stay
as eating the same thing for breakfast.
Sit in the same chair, going to the same job, doing the same thing.
Do all those things in older, not moving from that strict routine.
And if something does change in that strict routine, it's
very difficult to deal with.
And it's very hard to comprehend that is in essence, a very
common characteristic divorces.
And so if you're aligning with all this stuff now, like yeah, I did
a video on a step-by-step guide on how to get an autism diagnosis.
So I highly recommend watching that video after this one, I will leave it in a pin
comment in the description below, and I will also put it on the end screen.
So once you've finished watching this on, you can go over and watch that one.
And then.
You'll know how to go about getting a diagnosis if this is all sounding a
little bit too familiar, but don't worry.
We're all about thinking differently here in different thinkers is our
goal thinking outside the box.
Cause you're awesome.
Okay.
Number two, to figure out kind of like, you know, do I have autism one of the best
ways to do it is to do an AQ test online.
Now A Q test stands for autism quota and an autism quota test is basically
like an IQ test, but specifically for autism to see if a person is resonating
with characteristics of an autism spectrum disorder, not, I have linked
that test in the description below.
So all you have to do is scroll down and look at number two
AQ tests and click that link.
And then you can take that test.
Um, and it's really cool.
Um, more on that in the other video, which I've told you to
watch after this, or which is the, you know, a step-by-step guide of
getting an autism diagnosis, right.
But the AQ test is fascinating because I found this really interesting.
I did the test before actually having the official diagnosis and
it came back that I was, you know, quite highly on the autism spectrum.
And then, um, when I did my full official assessment, actually, one of the things
that we did was this AQ test in the official assessment, which I found.
Quite interesting because not only was I already familiar with this test and
it wasn't so scary, I just knew that it was a really good indicator to do
it myself online at home, because it's kind of what the professionals use.
Okay.
Maybe it's not as crude as the one we use online, but it's very,
very similar and it's almost, you know, it aligns very much the same.
I don't know how the scoring works in the official assessment because I'm not an
official assessor, but it's very similar.
And I highly recommend checking that out because it gives you a good
indication and a roundabout way to think.
Huh?
Hey am I I'm actually, yeah.
You know, this does say that I'm pretty much on the autism spectrum.
It's true.
It's very good.
I've used it.
I did a video all about it.
Um, but I talk about it more in the video, you know, the step-by-step
guide of getting an autism diagnosis, which you should totally check out.
Okay.
So number three is the professional assessment.
Oh, anybody who is thinking, Hey, I might be on the autism spectrum,
you know, do I have autism?
You know, what does this person have autism.
Why not book an official assessment go to an official professional autism assessment
diagnostic process, because that is the only way that you'll eventually
figure out if you're officially, you know, diagnosed with the condition.
Now, the interesting thing about this is that not only will, you know, if
you are on the autism spectrum, so, you know, Hey, I'm on the autism spectrum
and this is what it is, and this is the therapy and the help that they recommend.
And this is how I access that help.
It will also.
Do the adverse as well.
If you are not on the autism spectrum, it will highlight areas
that maybe it's ADHD, maybe it's ADD.
Maybe you've got personality stolen.
Maybe you've got bipolar disorder.
Maybe you've got social anxiety disorder.
There is a whole host of things that it could be also.
So having a test like a professional autism assessment will give you
some really key indicator of where you are on the spectrum of
what condition you actually have.
So you know how to treat it.
Uh, effectively and I highly recommend using a professional assessment.
Again, we'll talk all about this in the video that I will leave on
the end screen, because it's very important that you kind of do it the
right way, because a lot of people.
Okay confused.
They don't know how to go about getting an autism diagnosis if they feel
like they are on the autism spectrum.
And if this stuff resonates with them, then I highly recommend doing that.
You know, because it's, it's pretty much a no brainer.
It could take awhile.
I know in the UK, it takes about two years at the moment to get one on the NHS, but
you could always pay privately or go to a different clinic, or maybe you don't
live in the UK and maybe a little bit faster, or I know certain parts of the UK
like Wales and Scotland and Ireland may have different processes and different
companies that could get you a diagnosis.
Easier quicker, faster with a bit of ease.
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