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The Essential Autism Gift Guide (Must See) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Hey guys, in this video I'm going to go through some
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  essential autism gifts that I think you are going to
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  definitely need. Guys, what's going on?
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  Welcome back to the Aspy world. My name is Dan and I have
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  autism, ADHD. I make weekly videos, all of
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  this stuff. So if you are coming beyond this
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  journey, it helps improve the lives of people with the
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  spectrum. Make sure to hit the subscribe
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  notification bell when I upload a video.
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  So gifts are a huge thing when it comes to like people wanting
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  to buy gifts. So people want to go for the
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  spectrum and want to buy gifts for people who may have ADHD.
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  It's a whole thing, right? And so I put together a lovely
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  list of seven items which I think are just perfect for like,
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  you know, gift ideas that are going to get you thinking
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  stimulating. If anything, I recommend that I
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  can find a specific item for I will have linked it down below.
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  So make sure to check the description of this video.
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  But also if you want my free autism life hacks PDF book
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  completely free, be sure to go to autismhacks.net or click the
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  link down below. The link's there as well.
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  So guys, in terms of the first thing I want to talk about is
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  century toys and tools. So century toys and tools are
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  kind of like gadgets and gizmos that are like fidget spinners,
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  you know, fidget boards, anything fidget related.
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  These things are like century seeking types of ideas or gifts.
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  Now this also comes under the umbrella of like tube bubble
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  lights and kind of like strip lights and lights like this one
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  in the background. Anything that's century seeking,
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  it even could be slime or putty, those type of toys, textures and
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  colors and movement based, which are really, really helpful for
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  sensory seeking dopamine hungry autistic individuals.
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  So if you're thinking they want a gift, anything sensory related
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  is awesome. Now actually in the UK, there's
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  a toy manufacturer called Smiths or a toy warehouse called Smiths
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  or Smyths. Now they actually have a home in
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  the fidget toys section. So if you are in the UK or
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  Ireland, you can go to Smyths or Smiths toys and actually look in
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  the fidget toys section. Super awesome, highly recommend
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  it. And then I'll leave a link down
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  below to my best widget kind of toys ones I think are the best.
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  There's quite a few independent ones on the Internet.
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  I think they're amazing. So yeah, just check out the
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  links. Number 2 is visual aids.
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  Now, visual aids are for commutative issues, right?
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  So people on the open spectrum need help with everything from
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  daily life organization to going to bed to getting dressed and
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  all those things I would highly recommend using as a gift using
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  things like visual aids. Now this could be things like
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  visual timers, communication tools, it could even be a
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  poster, like a scheduled chat or a picture grid.
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  You can get a lot of these off Etsy as well, which is pretty
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  amazing. Or you can go on like Pinterest
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  that fine, go on, download it and print it off yourself,
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  laminate it and you can make the whole gift yourself and it'll be
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  a link to Etsy for some of the stores I think are pretty cool.
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  But this is the kind of gift which is not only awesome, but
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  it's like super practical. Like it's really fun because you
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  know that the person's taking interest, you know, in you.
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  If you're a gift receiver and someone will give you a gift
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  that's going to help you in ways that you didn't expect, then
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  that's cool. They're thinking about you in
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  all the right ways. OK, so before we get any
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  Okay guys, let's get on with the video.
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  Okay #4 is adaptive clothing. Now what I mean by this,
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  Autistic individuals have sensory processing disorder,
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  typically Co morbidly Co occurring with the diagnosis of
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  autism, which means not all clothing is made equally.
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  So they'll be like seams and and and tags and stuff.
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  That's really going to annoy autistic people.
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  You can get sensory adaptive clothing that are kind of like
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  seamless socks. You can get, you know, no tag
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  T-shirts, really comfy trousers. There's a bunch of different
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  ones and I actually have worked with a bunch of different
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  brands. What I'm going to do is link
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  down the top of three that I've worked with sensory socks.
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  There's one a new one that's just come out that I did on my
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  Instagram. So if you haven't already
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  followed me on Instagram, highly recommend check me out on
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  Instagram right now. I upload videos every single day
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  on Instagram and Instagram stories and there's a couple of
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  those that I've worked with in the past.
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  So definitely check out adaptive clothing.
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  Really good, super helpful. I'm very practical again.
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  OK, so #5 is therapy or education apps.
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  You know, if I didn't have an iPad or iPhone, my life would be
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  a whole lot different. Actually, it would be much more
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  complex and I would hardly get anything done.
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  But with the use of certain apps, I'm able to expand my
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  relationship with schedules because the apps will remind me,
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  The apps will keep me on track of how much medication I've
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  taken, how much water I've been taking, you know, all of these
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  things. There's a bunch of different
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  apps out there, so amazing ones. And not only that, there's
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  communication apps like Pro to Go, which is an amazing app that
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  you can use. It puts together visual stories
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  of little kind of like graphics, and then you press them and it
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  speaks for you. So they say somebody is a non
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  speak autistic person, then you could use this gift to really
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  just change their whole life. So I'm going to leave the link
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  to some of the apps and recommendations that I have
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  doubled as well. So you can definitely check
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  those out. But it's a great gift idea and
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  you can always gift apps. So if you're an iPhone user or
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  an Android user, you can go to the store, the App Store, go in
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  and say gift this. As long as you've got the
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  person's e-mail address that you can send it to, you can gift
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  them the app and then you pay for it and they receive it.
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  It's a great digital awesome gift, especially if you're long
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  distance. Number six is art and creativity
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  kit. Now artistic individuals love
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  different types of hands on play, kinesthetic learning,
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  which is like using paint to make like, you know, hand paint
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  drawings or pencils and coloring things and even coloring is
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  therapeutic in itself. So always think about creativity
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  and art kit. These things are going to be
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  awesome for artistic individuals, but make sure the
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  person you're getting these for is OK with paint or is OK with
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  it and their hands dirty or is OK with felt tip pens or you
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  want to make sure that the needs of the person is met.
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  Also LinkedIn gifts, but this is just an idea.
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  I'll link down below. Some of the ones I think are
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  very creative. There's an amazing company
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  called Lucky Kid from the United States, and they do a lot of
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  this kind of creativity type of stuff, but for autistic
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  individuals. So I'll link you to those as
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  well. And #7 is a no brainer.
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  Everybody in their authors on the spectrum will have a topic
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  of special interest, right? So that they're obsessed with
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  that. They just want to talk about all
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  the time. Yeah, I know mums and dads
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  watching this video. You get what I'm saying, right?
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  But in this specifically, if you know what your kid is into or
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  you know what your loved one or your friend or cousin or
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  whatever, whoever is on the spectrum you're buying for, if
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  you know that they're really into cars, they're really into
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  like, I don't know, snakes or something, or animals or
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  whatever, get them something to do with a specific special
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  interest. It will always pay off in
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  dividends. It's something that will
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  treasure forever. And you might think, oh, you
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  know, they may have this already and blah, blah, blah.
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  Dude, I can never have more Fight Club stuff.
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  Like I have Fight Club stuff like all over my office right
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  now. I'm obsessed with Fight Club.
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  And if anybody bought me duplicates, I'd be like, well,
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  thank goodness I've got a duplicate because now if one
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  breaks, I've got a backup. Guys, smash that like button if
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  this is helpful and share this video if you think it's going to
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  change somebody's life and how we give you ideas.
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  Love you always. Peace out.
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  See you next, yeah.