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Autism and Eating Disorders in Girls · 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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  So autism in girls is no exception to the rule.
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  Girls are autistic. It's just as well as boys are
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  autistic. So how do you communicate better
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  and how do you create better communication?
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  I'm covering that right now in this video.
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  Don't go anywhere guys. Welcome back to the Aspect
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  world. My name is Dan.
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  I have autism and ADHD and I'm making weekly videos all about
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  this stuff because I believe to my purpose of life to help
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  autistic individuals grow and flourish into amazing
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  individuals and really like just set fire to that, like ambition
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  of them to be the best they can do, really get their potential
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  out and change for the better. So if you want to come on with
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  me for this journey, this mission, this awesome movement
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  we have going on right now, remember to hit the subscribe
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  button by clicking the notification bell down below.
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  Literally it's how I upload video and I upload 4 videos
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  every day on every social media platform.
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  So yeah, check me out on anything, even threads and weird
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  things like Vero Guys, what's going on.
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  Communication is the core for autism suction condition.
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  There's there's two things that I think are most important with
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  autism that are kind of the most debilitating.
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  One is anxiety, which I have covered in other videos and if
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  you haven't, go check out my other videos.
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  There's loads of anxiety. But the other is communication.
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  How do you communicate better with autistic individuals or how
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  do you help girls? Nielsen Structural communicate
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  better? Well, girls are quite an
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  interesting example here. And talking about females now,
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  but males on the Austin Spectrum are less susceptible to masking,
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  which is basically like putting on a front, a kind of, well,
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  putting on a mask or an act if you will, to overcome a certain
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  social situation or a situation of communication that is
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  uncomfortable. So boys in the Austin Spectrum
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  will be more susceptible to just meltdown on that situation or
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  completely shut off from it. Whereas girls will are more have
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  more tendencies to mask or or to pretend to be comfortable in a
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  situation when in actual fact they're dying inside and they
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  just want to go home. And yeah it just it's just not a
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  a couple situation for to be in because what happens is they go
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  home after masking and then have a complete meltdown at home and
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  then it's falls their entire time.
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  Now before I go any further guys, if you want to download my
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  Life Hacks PDF book for autism, you can do autismhacks.net right
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  now. It's completely free.
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  So they go like gifts you. The link is down below if you
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  want to check it out. So how do you communicate
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  better? How do you teach people to
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  communicate better, especially girls on the orphan spectrum?
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  The first thing is validation and acceptance.
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  We have to teach that they should accept themselves of who
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  they are. If they're not comfortable in
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  the situation, then that's OK. Validate their feelings.
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  Tell them that like, hey, it's OK to feel like that it's OK to
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  struggle with communication and that is fine.
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  That's who you are. So once they validate their
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  feelings, once their feelings are heard and they know that
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  what they're doing is nothing wrong, then you can implement
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  things like confidence. How do you build confidence in
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  someone who's feeling terrible at communicating?
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  Where you say to them What medium do you feel best at?
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  Maybe they want to send emoji text messages.
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  Maybe they want to send a voice note.
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  Maybe they want to send emails. Maybe they're going to film a
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  video and send you the video. Maybe they even want a zoom
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  call. When you find the format in
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  which they best relay information, encourage and get
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  them to use that. But when they are using that,
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  they will feel so much more in control of their life.
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  And when you have control, you have confidence.
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  When you have confidence, you have validation, and when you
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  have validation you beam like the sun, you are able to fully
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  be who you want to be. Nobody's holding you back.
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  This is the best way to increase confidence and communication
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  between girls and autism. This will stop a lot of masking
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  going on when you're trying to communicate because obviously
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  when you're masking, you're not actively communicating in the
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  proper manner that you want to, you know, relay information.
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  And at the same time it's going to build so much more confidence
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  in the person and make them just a better communicator all round.
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  Now. Guys, if you enjoyed this video,
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  below. I read every single one.
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  OK guys, see you in the next video.
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  Peace. Hey guys, thank you so much for
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  checking out this podcast. Make sure you are subscribed
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  Make sure you subscribe. OK guys.
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  See you in the next one. Peace.