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Autistic Adults Get Bullied (What You Should Do) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So it's no joke. Autistic.
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  I want to get bullied just as much as autistic kids.
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  Guys, welcome back to the ass world.
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  My name is Dan and I have autism and I weekly videos like this.
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  So if you are interested in calling this journey with me and
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  helping people with autism and make sure, hit the subscribe
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  button by clicking the notification bell down below.
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  So it's National Bullying Awareness Weekend.
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  There's lots of anti bullying campaigns going around right
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  now, which is fantastic and I love that.
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  I think the more empower we can get, the better.
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  This is why I want to have this conversation.
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  But what should we do? How can we help people who are
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  on the autism spectrum who are getting bullied?
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  How do we help stop bullying from being a thing?
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  Now autistic individuals are vulnerable individuals.
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  They will have issues in social situations, communication.
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  They could be victims of mate crime, where someone who
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  pretends to be a friend could steal money or take advantage or
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  abuse you, which is always awfully happening all around the
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  world. I see so many cases of it.
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  And now I'm not trying to make this a negative video.
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  I want to make this a video of how can we help, what can we do
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  to help All these things happen. And it's kind of like, oh man, I
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  wish we could help. So I'm here to help you guys
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  with this. So the first thing I want to say
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  is that you need to practice raising awareness and foster
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  understanding. So the more awareness we can
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  raise about artistic individuals and their potential
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  vulnerability in society, the better.
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  You know, community members, school leaders and your local
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  governors, all of those people. We need to be aware of the
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  vulnerabilities of autistic people and we should be looking
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  out for our autistic friends, neighbours and community
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  members. Let's always educate and
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  empower. If you can create something like
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  maybe a short video or or or a presentation, that you can
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  present it to people or you can create something of a what to do
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  if you're being bullied in your school.
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  Or what you can do if you're being bullied at work.
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  And present this to the classes or the group of people that
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  you're with. Because then they can get
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  themselves empowered of what they need to do if they feel
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  like they're victims of being bullied.
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  Because we all need support, we all need somewhere to go,
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  though. We have responsibilities.
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  People who are advocating for autism, people who are trying to
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  do our best, this is our job to help other people.
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  So the next one I'll talk about is encourage open communication.
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  A lot of people don't know much about autism, and so they may
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  not even know that autistic people are susceptible to being
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  bullied, right? And also the other way around.
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  Autistic individuals who are being bullied may not know that
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  they can speak out and talk about it because they feel too
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  afraid. Always offer a helping hand and
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  always offer yourself to be that person, to open a conversation,
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  open dialogue, explain, educate all the things about autism and
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  how the vulnerability can be subject to bullying and the
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  Let's go with the video. So the next thing I'd say to do
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  is if you're in position of power, say you're in a working
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  environment or a schooling environment, any education
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  environment where adults are present, you know you can
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  implement an anti bullying policy.
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  You can create more harsh strict rules if someone feels like
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  they're being bullied. You can create more stricter
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  measures on on how a person is that disciplined if they found
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  out to be a bully, right? Because it sounds ridiculous but
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  I've known adults from all ages right up until the, you know,
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  the 60s and 70s getting bullied in in working environments if
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  they're only autism spectrum, which is absolutely crazy to me.
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  But it happens and it's something that we need to put a
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  stop to you. We'll stamp it out wherever we
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  can. So creating a policy within your
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  working environment or in your social environment or in any
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  networking environment that you're part of would be so
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  awesome to defer bullying from actually happening now.
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  Last thing I will say is support people and help them seek
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  professional help. Maybe your personal is getting
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  bullied yourself and seek professional help.
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  There are always counsellors available or even speak to your
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  doctor, physician, GP, any of those people can help.
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  If you're an advocate and you want to help other people and
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  seek that person of being a support gorgeous, you know if
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  you see some vulnerable situation, check in on them,
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  make sure they're OK Make sure that there's nothing happening
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  in their life that they feel bullied with.
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  Make sure that they are feeling comfortable.
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  Make sure that they're feeling taken care of.
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  It's your duty as a person to take care of other people.
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  So what we do, we're all family here on this planet.
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  We need to take care of each other.
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  Guys, if you have anything to add to this puppet or comment
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  down below, I will read every single comment.
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  Share this video because I think it's important and give it a
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  thumbs up to help the distribution of this video.
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  OK, guys, I'll see you in the next one.
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  Thank you so much peace.