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Autism and Aspergers 5 intriguing differences (YOU need to know) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  In this video are we talking about autism and Asperger's So
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  that by the end of the video you'll know the difference.
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  Coming up, Hey I'm Dan, I have Asperger's Syndrome, OCDADHD and
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  Dyslexia. I make weekly videos on this
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  topic. So if you're new around here and
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  Every Just a really quick disclaimer, I'm not actually
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  saying in this video that every single person who has Asperger's
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  syndrome or classic autism falls into these specific rules.
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  This is literally just like a basic medical I guess or
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  professional outline of the differences to show.
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  Like some clear cut differences between the majority of the
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  people. Also, Asperger's is an autism
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  spectrum condition and it was taken out of the DSM 5
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  nomenclature for diagnosing people.
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  So now it's just autism spectrum disorder and becoming autism
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  spectrum condition. So Asperger's is autism and
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  classic autism is autism. They're all under the umbrella
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  of the autism spectrum. So that is something to be aware
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  of. OK, back to the video.
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  So the information that I'm sharing in this video, I've not
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  seen anybody else talk about on videos on YouTube.
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  So let's get stuck in Okay. So before we get started, I'd
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  just like to know what profession you're from or how
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  you've come to this video. Are you working in the field or
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  are you? So on.
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  Just generally wanting to know the difference.
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  Leave me a comment in the comment section below.
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  I read every single one and I reply to every single one.
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  So Asperger is an autism. What's the difference?
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  Let's find out. So the first difference I want
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  to discuss, and let me just set the tone of the language here.
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  I'm going to be talking about classic autism when I talk about
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  classic types of autism, and I'll talk about Asperger's
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  syndrome when I talk about Asperger's syndrome.
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  Now, a lot of people don't like to use classification
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  terminology anymore because they find that it's derogative.
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  But for the purpose of this video, educationally we'll talk
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  about Asperger's syndrome was like a higher functioning and
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  then classic autism was a lower functioning.
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  Even though a lot of people don't like to use functioning
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  labels, this is just for the purpose of this video.
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  OK, so number one is IQ or intellect.
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  So basically people with Asperger's syndrome usually have
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  an average to above average IQ, meaning that they are
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  intellectually quite bright and they tend to focus on like
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  science and maths and history and some very deep scientific,
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  complex puzzles, kind of computer natured topics because
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  that's the way that their brain is wired and other things that
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  they're interested in. But they excel well in those
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  areas. Now looking at the comparison
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  between that and classic autism, people of classic autism have
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  averaged to below average Iqs. So the difference here is that
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  people are speaking and will usually or typically display a
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  higher IQ average than that of a person with classic autism.
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  A person with classic autism won't really be interested in
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  the magnitude of intellect a person with Asperger's syndrome
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  usually displays. People like Albert Einstein had
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  Asperger's syndrome. There are other super famous
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  people like Nikola Tesla, probably Elon Musk and other
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  people like that who display these traits of Asperger's
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  syndrome and you can see how their IQ would be set higher
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  than the average person. OK, so #2 is verbal
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  communication. Now people with classic autism
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  usually have little to no verbal communication is skills.
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  They can't develop these because the type of autism spectrum
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  condition that they have and the way their brain has worked is
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  leaving them with difficulty learning these skills.
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  Now, a person with Asperger's syndrome will have a a very good
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  verbal communication skill set that they have learned and
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  developed over many years. And people with Asperger's
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  syndrome usually have great verbal skills and they are very
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  good at talking. OK, socially they may not be as
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  advanced as a typical neurotypical person, but
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  verbally they can have verbal communications and be very good
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  at verbal communication. As people with classic autism
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  will have difficulty talking, people with Asperger's syndrome
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  will have ease of talking and actually creating verbal
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  conversation. That is the main difference.
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  Therefore #2. Just for some extra information,
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  I'll leave a link in the card above to a video I did for
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  Asperger's versus High Functioning Autism and what the
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  difference is there, and then we'll leave that in the card
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  above so you can check that out because that might be of some
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  interest to you. Also, OK, so #3 is vocabulary.
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  Now, people with classic autism have little to no vocabulary at
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  all and they can't develop those skills and they have a very
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  difficult time trying to learn or develop any skills in
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  learning vocabulary at all. People with Asperger syndrome
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  have a vast, large and quite huge volume of vocabulary that
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  is usually somewhat complex, and they have some almost not an
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  obsession, but an interest in vocabulary and expanding that
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  vocabulary. So people with Asperger syndrome
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  have a usually really good vocabulary skill set, whereas
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  people on the classic autism side wouldn't really tend to
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  have that good of vocabulary or a large vocabulary set at all.
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  So people with classic autism limited vocabulary.
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  People with Asperger's syndrome quite a high volume of
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  vocabulary in their vocabulary skill set.
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  OK, so #4 is day-to-day skill set.
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  Now, day-to-day skill set is very interesting, and I'll
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  outline what a day-to-day skill set is.
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  Basically the things that a neurotypical person does on A
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  daily basis, which is like getting up, getting themselves
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  ready for work or whatever a school and then getting
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  themselves to school and going off on those tasks.
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  Don't think anything of it, but there are various skills that
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  are entwined there in in in getting up and doing all those
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  things. Now there's things that range
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  from like executive function skills to hygiene and then
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  getting dressed and things like that, which is basically a daily
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  life skills. Now a person with Asperger's
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  syndrome can learn to put on their clothes.
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  They can learn to brush their own teeth, and then they can
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  learn like things like the importance of going shopping or
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  the things like the importance of getting a job.
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  They may need, you know, help with managing that job or
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  managing their finances and organizing their life, but they
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  can still learn the skills that they need to physically prepare
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  themselves for something in the real world tasks.
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  Now a person who displays traits of classic autism would have a
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  limited skill set in this region and would then rely on support
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  and help lifelong for this type of skill set.
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  So they may have issues with hygiene and condolence.
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  They may have issues with trying to, you know, go to the
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  classroom on their own and use the toilet.
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  They may have issues of putting on their own clothes and you
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  know they have little to no concept of the reasoning for
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  going out and doing shopping depending on their obviously
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  level on the spectrum. But a classic autism type person
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  would need daily, daily support and day-to-day help with those
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  tasks because they just don't really develop those skills
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  typically in a classic autism case.
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  So a person with Asperger's syndrome can live somewhat
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  independent, dependently using their day-to-day skills.
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  But a person with classic autism would need daily support and
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  lifelong support for just those daily tasks alone, let alone
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  emotional and physical support for other things.
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  OK, so #5 is speech delay. Now as autism is a developmental
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  condition, it does have like a gradual time period of how it
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  like develops from one thing to another.
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  Now one thing that is interesting between the
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  difference of Asperger's syndrome and classic autism is a
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  speech delay. Now typically children who have
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  Asperger's syndrome will not display speech delay in growing
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  up like they they have. They'll have typically a normal
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  speech delay, like I said, as the vocabulary is super intense
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  and very varied, then their speech delay doesn't come into
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  it. You know, they'll gradually get
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  speech they'll learn from like TV and movies and mimicking
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  other people through echolalia and things like that.
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  And then they'll learn how to speak at a typical rate.
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  Right now, people or kids and children with autism of classic
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  autism, they will have a speech delay in growing up.
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  So growing up they will have a very speech delayed and their
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  speech will be very varied, like obviously the delay will be
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  there, but then also there'll be very big gaps in in what they
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  can say and how they relate that to real world situations.
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  So in short, Asperger's syndrome typically not really much of A
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  speech delay. Classic autism.
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  There will be a speech delay present most of the time.
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  OK guys, my next video over here is for Century Processing
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  Disorder. Please check that out and it'll
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  be super, super awesome. If you'd want to learn more,
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  please hit that subscribe button and I'll see you next time.
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  Guys. Peace.