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77 Asperger Symptoms YOU Absolutely 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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  spectrum, your autism Ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  OK, so here are 77 aspirated symptoms you absolutely need to
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  see. Oh yes, 77.
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  Let's get started. But guys, before we get started,
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  if you're new around here and you don't know my name is Dan, I
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  OK guys, so stand at the top #1. It's difficulty with social
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  interaction and Communication. #2 is difficulty with non verbal
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  communication, which means hand gestures, facial expressions,
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  and the likes of Tone of Voice #3 Difficulty with social cues
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  and body language. #4 is difficulty maintaining friends
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  and friendships. #5 is difficulty with small talk and
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  the understanding of abstract language.
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  Number six is having a difficulty understanding sarcasm
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  and humor. #7 Difficulty understanding people's
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  perspective. #8 is difficulty with empathy and understanding
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  people's feelings. #9 is difficulty expressing one's own
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  feelings. #10 is a tendency to take things very literal. #11 is
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  to talk excessively about a specific topic of interest of
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  theirs just all the time incessant talking nonstop. #12
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  is a lack of interest in the awareness of social normalities
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  and social norms and customs. #13 is a lack of interest in all
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  the ability to participate in Group activities. #14 is a lack
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  of interest or the inability to participate and engage in
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  imaginary play. #15 is a tendency to engage in repetitive
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  behaviors or routines. #16 is a tendency to have an obsessive
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  topic of interest and get fixated on that one thing. #17
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  is a difficulty in transitioning from one activity to another.
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  Activity. #18 is a difficulty with executive function, which
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  is kind of like organizing and planning and all that kind of
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  good stuff. #19 is difficulty with abstract thinking of
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  problem solving. There were 20 is difficulty in
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  time management and punctuality. The big 1 #21 is a need for
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  routine and predictability. #22 is a sensitivity to a century
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  stimuli like light, sound, smells, touch and all that
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  stuff. #23 is century seeking behaviors like spinning around
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  or rocking or stimming, you know when that flapping their hands
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  up and down. #24 is difficulty with self regulation and
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  emotional control. #25 is the tendency to get overwhelmed and
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  overstimulated in busy or chaotic environments like
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  airports and shopping malls and things like that. #26 is a
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  difficulty with self advocacy and assertiveness. #27 is a
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  difficulty in self esteem and self-confidence. #28 is a
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  tendency to become anxious or stressed in social situations.
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  Oh, this is a huge one, OK #29 is a tendency to become
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  withdrawn or isolated from kind of like society in general.
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  OK, so #30 is a tendency to become rigid and the inability
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  for flexible thinking or behaviors.
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  You know, they're very rigid in what they want to do.
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  So #31 is a lack of interest to want to participate and play in
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  sports and sporting activities. So #32 is a lack of interest or
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  the issues in abilities to participate in theatrical drama
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  and acting. All those activities can be very
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  difficult for people with an Asperger syndrome, #33 again, a
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  lack of interest or the ability to participate in Group musical
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  activities. Sometimes this can be
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  overwhelming and over chaotically kind of
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  uncoordinated, and this could just be completely off the grid
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  for somebody with Aspergers. OK, so #34 is a lack of ability
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  to be able to participate in certain dance movement
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  activities just because of the coordination.
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  And this could come along with things like dyspractia and all
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  of this stuff like that. #35 is the difficulty with trying to
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  create craft and being told instructions to create craft in
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  craft activities. #36 is the inability to be able to
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  effectively prepare and cook foods and preparation of foods
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  as an activity. OK, so #37 is a lack of interest
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  in doing anything kind of gardening or outdoors activities
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  in terms of instruction based outdoor activity when it's
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  easier to just stay inside, #38 is the inability to comprehend,
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  to participate in academic competitions or debates.
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  This is kind of very structurally social based, will
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  be difficult for people with Asperger syndrome. #39 is a lack
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  of interest or maybe the inability to participate in
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  public speaking leadership activities that are consistent
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  on being part of a group or part of a team. #40 is a tendency to
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  become a perfectionist and obsessed and about a certain
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  task or certain project or object. #41 is difficulty with
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  task initiation and task completion.
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  Oh my goodness, this is huge. Number 42 would be a lack of
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  interest in your your typical gaming and typical puzzle
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  activities because those things again are socially constructed
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  and are more analog to a digital brain type of person.
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  Here, #43 is the lack of interest in wanting to
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  participate in storytelling, of creative writing activities.
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  If it's in a social setting, #44 is the tendency to become over
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  stimulated and overwhelmed by information or stimuli. 45 is
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  difficulty with self monitoring and self evaluation. #46 is the
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  difficulty in and the appearance of getting stressed when there's
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  a change in the routine and the difficulty adapting to new
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  routines. #47 is a tendency to become very anxious and
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  distressed when transitioning between activities or settings
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  right. #48 is a tendency to become more stressed and
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  distressed or anxious when you're in a new, unfamiliar
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  social environment or any environment in particular. #49
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  is a tendency to become stressed, anxious, and
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  distressed for unfamiliar sensory stimuli. #50 is a
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  tendency to become anxious and distressed when there's a new,
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  unfamiliar academic or work environment or task. #51 is
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  interesting. It's a difficulty with control
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  and delaying gratification. #52 is a tendency to become
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  aggressive or self violent when frustrated or overwhelmed with
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  the situation. #53 is a tendency to become obsessed and fixated
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  on a particular object or possession. #54 is awkward and
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  uncoordinated movements. You may see the people asked for
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  the syndrome maybe kind of like odd that walking 55 is a delay
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  in gross motor development or motor skills development.
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  Number 56 is a delay in fine motor skill development.
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  Number 57 is a difficulty with handwriting and and membership
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  #58 is hypertonia or a low muscle tone. #59 is a
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  hypersensitivity or hypersensitivity to sensory
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  stimuli like you know noises and sounds and touch and stuff like
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  that. They could be hyper or
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  hypersensitive to those things. #60 is takes repetitive
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  movements such as kind of like blinking or shoulder shrugging
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  or any kind of like flicking their fingers or back kind of
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  stuff. #61 is restlessness and fidgeting. #62 is unusual
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  posture which is similar to The Walking movement, but it is just
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  posture in general. Could be quite difficult and
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  unusual people with Asperger syndrome. #63 is a lack of
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  facial features and expressions when trying to express one's
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  emotions or feelings or any kind of conversation. #64 is unusual
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  eye contact or the lack thereof eye contact.
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  It could be kind of like switching around or just not
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  looking at you at all. Number 65 is unusual voice tone
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  patterns could be non inflectional voice or just
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  monotone voice and when they're talking very monotonal. #66 is
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  difficulty with speech, articulation or pronunciation.
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  #67 is unusual, repetitive vocal stimming or vocalization like
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  humming or using their throat to make a certain noise or or a
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  certain kind of growl. #68 is difficulty with chewing and
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  swallowing. 69 is GI disorders like gastonal intestinal
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  disorders where you may have like you know, Constipation,
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  diarrhoea, IBS. All those host of GI disorders
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  come with Asperger's syndrome. #70 is food aversions and food
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  sensitivities in general. #71 is allergies and sensitivities to
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  certain environmental triggers. You know this could be pollen,
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  pets, or even just literally like the type of texture of a
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  sofa or something. 72 is sleep issues like insomnia or sleep
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  apnea very common. #73 is seizures like epilepsy and grand
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  miles and small seizures like, you know, distant seizures and
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  stuff like that. Like these are all very common
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  in Asperger syndrome. 74 is comorbid conditions like asthma
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  or respiratory issues. 75 is migraines and frequent
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  headaches. 76 is constant chronic pain and discomfort
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  there. Was 77 is really interesting.
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  As last I'm going to talk about is the abnormalities and
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  physical development, such as maybe a delay in or unusual
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  growth in body parts. And this is really interesting,
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  could have unusual proportions for body types and a lot of
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  autistic individuals are sometimes looking younger than
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  they usually are. Or maybe they'll have birth
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  defects like I was born with a tooth.
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  Really interesting. Guys, if you found this video
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  interesting, please share it. Give me a comment down below if
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  I missed any. But that was 77 as per your
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  symptoms. Just for you, because nobody's
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  ever done it before. All right, guys, peace.
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