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The Essential Autism Gift Guide (Must See) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the Aspy world.
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  Here's where we talk about anything and everything ASD in
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  an upbeat and informative way. And now here's your man on the
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  Hey guys, in this video I'm going to go through some
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  essential autism gifts that I think you are going to
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  definitely need. Guys, what's going on?
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  Welcome back to the Aspy world. My name is Dan and I have
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  autism, ADHD. I make weekly videos, all of
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  this stuff. So if you are coming beyond this
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  journey, it helps improves a lot of people on the spectrum.
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  Make sure to hit the subscribe button down below so you can get
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  notified by clicking the notification bell when I upload
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  a video. So gifts are a huge thing when
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  it comes to like people wanting to buy gifts or people on the
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  office of the spectrum want to buy gifts for people who may
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  have ADHD. It's a whole thing, right?
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  And so I put together a lovely list of seven items which I
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  think are just perfect for like, you know, gift ideas that are
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  going to get you thinking stimulating.
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  If anything, I recommend that I can find a specific item for I
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  will have linked it down below. So make sure to check the
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  description of this video, but also, if you want my free autism
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  life hacks PDF book completely free, be sure to go to
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  autismhacks.net or click the link down below.
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  The link's there as well. Still guys, in terms of the
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  first thing I want to talk about is century toys and tools.
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  So century toys and tools are kind of like gadgets in and
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  gizmos that are like fidget spinners, you know, fidget
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  boards, anything fidget related. These things are like century
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  seeking types of of ideas of gift.
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  Now this also comes under the umbrella of like tube bubble
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  lights and kind of like strip lights and lights like this one
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  in the background. Anything that's century seeking
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  it even could be slime or putty. Those type of toys, textures and
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  colors and movement based, which are really, really helpful for
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  sensory seeking dopamine hungry autistic individuals.
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  So if you're thinking about a gift, anything central related
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  is awesome. Now here in the UK, there's a
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  toy manufacturer called Smiths or a toy warehouse called Smiths
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  or Smyths. Now they actually have a home
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  fidget toys section. So if you are in the UK or
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  Ireland, you can go to Smyths or Smiths toys and and actually
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  look in there at the fidget toys section.
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  Super awesome. I highly recommend it.
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  And then I'll leave a link down below to my, my best fidget kind
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  of toys ones I think are the best.
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  There's quite a few independent ones on the Internet.
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  I think they're amazing. So yeah, just check out the
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  links #2 is visual aids now visual aids are for commutative
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  issues, right? So people on the open spectrum
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  need help with everything from daily life organization, to
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  going to bed, to getting dressed and all those things I would
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  highly recommend using as a gift using things like visual aids.
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  This could be things like visual timers, communication tools.
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  It could even be a poster, like a schedule chat or a picture
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  grid. You can get a lot of these off
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  Etsy as well, which is pretty amazing.
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  Or you can go on like Pinterest that fine, go on, download it
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  and print it off yourself, laminate it and you can make the
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  whole gift yourself. I will be a link to Etsy for
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  some of the stores I think are pretty cool.
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  But this is the kind of gift which is not only awesome, but
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  it's like super practical. Like it's really fun because you
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  know that the person's taking interest, you know, in you.
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  If you're a gift receiver and someone will give you a gift
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  that's going to help you in ways that you didn't expect, then
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  that's cool. They're thinking about you in
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  all the right ways. OK, so before we get any
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  everything is kosher. Okay guys, let's get on with the
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  video. OK, so #4 is adaptive clothing.
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  Now what I mean by this, Autistic individuals have
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  sensory processing disorder, typically comorbidly Co
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  occurring with the diagnosis of autism, which means not all
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  clothing is made equally. So they'll be like seams and
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  tags and stuff. That's really going to annoy
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  autistic people. You can get sensory adaptive
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  clothing that are kind of like seamless socks.
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  You can get no tag T-shirts, really comfy trousers.
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  There's a bunch of different ones and I actually have worked
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  with a bunch of different brands.
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  What I'm going to do is link down the top of three that I've
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  worked with sensory socks. There's one, a new one that's
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  just come out that I did on my Instagram.
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  So if you haven't already told me on Instagram, highly
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  recommend. Check me out on Instagram right
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  now. I upload videos every single day
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  on Instagram and Instagram stories, and there's a couple of
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  those I've worked with in the past.
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  So definitely check out adaptive clothing.
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  Really good, super helpful. I'm very practical again.
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  OK, so #5 is therapy or education apps.
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  You know, if I didn't have an iPad or iPhone, my life would be
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  a whole lot different actually. It would.
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  Be much more complex and I would hardly get anything done.
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  But with the use of certain apps, I'm able to expand my
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  relationship with schedules because the apps will remind me,
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  the apps will keep me on track of how much medication I've
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  taken, how much water I've taken, all of these things.
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  There's a bunch of different apps out there, some amazing
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  ones. And not only that, there's
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  communication apps like Pro Alto to go, which is an amazing app
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  that you can use. It puts the other visual stories
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  of little kind of like graphics and then you press them and it
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  speaks for you. So they say somebody is a non
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  speaking autistic person, then you could use this gift to
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  really just change their whole life.
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  So I'm going to leave a link to some of the apps and
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  recommendations that I have doubled as well.
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  So you can definitely check those out.
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  But it's a great gift idea and you can always gift apps.
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  So if you're an iPhone user or an Android user, you can go to
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  the store, the App Store, go in and say gift this.
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  As long as you've got the person's e-mail address that
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  you're going to send it to, you can gift them the app and then
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  you pay for it and they receive it.
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  It's a great digital awesome gift, especially if you're long
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  distance. Number six is art and creativity
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  kit. Now artistic individuals love
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  different types of hands on play, kinesthetic learning,
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  which is like using paint to make like, you know, hand paint
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  drawings or pencils and coloring things and even coloring is
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  therapeutic in itself. So always think about creativity
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  and art kit. These things are going to be
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  awesome for artistic individuals, but make sure the
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  person you're getting these for is OK with paint or is OK with
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  getting their hands dirty or is OK with felt tip pens or you
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  want to make sure that the needs of the person is met also when
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  you do these gifts. But this is just an idea.
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  I'll link down below. Some of the ones I think are
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  very creative. There's an amazing company
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  called Lucky Kid from the United States and they do a lot of this
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  kind of creativity type of stuff, but for autistic
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  individuals. So I'll link you to those as
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  well. And #7 is a no brainer.
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  Everybody in their own system spectrum will have a topic of
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  special interest, right? So that they're obsessed with
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  that. They just want to talk about all
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  the time. Yeah, I know mums and dads
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  watching this video, you get what I'm saying, right?
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  But in this specifically, if you know what your kid is into or
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  you know what your loved one or your friend or cousin or
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  whatever, whoever is on the spectrum you're buying for, if
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  you know that they're really into cars, they're really into
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  like, I don't know, snakes or something, or animals or
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  whatever, get them something to do with a specific special
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  interest. It will always pay off in
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  dividends. It's something that will
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  treasure forever. And you might think, oh, you
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  know, they may have this already and blah, blah, blah.
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  Dude, I can never have more Fight Club stuff.
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  Like I have Fight Club stuff like all over my office right
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  now. I'm obsessed with Fight Club.
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  And if anybody bought me duplicates, I'd be like, well,
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  thank goodness I've got a duplicate because now if one
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  breaks, I've got a backup. Guys, smash that like button if
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  this is helpful and share this video if you think it's going to
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  change somebody's life and how we give you ideas.
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  Love you always, peace out, see you next.
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  Peace.