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7 Uncommon Autism Signs In Girls (YOU NEED To Know) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Hey guys, in this video I'm talking about 7 uncommon autism
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  signs in girls. You don't wanna miss this one.
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  Buckle up. Hey guys, welcome back to the
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  aspy world. My name is Dan, I have autism,
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  ADHDOCD and dyslexia, and I make weekly videos on this type of
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  videos exactly like this one. OK, guys, so this video,
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  actually, I'm talking about uncommon autism science in
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  girls, right? And I have never seen anybody
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  talk about these before, ever. Like, these are super, super
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  interesting and there's a bunch of videos.
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  I've done videos on like girls with autism spectrum conditions
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  and I've done videos on girls who are on the spectrum.
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  And I've interviewed girls on my channel, did videos with
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  autistic females and it's really interesting.
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  But I've never come across these specific 7 uncommon Autism
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  Signed in girls. So we're going to go through
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  that right now. But before we do that, if you
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  So do that right now. Okay, guys.
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  So autism is a little bit less common in girls.
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  Not because there's anything, I don't know, there's not like a
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  genetic disposition. I think it's more to do with the
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  fact that autism and Girls has had it's diagnosed.
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  It's not that, if you know what I mean.
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  So guys or men are three times as likely than women to be
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  diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, which is
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  fascinating. So a lot further ado, you guys.
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  Let's get into the seven most uncommon autism signs in girls.
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  Oh, you need to know this. It's so good.
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  Okay. So the first one is not
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  responding to their name by the time they're 12 months old.
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  By the time a child is 12 months old, typically they'll respond
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  to their name, right? They'll know when the parents or
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  the moment that or anybody is directing something at them by
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  making a certain noise when they say their name and they kind of
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  get custom with their name. But people on the autism
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  spectrum, especially girls, around 12 months, if they're on
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  the ozone spectrum, they can't respond to when somebody calls
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  their name. It is super interesting and it's
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  something that people don't really think about.
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  But when you're thinking about trying to figure out is your kid
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  on the ozone spectrum and they're female, This is why this
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  list is important. Okay.
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  So #2 is that they prefer not to be held or cuddled, and this
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  will go later on in life as well.
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  They'll prefer to not be hugged and cuddled or SAT close to.
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  And this is because there's probably a sensation, A sensory
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  sensation. This is very interestingly,
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  mainly in girls who are on the spectrum, who will not really
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  like to be cuddled or held. You know, they'll be quite more
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  independent and standoffish when you're trying to hug them or
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  you're trying to cuddle them or sit next to them.
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  You know, this is very interesting and I think that
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  it's a huge, huge giveaway if someone's on the office and
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  spectrum or not, because it's almost like a social commutative
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  like thing. Okay.
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  So #3 is not being able to follow instructions.
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  Now, Girls on the Office and Spectrum are people in general,
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  but this video is about girls. If they're given physical
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  instructions, say, like, right, go over here, do this, do that,
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  then this, then even if it's in a list or somebody just says to
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  them and reads out the list, they may actually have a huge
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  difficulty in actually trying to execute those commands because
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  that flow, that list gets completely jumbled because
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  autism is a communicative disorder.
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  It kind of like it's really jumbled in their head and then
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  it gets them all mixed up and they're like, oh, you know,
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  where do I, where do I go from here?
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  So following instructions and not being able to do that, like
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  not being able to follow instructions completely related
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  to girls on the autism spectrum, very interesting something he's
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  definitely called for okay. So #4 is super interesting and
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  everyone like mums and dads. Hope you're sitting down for
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  this because when I say this one, you're going to be like,
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  oh, so if I'm right and you've experienced this, you have to
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  give this video thumbs up, Okay. So #4 is that the person on the
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  autism spectrum won't look at something when somebody else is
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  pointing to it. So somebody saying, like, hey,
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  check out this iPhone, the person on the autism spectrum,
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  the girl in this instance, won't look to where the person is
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  pointing, right? This is super interesting.
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  I know. I can see right now smiling at
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  home, like watching this video, thinking like, Dan, you nailed
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  it. I know exactly what you're
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  talking about. And this again, is due to, A,
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  it's a command to the verbal command and B, it's a autism
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  issue where it's communicated, right?
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  It's communication from the, the, the floor of like a list
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  almost like, look at this, right.
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  That's that's a difficult thing to do, especially when you're a
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  younger person on the autism spectrum who is female.
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  This is something that you can definitely spot quite easily,
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  spending children and younger like teen adults.
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  Like, you know, it's it's it's definitely something that's
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  apparent just to say that. OK, so #5 is that they may lose
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  certain skills as they get older, so they may not no longer
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  say a word that they used to before.
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  They may not long may no longer be able to do certain executive
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  function skills. So maybe they were really good
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  at like washing and cleaning when they were a kid, or maybe
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  they were really good at writing out their name and address.
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  But then as they kind of got a little bit older, maybe in a few
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  years they lost those skills. And when those skills go
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  missing, you think like, well, but what is going on?
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  This is a telltale sign, especially in females, like
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  females on the autism spectrum display this losing of certain
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  skills or losing skills as they grow.
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  And they may pick up new ones, but they will lose certain ones.
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  And this is fascinating, especially with speech.
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  They may no longer, you know, say they have delayed speech and
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  maybe they're selective, mute, or maybe they're like partly non
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  verbal. They may have a certain
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  restricted vocabulary, but then all of a sudden you lose words
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  from that vocabulary and you know, it never comes back.
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  And maybe they were able to say the word orange before and now
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  they can't. And that's very interesting, but
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  it's very apparent and you should definitely know this when
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  you're trying to look at somebody and think, well, is
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  this personally autism spectrum or not or, you know, whatever it
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  is. And if you are interested, I do
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  actually have a course specifically designed for people
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  to learn about, you know, children and stuff on the
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  spectrum, parents and carers. So I will leave that free
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  webinar course in a link above here and the description and on
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  the end slate. So you can check that out after
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  this video finishes. It's completely free and it'll
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  be super valuable for anybody wants to learn a little bit more
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  about this okay. So number six is one that I
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  think everybody on the autism spectrum shares, But girls
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  specifically have a more emotionally hard time with this.
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  And this is a difficulty in expressing what they need or
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  what they want. And by doing that, it kind of
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  causes this frustration in them. They're kind of like pent up.
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  And then they kind of may have this outburst of like, you know,
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  I was not trying to say that was trying to say something else.
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  And it becomes this almost an eruption of like emotions,
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  especially in girls. And it's it's a difficult thing
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  to to kind of maneuver, but trying to explain what they need
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  and want and how they feel super difficult for people on the
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  autism spectrum, especially girls.
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  Females are having a hard time with this on the autism
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  spectrum. But it's a huge telltale sign
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  that they are on the spectrum and that you should definitely
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  maybe just take a little bit of time to kind of understand that
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  and just help them with that. It's not their fault.
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  It's just something that happens because of the way the autism
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  brain works. It's a commutative breakdown,
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  and it's just trying to find other ways of explaining those
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  things. And for instance, I would say,
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  why not get them to draw a picture or write a text message
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  or use emojis to explain what they're trying to say?
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  Because that would be super, super cool.
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  And it's a means to an end, and it's a way of overcoming those
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  issues. OK, so #7 is kind of like the
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  ultimate one. It is difficulty understanding
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  other people's feelings or how another person is thinking.
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  Like, we as autistic people can't really put ourselves into
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  one else's shoes and see how they're feeling from our
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  perspective. That's really difficult.
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  It's a difficult thing to do and it's something that we can be
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  told, we can say how this person is feeling, but we can never
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  really randomly, unconsciously, like, not no effortly involved,
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  just understand that like typically social conventions,
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  people will be like, oh, this person looks like they're sad,
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  maybe they're feeling down. But that is kind of a myth with
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  people on the autism spectrum, especially females.
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  So if you ever wondered like, well, how come, like, she can't
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  see this from our point of view and she's not really
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  understanding this from our point of view.
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  And if they're on the autism spectrum, This is why, you know,
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  it's it's a difficulty. And understanding other people
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  is difficult for people on the autism spectrum because they
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  ever had a time understanding themselves, let alone anybody
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  else. And this is something we all
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  need to bear in mind and give that a little bit of extra time.
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  But if you are with a person, a female who is potentially on the
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  spectrum and they are having a difficulty relating to other
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  people and understanding how they're feeling, well, This is
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  why it's an autism spectrum issue.
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  And and it's not, it's not their fault.
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  They should, you know, you should just try and encourage
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  and try and help and educate. Really, that's the best way to
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  to overcome that. And if you found this video
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  helpful, please share it on your social media to help other
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  people out. And don't forget to subscribe
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  and I'll see you in the next video, guys.