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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. I want to get bullied just as
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  much as autistic kids. Guys, welcome back to the aspy
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  world. My name is Dan and I have autism
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  and I like weekly videos like this.
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  So if you are interested in coming now, this journey with me
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  and helping people with autism and make sure to hit the
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  subscribe button by clicking the notification bell down below.
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  So it's national bully awareness weekend.
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  There's lots of anti bullying campaigns going around right now
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  which is fantastic and I love that.
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  I think the more empowerment 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 now?
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  Autistic individuals are vulnerable individuals.
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  They will have issues in social situations, communication, They
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  could be victims of mate crime where someone who pretends to be
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  your friend could steal money or take advantage or abuse you,
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  which is always awfully happening around the world.
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  I see so many cases of it. And now I'm not trying to make
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  this a negative video. I just want to make this a video
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  of how can we help? What can we do to help?
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  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 autistic individuals and their potential
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  vulnerability in society, the better, you know, community
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  members, school leaders and your local governors, all of those
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  people need to be aware of the vulnerabilities of autistic
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  people. And we should be looking out for
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  our autistic friends, neighbors and community members.
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  Let's all educate and empower. If you can create something like
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  maybe a short video or a presentation that you can
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  present it to people. Or you can create something of a
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  what to do if you're being bullied in your school or what
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  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, people who are advocating for
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  autism, people who are trying to do our best.
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  This is our job to help other people.
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  So that's what I want to talk about is encourage open
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  communication. A lot of people don't know much
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  about autism, and so they may not even know that autistic
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  people are successful to being bullied, right?
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  And also the other way around, autistic individuals who are
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  being bullied may not know that they can speak out and talk
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  about it because they feel too afraid.
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  Always offer a helping hand and always offer yourself to be that
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  person to open a conversation, open dialogue, explain, educate
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  all the things about autism and how the vulnerability can be
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  subject to bullying and the causes of that.
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  So the next thing I'd say to do is if you're in a position of
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  power, say you're in a working environment or a schooling
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  environment, any education environment where adults are
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  present, you know, you can implement an anti bullying
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  policy. You can create more harsh strict
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  rules if it's obvious like they're being bullied.
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  You can create more stricter measures on how a person is
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  disciplined if they're found out to be a bully.
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  Right, Because it sounds ridiculous, but I've known
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  adults from all ages right up until the 60s and 70s getting
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  bullied in working environments if they're a new or spectrum,
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  which is absolutely crazy to me, but it happens and it's
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  something that we need to put a stop to you or it will stamp it
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  out wherever we 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 a part of will be so
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  awesome to defer bullying from actually happening.
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  The last thing I will say is support people and help them.
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  Seek professional help. Maybe your person is getting
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  bullied yourself and seek professional help.
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  There are always counselors available or even speak to your
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  doctor, physician, GP, any of those people can help.
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  But if you're an advent and you want to help other people and
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  seek that person of being a support, go to, you know, if you
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  see some vulnerable situation, check in on them, make sure
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  they're OK. Make sure that there's nothing
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  happening 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, pop in a comment
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  down below. I will read every single
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  comment, share this video because I think it's important,
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  and give it a thumbs up to help the distribution of this video.
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  You guys, I'll see you in the next one.
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  Thank you so much, peace.