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5 Famous Women With Autism (YOU NEED TO SEE) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Hey guys, in this video I'm talking about 5 famous women
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  with autism. All that's coming up Hey guys
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  welcome back to the aspy world. My name is Dan.
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  I have autism, ADHD, OCD and dyslexia and I make weekly
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  OK guys, so I decided to The heck was that.
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  OK guys, So I decided to compile a list of five of the most
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  interesting autistic women who are famous in a field, but also
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  on the autism spectrum. And some of these people You
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  probably didn't even know We're on the spectrum, Okay guys, if
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  you're new to me and everything, I also have social media handles
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  So if you want to go and follow me on all of those channels,
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  please do so now because I upload content on all of those
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  platforms. Okay.
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  So this is kind of a fun one for me.
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  I decided that like I've done videos on people who are famous,
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  who are autistic and I've done videos on famous scientists and
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  stuff like that who are on the autism spectrum and actors.
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  And what I wanted to do is actually do on just on females
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  on the autism spectrum because to me one of the most
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  interesting things is that autism is very much a, you know
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  it affects everybody and anyone. For the current diagnostic
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  criteria, it shows that autism is 3 times likely in males and
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  it is females, which is just because of the diagnostic
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  process is set up for males rather than females.
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  But that's slowly becoming a thing of the past.
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  But at the moment that's still kind of the current consensus.
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  So having a list of famous people with an autism spectrum
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  disorder is kind of like a rarity really when you think
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  about it. But when you think about famous
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  people who are female with autism, I think that's like
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  super rare. So I wanted to do this video
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  dedicated to all those awesome, inspirational, hard working,
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  epic women who are on the autism spectrum and they're famous.
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  And I thought you guys could find some inspiration in a bit
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  of a yeah, awesome moment, right.
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  So let's get into it, Okay. So the first one was kind of
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  like an obvious one is Doctor Temple Grandin.
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  Now, Temple Grandin is a very famous Doctor of animal
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  behavioral biology, or she's an animal scientist.
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  She does stuff with like livestock behavior before
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  slaughter or something to do with animals and slaughter.
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  But regardless of her work with her science industry, she
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  actually is very famous for being a Public Advocate and
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  spokesperson on autism. She's written a few books, she's
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  done some TV shows, and there's a documentary or a film made
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  about her as well. So she's really famous and they
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  studied Temple ground in kind of like as a standard model of
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  talking about autism from an autistic persons point of view
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  when doing degrees or studying anything.
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  So she's very much an influential person in the autism
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  community just because of how you know, accessible she is on
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  the actual content she's put out to date.
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  Now sample Grandin has a diagnosis of autism, which I
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  think is just amazing and she's such a leading prominent figure
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  in the autistic community. And so I'm really, really happy
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  to to to mention it in this video.
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  I've never had the the pleasure of interviewing or meeting
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  Doctor Grandon yet, but I think I will at one point.
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  I'm going to try and invite it over to do a video or even just
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  be on my podcast for me because that would be kind of cool,
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  wouldn't it? So hey, if you think that would
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  be interesting to have me interview Doctor Grandon, leave
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  me a comment in the comment section down below.
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  Right now saying, Dan, you have to interview Doctor Grandon, so
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  that would be really, really cool.
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  Also guys, if you're enjoying this type of video, please give
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  it a thumbs up. Thumbs up means you like this
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  video and if you like this video means that I can make more of
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  them and that's it. It's cool.
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  Okay So #2 famous woman with autism.
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  This is Anne Haggerty. Now, Anne Haggerty is a very
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  famous British TV personality. She's also been on things like
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  I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here because her celebrity
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  status. She started off doing game show
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  quizzes, I think on British television.
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  And then she became like the main quiz master on this TV show
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  called The Chase where like, you know, audience participation,
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  members from the public have to go and test their intelligence
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  and intellect out against somebody who's like a super
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  brainiac. Now she is the brainiac that
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  sits in the chair. And she pretty much almost
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  always wins. And I think it's down to the
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  fact that because she has a diagnosis of autism, she's able
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  to, you know, her thing is to retain information of facts on
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  on all kinds of stuff. So yeah, she's just super
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  inspirational. And I think Anne really sets
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  the, the, you know, the bar for like, oh wow, I didn't realize
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  that person was autistic because she's got really good skills.
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  And she's on TV because she's putting on like this act or what
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  they call masking in In typical terms, I really think Anne is
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  inspirational because she's showing that she can have a very
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  interesting prominent career, even in television, being in the
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  public eye on the autism spectrum.
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  And she's killing it. And she's female.
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  So yeah, Anne, I I, I tip my hat to you for being super awesome.
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  And I'd love to interview Anne as well.
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  Like, at some point, I know a friend of mine interviewed her
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  on his podcast. Maybe I should reach out and
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  interview her as well. I mean, these are just pretty
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  awesome people. I I definitely like to have, you
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  know, interviews with at some point, maybe even a blog or or a
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  podcast post. But yeah, super interesting and
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  Haggerty. Now the next one I'm going to
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  talk about #3 is an awesome singer called Susan Boyle.
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  Now Susan Boyle again is a British Scottish singer and
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  celebrity. Now Susan Boyle was made famous
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  and discovered on the TV show Britain's Got Talent.
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  Now she was quite interesting because her appearance and the
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  way her personality traits were didn't really match up to the
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  expectations of such a fantastic voice coming out of this woman.
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  So everyone kind of looked at her to say like, OK, there's
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  this woman who who looks, you know, she's she's very dated in
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  her dress sense. She's very kind of reserved.
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  I don't think she's going to be that good of a singer just off
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  the bat because let's face it, that's how the judges look at
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  people, right? And she gets on stage and bouts
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  out this awesome voice. And with the song, I think I
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  dream a dream from like a musical.
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  Anyway, since then she became like world famous for being this
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  like kick butt awesome singer and yeah just she's just
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  amazing. She then later came out and said
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  that she had a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome and she
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  still lives with a mother in a like a state housing property in
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  the UK regardless of her income of being like in excess of like
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  50,000,000 lbs. But again, Susan is
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  inspirational because I feel like there are people who relate
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  to Susan in a way where, you know, they, they might feel kind
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  of a bit different to the the the typical person.
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  They may not dress. People want them to dress, but
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  they still have the ability and the skills to give to something
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  so amazing. I mean, look at the career that
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  Susan has done. I mean, that's inspirational and
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  should be very much inspirational for people,
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  especially young women on the autism spectrum who want to do
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  things like performing arts or TV personalities.
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  Super dope. Super awesome.
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  OK, so #4 super awesome. This one is Daryl Hannah.
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  Now, Daryl Hannah is an American actress.
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  She is really well known for being in the movie franchise for
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  Kill Bill. Now, I haven't seen those
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  movies. I know it's kind of like
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  sacrilegious because everyone's like you've never seen Kill
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  Bill, and I even did a movie and TV course when I was in college.
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  I was doing media moving image. One of the things we have to do
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  is study different movies and Kill Bill was one of them.
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  But because of my inability to liken or have affinity to
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  certain phrases or words because of my autism spectrum disorder,
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  the movie title Kill Bill isn't appealing to me because it's
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  kind of like it reminds me of put your hands in the air, like
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  you just don't care. I feel like there's no real
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  thought into the title, so the title alone put me off the
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  movie. Regardless of my inability to
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  watch the film. I know that Daryl Hannah is kind
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  of like one of the main people in it.
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  And um, she actually has a diagnosis of autism and it's
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  just absolutely like kick butt. She's out there, she's killing
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  it. She's like this stunning actress
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  woman, like super high up in Hollywood, killing it with all
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  these movies. And I think that's awesome.
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  You know, it just shows that like, no matter where you are on
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  the spectrum, it doesn't matter your inability to do something,
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  your ability to do great things is what really counts.
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  And these women so far, I just absolutely like thrashing it.
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  They're killing it. And they're showing that it's
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  possible. They're showing that you don't
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  have to worry about like, oh, you know, I can't talk to those
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  friends. I don't fit in in that group.
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  Well, don't worry about those groups, man, do you?
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  And you make your own group, and then you make that group
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  successful. I love it.
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  God, you guys are awesome. If you agree with what I'm
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  saying, please go for your thumbs up.
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  Mom, I love you guys. OK, so #5 is a very dear friend
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  of mine. This woman is super
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  inspirational. This is Charles Davis from MTV's
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  Just to Two Of Us. Now.
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  Charles Davis is a TV personality and MTV show star.
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  I guess she's got like five seasons out of the show just to
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  two of us. She's the only remaining
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  original cast member and she's killing it, dude.
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  You know, you think about like, you know, MTV personalities.
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  This girl is killing it. Not only she is an MTV
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  personality, but she's a tattoo artist on the show.
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  So she's got the artistic skill that comes from her ability to
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  create amazing images. And then also is a TV
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  personality presenter because she's landed this show, you
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  know, on MTV and it's super awesome.
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  Not only that, she also has her own private tattoo studio, which
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  is super awesome, and actually have some tattoo work done from
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  Shell, which is on my arm here. And I will show you that when
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  it's all finished, but I'll show you a sneak peek now.
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  But in terms of Charles autism, Charles actually got the autism
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  diagnosis while she was filming for MTV because MTV have
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  different types of people on the show, like different, you know,
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  you have therapists and people making sure that everything's
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  running smoothly and the health and the mental health of all the
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  staff and the crew are all doing well.
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  And so then they took her through a diagnostic process and
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  one of the top guys in the UK diagnosed with what would have
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  been known as Asperger syndrome. But in 2013 they took that of
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  the diagnostic criteria and now it's just the autism spectrum
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  disorder. So Shell Davis has a diagnosis
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  of the autism spectrum solid and is super, super awesome.
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  She also has her own YouTube channel, which I will leave in a
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  link below this video. And I have done tons of video
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  with Shell Davis. So if you want to check out the
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  top three videos I've done with Shell, you can check them out in
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  the card above. I'll leave them on the end
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  screen and I'll put them in a pinned comment on this video
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  that's super awesome. So if that doesn't inspire you,
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  I don't know what will. These women are absolutely
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  killing it. I love each and every one of
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  their stories and I think that they're absolutely fantastic.
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  If you have any to add to this, put it in a comment down below.
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  I'd love to see more inspirational women like this on
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  the spectrum. If you are new around here,
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  don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you next time guys.
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  Peace.