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Autism Meltdowns The Difference Between Meltdowns And Tantrums (ESSENTIAL WATCH) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So, autism meltdowns. What's the difference between an
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  autism meltdown and a tantrum? All that's coming up.
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  Hey guys, welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan, I have autism, ADHDOCD, and dyslexia, and I
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  make weekly videos all about this type of content.
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  awesome autism content. So guys, what is going on?
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  Welcome back, different thinkers, the place we think
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  differently daily. What is going on guys?
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  If you haven't already, make sure to go and check out my free
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  Autism Life Hacks PDF book available at autismhacks.net
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  because that would be super, super dope.
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  You guys are amazing. What is going on guys?
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  So Oh my goodness, about two or three months ago, I was asked to
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  do a video with a friend of mine, Russell, who is an autism
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  advocate. He's called the Autism Advocate
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  on Instagram, actually, and he was doing the video all about
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  autism tantrums versus meltdowns because some people are ignorant
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  and they don't know the difference between an autism
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  tantrum and meltdown. Now sometimes it's not because
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  you're ignorant, you don't know the difference.
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  But in this video I'm going to clear up all those
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  misconceptions and all those things because it's very
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  important that we know this difference because people aren't
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  just going to have tantrums because they, well, let's get
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  into it, Okay, guys. So there is a difference between
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  autism and meltdowns and autism kind of tantrums or tantrums in
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  general. And a lot of people kind of get
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  mixed up because they don't know if their kid is having a tantrum
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  if their kid is, or having an autism meltdown if their kid is
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  just being awkward. So people will often call an
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  autism meltdown A tantrum, but it's simply not the case.
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  And this is definitely why an autism meltdown is caused by an
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  overload of information that could be sensory Audrey.
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  Any stimuli that comes from outside coming inside and it's
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  too much, then the autistic person has an outburst of
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  emotions that they can't get on top of or control, and these
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  outbursts of emotions are gained from the miscommunication, from
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  the emotional communication side, because they can't
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  communicate their emotions properly.
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  And then you have this outburst and rage of anger, which isn't
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  their fault. They don't want this to happen.
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  It happens. And then they feel bad.
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  They're crying. It's an emotional outburst and
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  it's not a good thing. It's just an uncontrolled way
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  because they can't understand the situation at hand, they
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  can't understand the information that's been presented.
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  And there may be an overload of information stimuli coming into
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  that person's field of interest and it's just completely making
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  them just down is typically what is happening here.
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  Now that is in autism meltdown and it's an involuntary action
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  that's caused by emotional differences right now the the,
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  the difference between this right and controlling, you know,
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  the control of meltdown is uncontrollable, right.
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  But when you think about a tantrum, A tantrum is a
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  voluntary action that's happening in a situation where
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  the person wants to, you know the the, the, the needs of a
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  person is not met. And when a needs of a persons
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  wants are not met, then they will have a voluntary action to
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  scream and kick and cry about it.
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  So the person who's creating the tantrum is able to stop it at
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  any time and is in full control of the tantrum.
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  And This is why, you know, during the tantrum you could
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  probably get a child to calm down and you can eventually get
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  a child to calm down. But during a meltdown, this
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  would never happen because the person who is having a meltdown,
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  you have to ride it out and the meltdown has to stop before you
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  can calm the down and then start the after kind of care process.
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  But with a tantrum, it's just getting that person to stop at
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  that moment in time. And everybody knows that you can
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  get a person to stop with having a tantrum because you should be
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  like having a tantrum, another countdown.
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  But with an autism meltdown, it's kind of like this ongoing
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  emotional thing and they're begging for help and support.
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  It's not like they're just kicking off because they want
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  ice cream or they wanted a certain video game or whatever.
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  There is a huge difference here, and it's important that we
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  create a world where we can understand the difference
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  between a meltdown and a tantrum and act accordingly on that.
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  Because you need passion for autistic people and you need to
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  be able to help autistic people in their daily life.
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  And so if you know an autistic person, know that they'll never
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  probably have a meltdown, because the thing that we want
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  most of all is to just have normality and neutral kind of
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  playing fields and just have like a drama free life.
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  But it doesn't happen because these involuntary action of a
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  meltdown happens all the time. Same with shutdowns, burnouts,
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  and all the other stuff that comes with autism.
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  Guys, if you found this information valuable for
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  somebody else, please post it on your Facebook, Instagram and
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  give it a thumbs up. Leave me a comment.
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  I read every single one and I'll see you next time guys.
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  Peace.