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Autism And School (5 Items You NEED!) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Five items you get a phone. Need to have a successful school
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  career? Let's get right into it guys.
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  Welcome back to the aspy world. My name is Dan and I have autism
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  and ADHD. I make weekly videos all about
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  the stuff because I believe it's my journey and passion and
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  mission in life. To help enlighten everybody on
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  the auto spectrum to get their full potential out would be
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  awesome while doing it. So if you want to join me on
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  this journey, make sure to hit the subscribe button.
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  I'll take another vacation bell down below and you can follow me
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  on all social media platforms because I upload every single
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  day. OK, so school.
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  Oh my goodness. School was such a difficult one
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  for me. So I I've been through school
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  and and in college and in university and so because of
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  that I was able to create what I think are essential items,
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  checklists for that. If you want to have successful
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  time at school or in an educational system, this is for
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  you. So buckle up guys, we'll go
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  through the list right now. Just before that I want to say a
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  It's cool for helping increase increase clarity, improve
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  concentration and reduce anxiety, restlessness, stress
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  and irritability and impulsivity.
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  Which is you know for me for godsend.
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  about trying it, just always consult with your doctor first
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  before trying anything, even if it is more natural.
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  OK, so the first thing I want to say is that you have to have a
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  tablet. Now I'm not worried about tablet
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  as in like you know something a pill or something.
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  I don't know about tablet as in an iPad or a Samsung tablet or
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  Android tablet. What I found most interesting is
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  that when I'm attending lectures or when I'm telling anything in
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  school, if I had my iPad with me, I could actually turn on the
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  record button to record the audio of the actual class.
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  So I could go back home and listen over something that I may
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  not have got perfectly right while sitting in the class.
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  Because there's a thing called Alexa Thymia which causes for a
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  lot of delay in understanding what's actually going on in that
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  moment in time. But to cut a Long story short
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  using the recording was so easy to can just listen back to when
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  I'm going over my revision notes.
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  Something else that I found a super interesting about having
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  the tablet with me because there was something important on the
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  whiteboard or a slideshow that I could take my camera app and
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  just take a picture, a snapshot of that and I have that then
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  saved to my notes. Not to mention you can always
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  use talk to type apps on stuff like the.
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  I know that Apple do it where you talk to it and it will
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  automatically type out what you're saying in your notes
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  which is really good for people who have an issue with typing or
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  writing really fast. I found this super beneficial.
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  So that is like literally #1. The second thing I'd say is
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  having a sensory toolbox with you.
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  Now I don't mean having anything crazy, but a few fidget gadgets
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  or maybe even just like a pair of noise counseling headphones
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  and sunglasses. Something that is going to help
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  you overcome sensory stimulated issues of potential issues in a
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  setting of educational environment could be the lighter
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  too bright. It could be that there's too
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  much noise going on or maybe each one of like self soothe
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  with like a stem toy. Having something like that is
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  super beneficial and I highly recommend it.
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  OK, so #3 is a buddy system. Now this is really interesting.
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  You don't have to be best friends with a person, but you
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  need to make a buddy or have the school or the educational body
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  team you up with somebody who knows the ropes or who can look
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  after you. If you have any issues that on
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  the day-to-day that it's in your class and you're spending pretty
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  much every day with you. I found this super beneficial
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  mind. A buddy called Tom who I used to
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  travel in with. And if I had any issues with
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  stuff like that, Tom would help me, You know, we'd put our heads
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  together and sort it out. This was amazing and helped me
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  feel less alone. Also, it was really good because
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  I did build a friendship with Tom.
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  Not all the time that this is going to happen that you have a
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  friendship with a person, but that person is your go to
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  contact within the class that's on your day-to-day because you
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  could be on lunch and have an issue and you want to talk to
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  somebody and it's good to have a buddy.
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  OK, so #4 is a personal learners plan.
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  Now this is something that needs to be implemented from the top
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  of the hierarchy in the school where you, when you attend the
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  school, you sit down and speak to him and say, hey, I have
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  issues in these areas of Nelson spectrum and I need help with XY
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  and Z. They then make a learning plan
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  that is distributed to all of the people who would be taking
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  you for that year or for that semester so that they know that
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  you need certain help in certain areas.
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  And so they're not kind of coming to you with a oh, I
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  didn't know you needed help here kind of question.
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  And I've been there in both situations where they've been,
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  oh, I didn't know you had issues.
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  And another time where they say, hey, it's cool we've LED you,
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  we've we've read your personal one's plan and it's all good.
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  So that is a must speak with the person who's in indoctrinating
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  you into the school when you first sign up.
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  And the last thing here is a student point of contact or
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  counsellor. Now I had a student mentor when
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  I attended university and this was amazing with stuff Ed
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  Godsend. I was able to speak to them or
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  anything on a weekly basis. I could make a point was to see
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  them at any time during the week and I had regular e-mail contact
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  with them so I had any issues or discussions that needs to be
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  happening on more of a professional or official
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  official level at the school or the university.
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  I was able to come speak to them and they would take that higher
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  or they would be the person of the contact to go and take that
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  forward. Very interesting and it actually
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  made my life at university a lot easier and more manageable.
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  I don't think I could have been able to do my degree in
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  chemistry. I haven't already had that
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  contact. Guys, if you think this video is
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  valuable, please share it on social media.
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  Give it a like. Leave me a comment if you want
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  to. I love reading college.
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  I'll see you in the next fall guys.
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  Peace.