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5 Autism Signs (That You NEED to know) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Hey guys, in this episode of the podcast.
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  I'm actually talking about five signs of autism.
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  So it's a way of identifying somebody on the Spectrum and I
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  hope you enjoy this episode. It was taken from a video that I
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  uploaded on my Thursday upload. So yeah, let me know what you
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  thought on Twitter. Okay.
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  So basically I wrote down a list a long list of things five
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  things that I think are most important to talk about when
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  thinking oh does this person really, you know have autism or
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  does this person you know, could they be on the Spectrum a lot of
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  People now are finding it more easy to support them and people
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  because of videos like this and information that you find your
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  oh, yeah. That's that's an awesome special
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  condition. And I feel like this is the
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  reason why we make these videos because people need to really
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  see, you know, the signs and stuff.
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  It has a pickup and how to spot if somebody, you know is going
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  through something because they can and they're not just being
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  difficult. This is a very interesting.
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  So I've compiled a list here things that I find quite
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  interesting and they're quite individual to a person with an
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  awesome special edition. Let's get started.
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  So the first down and took what he is eye contact now, if you're
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  if you're trying to think like, you know what, you know, my kid
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  is acting a bit differently to the other kids and that's cool.
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  But you know, I wanted to know what it is.
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  This is kind of what I'm trying to explain in this video is that
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  this is how you can kind of spot what may be going on here.
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  Now, I contacted the big one eye contact is very difficult and
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  challenging for most people on the autism spectrum because
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  there is an an uncomfortable feeling of looking into
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  somebody's eyes. It's like reaching into their
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  soul and like this is a big issue.
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  It's a big issue people on the Spectrum.
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  It's a big issue for adults children the more, you know,
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  doesn't matter the age or just does impact Our Lives now when
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  you're avoiding eye contact people find this type of
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  behavior suspicious. I find it like it's not very
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  suspicious because I'm so used to not making eye contact with
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  people. I find it just normal like why
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  wouldn't you not make eye contact, you know, but a lot of
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  people want to make intense eye contact with the feel like
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  that's like of the know The social Norm.
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  So if you are seeing some of the behavior whether not making eye
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  contact for longer than a few seconds of looking and looking
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  away finding it difficult to make eye contact and maintain
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  eye contact. This could be down to the fact
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  that they may be on the autism spectrum.
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  And this is a big issue now just a little hack to anybody
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  watching this video who is on the Spectrum.
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  What I tend to do on a bunch of other autistic individuals do is
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  I look at the nose of the cheek or the forehead of a person when
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  they're talking to them which gives the illusion that they're
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  actually looking in their eyes when they're actually not as
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  kind of cool hack, right? Right, so I contacted a big one
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  a definitely a big one to look out for when you're trying to
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  think, you know, it's not some special condition.
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  Well, we can use this as a chapter somewhere like almost
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  like an Autism checklist. Like do they have poor eye
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  contact are they able to maintain eye contact something
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  to note when you're going to go and salt with somebody who maybe
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  diagnosing you? Okay.
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  So number two is issues with social skills.
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  Now autism impact the social communicative part of a person's
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  brain and how that communication processes into how you The
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  interact with the world and people now social interaction is
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  kind of like a given Norm that people understand social cues
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  and social gestures and all this kind of stuff as they grow
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  older. They come to understand these
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  through socializing because it's kind of like the unspoken rules
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  of conversation unspoken rules of social situations and
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  socializing where somebody could be gesturing with their hands.
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  They could be suggesting stuff with their body language because
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  I'm thinking that about 70% of all communication is nonverbal,
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  so These things are difficult for people on the autism
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  spectrum to pick up on they have an issue with that communicated
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  fat because their brain is why just a little bit differently in
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  that area. And so trying to pick up those
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  social cues, that would have been kind of Unwritten just
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  normal typical things that you learn growing up this person
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  with an awesome selection condition wouldn't have had that
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  opportunity to really pick that up.
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  So knowing who wear song is awkward and not really knowing
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  when someone is, you know, gesturing something not knowing
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  when it's their turn to start speaking.
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  Stop speaking. How long have you two should
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  talk for how close they should stand Stanley how far away they
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  should be the volume of their voice.
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  All these things are very difficult for people with Autism
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  Spectrum condition or a diagnosis.
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  Now that being said, I'm not saying that people with Autism
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  can socialize they can but they may have challenges and dish in
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  additional issues with that. But you may need to spot on
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  again. This is a an easy one to go.
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  Oh, well, my you know friend Barbara's displaying these
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  traits that maybe he's on the Spectrum.
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  Okay. So now Three is routines now
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  routines are very important. Now people with an Autism
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  Spectrum condition, like routines and structure routines
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  because they like that repetitive behavior of doing the
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  same thing over and over again, and they made you do a lot of
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  things like over and over again, like running a bit of a song or
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  a bit of a movie just watch those bits and that is awesome.
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  Now this extends into the daily life how they get up where they
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  sit to either conflicts while they eat for breakfast at what
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  time they get up what time they go to bed how the film on the
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  contrary to that if the routine Gene is changed and this change
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  in their routine is disrupted. Then person could become very I
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  don't know agitated upset distressed could cause a
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  meltdown so changing changes in their routine could cause a lot
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  of distress. This is why people with Autism
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  like their routines, I like getting off a sense.
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  I like doing that same thing having those same colors doing
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  those same things they love that stuff and that's because it's
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  having that relationship to knowing what's coming next and
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  knowing that there's no ambiguity and knowing that
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  there's no What if some stuff you know exactly what's going to
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  happen, but when there's a change it's a bad thing.
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  So maybe maybe think about this if you know somebody who is
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  really strict on the structure and routine and don't like to
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  waver from that and get into different change.
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  Then you may find that they are on the Spectrum and I'm not
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  saying anybody who doesn't like change on doesn't show routine
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  as on the Spectrum just saying that if you have that compiled
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  all the other things that I'm talking about, it's a strong
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  possibility that person is on the autism spectrum.
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  Okay. So number four is like my
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  personal thing to talk about is obsessive.
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  Interest now a person with an Autumn question condition will
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  have an obsessive interest especially the interest that the
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  hyper fixate on of the hyper focus on and the just do it do
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  it do it to you know, the learn everything about it want to be
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  the most knowledgeable person on it.
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  They want to be obsessed with it, but I'm just constantly just
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  like just absorb into that like environment of just that thing
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  that they're really into. So for me, it's conspiracy.
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  Theories are right there where it's really three hoodie right
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  now, but I did a video on conspiracy theories because I'm
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  so obsessed with I love talking. Aliens and stuff now, I learned
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  everything that is no but I've stayed up all night dollar NASA
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  files like, you know on the website Freedom of Information
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  files and all this kind of stuff just a little bit like aliens
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  and stuff like that. Like I'm obsessed now.
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  I know people who are on the Spectrum who are obsessed with
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  Marilyn Monroe and they've been to like to visit where she used
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  to live in America knows everything there is to know
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  about Marilyn Monroe and I think that's amazing.
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  So having a specific topic of Interest.
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  Sometimes it could be like Minecraft or Pokemon Thomas the
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  Tank Engine a Power Rangers or whatever and it could be
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  something that they really really We enjoy so much.
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  They be like an expert on it. They know everything there is to
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  know about it. We Marvel comic books like
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  Disney or anything, right? This is something very useful to
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  remember because people with an autism spectrum disorder do
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  actually really just just submerge into that world of just
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  that one thing. I love that I love that they do
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  that. I love that.
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  I do that. I love that.
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  We as a community do that. It's something cool but
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  something to look out for if you're trying to think, you know
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  is my brother or sister ever on the autism spectrum.
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  Well, maybe And this is why so this is something to remember
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  hyper fixation obsessive interest like literally
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  obsessive. Okay guys, so number five is
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  sensory processing disorder sensory processing disorder or
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  SPD is basically where someone is over or under stimulated to
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  sensory stimuli from the environment.
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  It could be smells. It could be tasty.
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  Can we touch it could be noise. It could be light.
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  It could be certain sounds in the distance and those things
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  can really irritate a person and the communication from The you
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  know just being cold in a room or too many people in the
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  movement is that the volumes raise a little bit higher not
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  maybe for the neurotypical person but for the person on the
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  Spectrum this could become an issue could cause meltdowns like
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  the clothing tags labels at the back of clothing.
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  It could be a texture of food that they may not like it could
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  be the smell of food in the Next Room that could trigger
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  something and we can feel you know, really anxious or upset or
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  or distressed. Now, this is very interesting
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  sensory processing disorder actually impacts a whole bunch
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  load of This in person with autism's life and it's just a
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  very destructive pattern and it comes come up with the with
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  autism. There's no actual diagnosis for
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  just sensory processing disorder.
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  It actually comes as a comorbid condition with an Autism
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  diagnosis kind of like ADHD comes quite come up with with an
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  Autism diagnosis also, but SPD really impacts in a fact the
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  people who lives in a big way down to a lot of things like
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  proprioception and muscle work and things like that and it's
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  their Being in space sensory processing disorder impacts of
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  aspects of a person's life if they're on the autism spectrum
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  and I would say that this is one of the key Pinnacle ones to see
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  if somebody is maybe I'm not on the Spectrum.