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Being Autistic Good vs Bad Traits (3 INTERESTING Points) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So, being autistic, good traits versus bad traits.
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  Here are 5 interesting ones 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, ADHD, OCD, and dyslexia and I
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  make weekly videos on this type of content.
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  Guys, what is going on? Good to have you all here,
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  everybody thinking differently to the aspy world where we think
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  differently daily. You know it.
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  Guys, I'm super pumped to be doing this video.
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  I've never really done a video talking about the bad traits of
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  autism before, so I think it's going to be quite interesting.
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  It's a new one, isn't it? If you haven't already, make
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  sure to download my Autism Life Hacks PDF book completely free
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  from autismhacks.net. Yeah, awesome.
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  OK, so let's come with this video.
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  So being autistic is fantastically awesome and
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  uniquely different, but at the same time, it can be challenging
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  and it can also add some daily life impact and stress to people
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  and it just really can just impact your life in so many
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  ways. So I've listed out some good
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  points and bad points so you guys can really get to grips
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  with what's going on. So I have the list in front of
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  me right here. There's three of each and I'm
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  going to go through the good points 1st and I'll go through
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  the bad points, OK, so buckle up.
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  Enjoy. You guys are awesome.
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  You're here for the ride. It's going to be dope.
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  OK, so good points, right? So the autism brain is good at
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  problem solving. Now artistic people will see
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  solutions where typically people cannot see solutions, like
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  problem solving, mathematics, problem solving, situational
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  problem solving. And this is an awesome ability.
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  You know like that's why autistic people are hired by
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  Microsoft to do a lot of their you know problem solving for
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  their new products software launches and stuff like that.
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  And they look for errors and things and they test all the
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  equipment. It's just great because it down
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  to that attention to detail that they they really like to to home
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  in on and we really like to home in on And that attention to
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  detail allows for problem solving to just kind of roll off
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  the tongue. It comes out of the mind.
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  It's just like just there it is. I'm.
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  I'm problem solving without even knowing it, Which is super,
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  super dope. And that's a good thing, #2 is
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  focus. Autistic people can focus really
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  intensely on a subject that they really enjoy.
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  Like, I pretty much love anything to do with like
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  conspiracy theories. And I love anything through
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  social media, social media marketing, entrepreneurship
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  through social media. And I could no doubt about it
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  all day, just like completely. I just love it and you can ask
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  me anything on it and I'll. I'll tell you that.
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  And I can really focus on it, which is a really good skill to
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  have because you know, say you're really into history.
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  You could be a really good historian or a librarian or
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  something like that, and you'd be really good at answering
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  those questions. And it's just really cool.
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  It's like a cool thing to to have, you know, That's a good
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  point. It's a good trick.
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  And #3 is honesty. Now, most autistic people are
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  honest and genuine. It's what you see is what you
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  get, you know, taking things literally, but being open,
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  honest and genuine at the at the point of communication.
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  And that's great because you want to be around people who are
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  genuine. You want to be around people who
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  care, who are open and honest and that just honest, nice
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  people. And you get that with autistic
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  people. It's super dope.
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  OK, so after we have all the fluffy love good points, we have
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  to unfortunately encompass all the bad points because it is an
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  actual thing. You know, autism doesn't come
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  with just good things. It comes with a bunch load of
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  bad things. And I do like to try and keep
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  this this channel positive and all these videos I do positive.
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  But sometimes you've got to just be honest and talk about the
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  things that are not so positive, right?
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  So bad points, Number one is meltdowns.
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  A meltdown occurs at when things change and even the smallest
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  change in the routine can upset an autistic person, right?
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  So I could be doing something, a small change happens, I have a
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  crazy meltdown and I'm done for like 3 or 4 days, which is just
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  horrible and it just like it's just horrible.
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  You know? It like just a meltdown is this
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  outburst of our overload of of emotional communication that you
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  can't deal with and it's just it's not good.
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  So the next one is communication issues.
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  Now autistic people have issues understanding how to communicate
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  their emotions and their needs and wants.
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  It's so true. I literally was just talking
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  about this in my blog today that like, you know our needs and
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  wants. We all have needs and wants in
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  our life, right? And we all have emotions.
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  But communicating those is super difficult for people who are
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  autistic, and it it causes so much friction, especially in
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  relationships and especially with family members or with
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  anybody really. You know, that discussion is
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  going to be quite annoying for people because they don't really
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  understand. And if you can't portray your
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  emotions properly, they're not going to be able to understand
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  you. And it's just, yeah, I find it
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  really difficult and it's probably one of the biggest
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  stresses I have okay. So the last one is overload.
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  So the sensory world that we live in can be so triggering for
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  people in the autism spectrum, and it can send them into a
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  sensory overload really easy, which then could lead to a
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  meltdown or a shutdown or a burnout because they're trying
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  to keep on top of all of this, like, sensory stuff.
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  So, you know, overloads happen. They're not good, but they do
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  happen. And it's just something that we
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  have to deal with as autistic people.
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  And that's just how it goes. But with the good comes the bad.
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  And All in all, it's life. And I think that's life in
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  general. If you guys have anything to add
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  to this list of good and bad points, pop it in a comment down
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  below. I'd love to see what you guys
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  would pick up on. Also, if you think this video is
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  accounts. And if you enjoyed the video,
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  give it a thumbs up and I'll see you in the next one guys.