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Why You DON'T HAVE Autism · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So the reason many people are misdiagnosing themselves as
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  autistic is because they seem to be relating to some traits that
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  they don't understand the root cause of.
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  And I see this a lot because many people are relating to
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  online information that is not relevant to them.
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  Now in this video, I'm going to tell you five ways that you are
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  not autistic and what may be going on.
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  Let's check it out, OK guys. So there are a lot of people who
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  go online and they look and they find videos like mine or other
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  people who I know in the industry and they relate to
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  certain things, right? So the bigger picture basically
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  is that the neurodevelopmental condition of autism is a
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  condition from birth. It's a neurodevelopmental that
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  means that it kind of grows with you.
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  And we know that the how autism is is currently happening within
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  the body is that your brain neurochemistry, how the neurons
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  men together is slightly different to that of local
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  person, right? And so the overlapping of that
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  have other conditions like, you know, anxiety, ADHDOCD,
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  dyslexia, all these other things that I have.
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  Oh, and by the way, guys, my name is Dan and I have autism
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  and ADHD. If you're new around here and
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  you want to learn more and remember to hit the subscribe
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  button by clicking the notification bell down below so
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  you don't miss out on a video. So with that being said, autism
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  actually can look like other things.
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  And so self diagnosis has skyrocketed over the years
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  because we put videos out for people.
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  And the reason I do that is because there are many people
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  who will like me who are diagnosed later on in life as
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  adults. And then they go online to look
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  for information to learn more about it, right?
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  Once you have the diagnosis, kind of not the other way
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  around, it's not go online, learn how to self diagnose
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  yourself and then seek a diagnosis, which is what a lot
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  of people do. And I understand that people do
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  this because they're wanting to understand themselves better.
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  But it may be other things going on.
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  And I'll get into that in a minute.
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  be amazed. And the other thing to remember
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  is that, you know, professionals use multiple tools in a
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  professional environment to make sure that they can accurately
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  diagnose you, that it's not a misdiagnosis, it's not
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  incorrect. And they can give you the right
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  amount of support, medication or therapy that you need for the
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  condition that you actually have rather than thinking you've got
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  a different condition, if that makes sense.
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  So understanding all of these variables, which are going to
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  now now is going to help you actually get the right diagnosis
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  rather than chasing something that's completely irrelevant to
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  you. And I see this happening quite a
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  lot. The first thing we need to think
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  about is social anxiety. So in autism, people have a
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  anxiety around socialising situations because, and then
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  this is the really interesting part, you will have social
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  anxiety as an autistic person, but you can have social anxiety
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  as just a typical person, right? But why does this exist?
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  Well, in autism, the social anxiety aspect comes from the
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  fact that there are unwritten social conventions and social
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  rules that happen. Etiquette, the way you speak,
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  politeness, standing too close or too far away from somebody,
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  knowing when it's your turn to talk, knowing when people are
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  being bored of you talking, etcetera, etcetera.
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  But social anxiety of just a psychological kind of anxiety
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  disorder tends to come from a fact of fear that is treatable
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  by therapy, where our social anxiety in autism isn't
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  treatable because it's part of the neurological and biological
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  chemistry that's going on in that person's body.
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  Now, you can have social anxiety, but it won't be for the
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  same reasons as autism, if that makes sense.
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  So you could be going through the list and like, oh, I have
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  social anxiety, but that doesn't mean that it's autism right now.
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  The next thing I'm going to talk about is, you know, conservative
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  personalities and preferences to, you know, routine and stuff
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  like that. You know, some people prefer
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  stability. A lot of people prefer routines
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  where humans and we're creatures of habit, which means that a lot
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  of the time we will repeat the same things with like the same
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  foods, like one of the same bars or clubs and we keep our friends
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  close and the same ones we have and blah, blah, blah.
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  But those don't really mean that you are autistic or that you
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  have a problem with that issue of like broadening out of that
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  or trying something new. Whereas autism, on the other
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  hand, autistic individuals need structure and routine to
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  navigate through chaos because the world seems very confusing
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  to them. And when they have a structured
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  routine and knowing what comes afterwards, like the
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  predictability platform, then you know that you are safe.
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  It's all about feeling safe. So if you can predict that, OK,
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  I'm going to have the same thing for breakfast every day until I
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  die, then it's safe. You don't have to worry about
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  that. You don't have to consume your
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  mind, your thoughts about that because autistic individuals are
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  also having input from sensory stimuli in the in the
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  environment around them just continuously, which is
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  obviously, you know, no good because it's distracting you
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  from focusing on the things that you are having to do in, in
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  daily life. So when you have like a routine
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  or, or or a conservative personality, that also doesn't
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  mean you're autistic basically. OK, so the other one is gifted
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  or high intelligence now. So people on the autism
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  spectrum, if they are a level 2 or level 1 autistic, they could
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  have an average to above average intelligence quotient, which
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  means that they are compensating in intellect where they may fail
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  in social or familial situations, right?
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  And familiar means like, you know, interacting with your
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  family or known kind of social etiquette as a group.
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  And so in terms of that, they then excel in things like maybe
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  technology or arts or writing or or literature or something,
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  right? And those traits of being highly
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  gifted to show where there's a lack of understanding and
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  something else, right? But other typical people can
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  still be gifted and understand social conventions.
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  So you could be like, I'm really intelligent.
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  I must be on the spectrum. But you know, you could just be
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  intelligent and not be on the spectrum.
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  I mean, when I was doing my degree, so I did chemistry,
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  which is like super nerdy. I have super sciency.
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  There was only maybe two other artistic individuals on the
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  course. So the rest were neurotypical,
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  right? And they were super brainy.
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  These kids were like super, super brainy.
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  And so it doesn't mean it's not an indicator that you're also
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  inspection was just an indicator that you're actually bright.
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  OK, so the second I want to mention is selective mutism.
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  Now selective mutism is exactly what it means.
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  Like sometimes you're going to be mutant, sometimes you want to
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  talk. Now selective mutism can be a
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  psychological condition where a person is unable to through
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  trauma, fear, or a post traumatic stress.
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  They're not able to speak in certain situations or they
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  refrain from speaking to protect themselves in certain
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  situations. Now what's interesting about
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  that is in autism you also have a selective mutism because the
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  person doesn't really know how to, when to, or comfortably talk
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  because they don't understand the rules of the game and the
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  game being the game of life. Now, someone who's selective
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  mute doesn't necessarily mean they're autistic, but someone
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  who's autistic maybe selective mute, you know, so there is a
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  big divide that you could have selective mutism.
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  It doesn't default mean that urinal inspection.
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  Now the last one I want to kind of cover is so interesting.
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  In fact, it's the most interesting one.
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  And this happens a lot. A lot of people are diagnosed
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  with ADHD and not autism. ADHD.
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  Where does it fit in? Now people who have ADHD
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  sometimes have autism and sometimes people who have autism
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  don't have ADHD and sometimes people just have ADHD.
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  Now ADHD traits can also look very similar to autistic traits.
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  Now the difference is ADHD is an attention deficit behavioral
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  issue which is related to the autism spectrum, but it's not
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  autism in its triad of impairment.
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  You know, the social communication and emotional
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  aspect. Now, the triad of impairment was
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  something set out by Lorna Wing, who is one of these brilliant
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  minds working on autism research and has been since the 80s.
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  And she has defined kind of like the characteristics and the
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  diagnostic criteria. Hence why a lot of people who
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  will say, oh, I feel like I'm autistic and I'll go to the
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  doctor and they'll get a referral and I'll go through the
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  assessment process. Then they they turn out to say,
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  oh, no, it's just, it's just ADHD.
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  It's not autism. That happens quite a lot.
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  And that will happen often. And This is why sometimes this
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  happens. Now I want to know where you are
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  on this. Jenny, you think you're
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  autistic? If you're self diagnosed, leave
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  me a comment down below because I want to know.
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  Is self diagnosis in your opinion a good thing or a bad
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  thing? Guys, I wasn't always this
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  confident and I definitely wasn't always this able.
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  I'm able to hold down having a full time self-employed job.
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  I have children and a relationship across the
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  Atlantic. How did I do this?
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