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5 Physical Signs of Autism (Wow!) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  We ever sat down and thought, hey, are there any physical
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  traits of autism? In this video I'm actually
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  describing 5 physical signs of autism that are just going to
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  wow you completely because you're going to be like whoa, I
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  didn't know that was a physical sign.
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  So yeah, buckle up, let's go. Hey guys, welcome back.
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  My name is Dan and I have autism and ADHD and I make quickly
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  videos like this. So if you're new around here and
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  videos from me. And if you're watching on other
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  platforms, just click the follow button and you will see those
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  videos too. OK, so physical signs of autism
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  in autism and the diagnostic process and the diagnostic
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  criteria, a lot of it is done through asking you interview
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  type of questions and theorizing and seeing how you live your
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  daily life, right? This is typical of autism
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  assessments. And if you go to my website,
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  theaspyworld.com/autism test, you'll be able to take that test
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  and kind of see, you know, what are things in life?
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  And these are all kind of like theoretical things.
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  You know, how you see the world, What's your vision of the world?
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  One thing we never really discussed is the physical
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  attributes to people on the autism spectrum that are
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  blatantly obvious. And we display these as autistic
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  individuals. And those are physical.
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  Those are non things that you could pick up if someone was
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  just talking to you socializing. These are physical things.
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  So I'm going to go through 5 right now.
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  OK guys before we get into it if you are interested I have a free
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  disappointed. 5 physical signs of autism.
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  So the first one I'm going to talk about here is probably one
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  that you may have seen or heard about a lot.
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  I'm just getting my notes up here.
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  Is eye contact now autism? Eye contact or avoidance of eye
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  contact is very interesting. Now you might be like, OK, down.
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  That's just a typical symptomatic trait of autism,
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  right? People don't look people in the
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  eyes. It's not just not looking you in
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  the eyes, it's actually avoiding eye contact.
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  So an autistic person would be seen talking to somebody and
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  they'll look at the ground when they're talking or they'll look
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  past you, although kind of look at your forehead and not really
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  look you in the eyes. You know what I mean?
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  Like so if I was to look you in the eyes, I'd be looking at you
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  like this. But if I was to look at you in
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  the forehead, I'd be like this or like past you, I'd be like
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  this. And this is very symptomatic or
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  a trait of autism. The word symptoms doesn't really
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  sum up, but the word trait really takes it.
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  Now, this is very prevalent. Now if you're around people and
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  somebody who's like looking at the ground or not being able to
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  make eye contact, which is basically avoiding eye contact.
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  This is a physical trait of autism, 100% physical trait of
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  autism, very, very common in autistic individuals.
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  And pretty much every autistic individual I know suffers with
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  this inability to make eye contact comfortably.
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  OK, so #2 is fascinating. It's tiptoe walking now tiptoe
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  walking or walking on your tippy toes as some people say.
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  But the the tip of your toes, which is lifting your heel off
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  the ground and walking on your tip toes.
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  This is so common in autism now more often than not you'll see
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  autistic people doing this when they're not wearing shoes or not
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  wearing socks. If they're barefoot or in socks,
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  they may do this tiptoe thing. And autistic individuals.
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  It is more prevalent in females, but I do see autistic males
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  doing this so much like my partner, bless her soul.
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  She also tiptoe locks and she said it's because and, you know,
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  and she's in her 30s, right. But she says that it's because
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  the, the sensation and the feeling of the floor is, is
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  uncomfortable for her. Now, what I didn't realize is I
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  also tiptoe walk sometimes, but only if I have no socks on.
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  But if I'm on, if I'm wearing socks, I'll, I'll just, and I
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  have flat feet. So I just walk around like a,
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  you know, Penguin or a seagull. But if I have no socks on, I'm
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  like tiptoe walking. I'm like a ballerina.
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  You can see me like just dancing across the floor.
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  It's crazy. But it's really interesting
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  because a lot of people don't see this.
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  And if you have other traits of autism that kind of stacking up
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  and you're thinking, hmm, maybe this person's on the spectrum,
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  or maybe I'm on the spectrum, or maybe tiptoe walking is one of
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  these like dead giveaways that the person may actually be
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  autistic because tiptoe walking is very common for autistic
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  individuals. They find this fascinating and
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  it's something that comes out often and time and time again.
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  Now, if you've just realized, hey, man, I tiptoe walk and I'm
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  autistic, give this video a thumbs up.
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  OK, so the third one is autism and looking younger.
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  This is crazy. Like this is super crazy.
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  Autistic individuals look way younger than they actually are.
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  I was talking to somebody the other day.
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  I went to see an ADHD comedian in Liverpool and these two Gen.
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  Z kids were sitting next to me. I was just talking to them,
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  making sure they're OK. And they said, oh, I think
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  they're in their 20s. They were like, oh, how old are
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  you? And I said, well, how do I look?
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  They said, you look about 25. I was like, dudes, I'm 39.
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  This is really interesting. And so many people I know have
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  this same issue, like a friend of mine, Chloe Hayden, she's
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  quite this autistic actress now, you know, years ago we were
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  hanging out and she was saying that a lot of people think she's
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  like a teenager when she was like in her mid 20s.
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  So interesting. And I hear this a lot from
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  autistic individuals. If you're one of these people
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  who look way younger than they actually are, pop me a comment
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  down below. Let's open this discussion.
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  Man, I read and respond to every comment.
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  I love it. The next one is stimming, but
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  rocking backwards and forwards. Now autistic people will stem,
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  which is the word stem. STIM is short for self
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  stimulatory behaviour. Now what this means is that
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  you'll do something repetitively to make sure that you are
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  feeling comfortable or regulated, meaning you're
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  feeling grounded and normalized or feeling a little bit more
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  like relaxed in a situation that could be detrimental to you.
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  A lot of autistic individuals will just rock backwards and
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  forwards. Now this could be rocking back
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  and forwards on a chair like this, or you're stood up and
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  you're rocking from side to side, right?
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  This is kind of, again, this movement is a stem movement and
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  that movement is, is a way for the autistic individual to
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  regulate themselves and feel a little bit grounded and more
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  calm, right? This is so interesting.
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  Happens all the time. I'm, I'm yet to meet autistic
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  individuals who don't experience rocking in some form or stemming
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  through rocking like this. And This is why because it's
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  part of these physical traits of autism.
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  And I think it's, it's super interesting.
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  OK, so the, the, the, the 5th and final one I have for you now
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  is autism and unusual posture or awkward posture.
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  Now, autistic individuals sometimes find it really
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  difficult to hold themselves in reality.
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  Like, how do I because social conformity means that, you know,
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  people pick up ways of like leaning or being cool or like
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  smoking or doing something, you know, socially acceptable in a
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  social environment. But autistic individuals may
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  feel out of place and then they'll be like, well, how do I
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  stand? I actually have the same
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  experience when I'm trying to watch television.
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  I'm like, do I cross my arms? Do I lay down?
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  Do I sit like this? Like, how do I, how do I see,
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  how do I sit to watch TV? Like, what's the, what's the
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  con? You know, the conditions in
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  which one sits down to watch television.
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  I don't know those. If you do know those, pop in a
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  comment down below or if you know exactly what I'm talking
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  about and you're experiencing this, then hit the subscribe
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  button and let me know. Because like, I don't know, like
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  is this something that you deal with?
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  But yes, autistic individuals have really unusual posture or
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  awkward posture. They may look kind of out of
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  place or they may look like they're feeling very awkward in
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  a, in a social situation and not know how to stand.
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  Very interesting. And actually one of the most
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  interesting things because autistic individuals are
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  thinking about how they're standing up, not just standing.
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  They don't know how to do it and it's really interesting.
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  I actually teach a lot about this in one of my courses, which
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  Confidence in 90 days. I'll link it down below if
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  you're really interested. It's specifically designed for
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  autistic individuals to get themselves from being like
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  really, you know, inferior in feeling themselves in reality to
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  being super confident and absolutely acing their goals.
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  Link down below or you can just go to theaspworld.com/C the
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  number 2 and then C All right guys, that was it.
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  I'll see you in the next one. Peace.