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This Is Why Autism Executive Function Causes YOU Stress! (7 SKILLS) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So This is why Autism executive function causes you stress all
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  that coming up Hey guys, welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan, I have autism ADHDOCD and dyslexia and I make
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  just like this. So guys, what is going on?
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  Welcome back to the place where we think differently daily.
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  Nice to see you all here returning for another video.
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  Super awesome. You guys are amazing.
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  So autism and executive function right there.
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  There's there's loads of issues that cause stress with an
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  executive function and it it happens to do everyday life.
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  So when you think about like executive function within
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  autism, right, it should actually be called executive
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  dysfunction as it is a pretty much a huge struggle for people
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  in the autism spectrum. So there are 7 executive
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  function skills that people typically develop over time from
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  being a child to being a full developed adult right now.
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  However, these skills are difficult for people in the
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  autism spectrum to develop and maintain, so I've outlined all
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  seven of these and how they impact autism right now.
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  So we're going to go through that together.
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  Cool tea. OK, so the first one is
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  adaptable thinking. Now this is the ability to
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  change and adapt at a moment of sudden change.
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  Now autistic people love problem solving, but unexpected change
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  can cause huge issues and potential meltdowns.
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  As we know if you if you look after somebody on the spectrum,
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  if you are on the spectrum yourself, a meltdown could be
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  imminent. If you are, not, if you haven't,
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  if your routine changes, right? If there's a change in your
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  plan, it's just going to go downhill.
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  So #2 is planning the ability to think future and plan
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  accordingly. So thinking ahead and plan
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  accordingly. This is super difficult for
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  people on the autism spectrum. For most people on the autism
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  spectrum, due to an issue, we shot some memory difficulties.
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  Now I have a video all about shots and memory loss and stuff
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  like that and I'll try and leave it in the card above here and in
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  the description down below, but it's really interesting to to
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  check that out. But yeah, this is again another
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  executive function issue. OK, #3 is self monitoring.
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  The ability to self monitor how well or bad you're doing in a
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  task or topic is one of these skills right?
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  So for autistic people this is a difficult as it causes you or
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  oneself to be detached and people on the autism spectrum
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  find it difficult to evaluate oneself and detach yourself in
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  that situation independently. So it's a very difficult skill
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  to acquire. Especially if you have issues
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  with this in you know you're in a condition like autism, then
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  you know it's going to be difficult for you anyway.
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  OK, so #4 is self-control and this is the ability to refrain
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  from emotional on a physical outburst.
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  As an autistic person on autistic communication issues,
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  autism kind of provides you with lacks lack of understanding,
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  complex communication issues and communicating one's emotions.
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  So again you fall short on this kind of area.
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  This is why executive function actually, you know, impacts the
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  lives of autistic people quite harshly.
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  So #5 is working memory now. This is the ability to store and
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  recall memories for use later on.
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  And this is interesting because autistic people retain lots of
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  information, but it won't always be relatable to life skills.
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  It may just be facts and knowledge on a subject of
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  interesting topics. Like, you may know everything
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  there is to know about Marilyn Monroe, but you want to across
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  the street safely because you forget that there's this Highway
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  Code, right? OK.
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  So number six is time management.
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  So keeping on track of how much time you are seeing on spending
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  on a task, right. This is particularly difficult
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  for artistic people due to the hyper focus and zoning out.
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  So autistic people can like really focus on something that's
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  completely outside of, you know, their whatever the task they're
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  doing. So you're trying to work on a
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  computer, but then you find like a there's a bug on your desk and
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  you kind of like super focus on the bug.
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  And then you kind of start zoning out to the task you're
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  doing at that moment in time. So time management goes straight
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  out the window. Difficult to do.
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  So #7 is organization. The effective arrangement of
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  times and materials, dates and ideas in an organized manner,
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  right? This is really difficult.
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  So it's difficult for lots of people in the Austin spectrum to
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  do this accordingly because organization can be so difficult
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  for people on the spectrum. I have issues with it, but one
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  of my friends have issues with it.
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  So once I see people don't have issues with organizing and
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  that's like an executive function that they can excel at.
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  But most of us do have an issue with organizing life.
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  Like it could be organizing bills, could be organizing like
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  days to go and see if it could be any kind of organization.
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  But sometimes we can fall foul of that.
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  And it just, yeah, it just doesn't doesn't always work.
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  And that's just one of those downfalls of it.
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  Guys, if you have anything to add to this or have a discussion
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  Peace.