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Autism And School (5 Items You NEED!) · 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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  Five items you get on me to have a successful school career.
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  Let's get right into it guys. Welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan and I have autism and ADHD.
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  I make weekly videos all about the stuff because I believe it's
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  my journey and passion and mission in life to help
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  enlighten everybody on the autism spectrum to get their
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  full potential out and beat awesome while doing it.
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  because I upload every single day.
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  OK, so school. Oh my goodness, school was such
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  a difficult one for me. So I've been through school and
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  in college and in university. And so because of that, I was
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  able to create what I think are essential items checklist for
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  that. If you want to have a successful
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  time at school or in an educational system, this is for
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  you. So buckle up guys, we'll go
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  through the list right now. Just before that, I want to say
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  But FYI guys, if you are thinking about trying it, just
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  always consult with your doctor first before trying anything,
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  even if it is more natural. OK, so the first thing I want to
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  say is that you have to have a tablet.
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  Now, I'm not about tablet as in like, you know, something, a
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  pill or something. I don't know about tablet as in
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  an iPad or a Samsung tablet or an Android tablet.
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  What I found most interesting is that when I'm attending lectures
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  or when I'm attending anything in school, if I had my iPad with
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  me, I could actually turn on the record button to record the
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  audio of the actual class. So I could go back home and
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  listen over something that I may not have got perfectly right
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  while sitting in the class. Because there's this thing
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  called alexithymia, which causes for a lot of delay in
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  understanding what's actually going on in that moment in time.
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  But to cut a Long story short, using the recording was so easy
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  to just listen back to when I'm going over my revision notes.
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  Something else that I found super interesting about having
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  the tablet with me is that there was something important on the
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  whiteboard or a slideshow that I could take my camera app and
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  just take a picture of a snapshot of that.
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  And I have that then saved to my notes.
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  Not to mention you can always use talk to type apps on stuff
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  like the I know that Apple do it where you talk to it and it will
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  automatically type out what you're saying in your notes,
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  which is really good for people who have an issue with typing or
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  writing really fast. I found this super beneficial.
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  So that is like literally #1 The second thing I'd say is having a
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  sensory toolbox with you. Now, I don't mean having
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  anything crazy, but a few fidget gadgets or maybe even just like
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  a pair of noise cancelling headphones and sunglasses.
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  Something that is going to help you overcome sensory stimulated
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  issues of potential issues in a setting of educational
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  environment could be the lighter too bright.
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  It could be that there's too much noise going on, or maybe
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  each one like self soothe with like a STEM toy.
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  Having something like that is super beneficial and I highly
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  recommend it. OK, so #3 is a buddy system.
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  Now this is really interesting. You don't have to be best
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  friends with a person, but you need to make a buddy or have the
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  school or the educational buddy team you up with somebody who
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  knows the ropes or who can look after you.
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  If you have any issues that on the day-to-day that it's in your
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  class and you're spending pretty much every day with you.
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  I thought this was super beneficial online.
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  A buddy called Tom who I used to travel in with and if I had any
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  issues with stuff like that, Tom would help me, you know, we'd
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  put our heads together and sort it out.
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  This was amazing and helped me feel less alone.
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  Also, it was really good because I did build a friendship with
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  Tom. Not all the time that this is
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  going to happen that you have a friendship with a person, but
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  that person is your go to contact within the class that's
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  on your day-to-day because you could be on lunch and have an
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  issue and you'd want to talk to somebody and it's good to have a
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  buddy. OK, so #4 is a personal learners
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  plan. Now?
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  This is something that needs to be implemented from the top of
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  the hierarchy in the school. When you attend the school, you
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  sit down and speak to them and say, hey, I have issues in these
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  areas. I have nails and spectrum and I
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  need help with XY and Z. They then make a learning plan
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  that is distributed to all of the people who would be taking
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  you for that year or for that semester so that they know that
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  you need certain help in certain areas.
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  And so they're not kind of coming to you with a, oh, I
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  didn't know you needed help here kind of question.
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  And I've been there in both situations where they've been,
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  oh, I didn't know you had issues.
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  And another, the time where they say, hey, it's cool, we've read
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  your personal Wellness plan and it's all good.
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  So that is a must speak with the person who's indoctrinating you
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  into the school when you first sign up.
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  And the last thing here is a student point of contact or
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  counsellor. Now, I had a student mentor when
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  I attended university and this was amazing at godsend.
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  I was able to speak to them about anything on a weekly
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  basis. I could make appointments to see
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  them at any time during the week.
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  And I have regular e-mail contact with them.
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  So I had any issues or discussions that needs to be
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  happening on more of, of a professional or official
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  official level at the school or the university, I was able to
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  contribute to them and they would take that higher or they
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  would be the person of the contact to go and take that
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  forward. Very interesting.
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  And it actually made my life at university a lot easier and more
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  manageable. And I don't think I could have
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  been able to do my degree in chemistry.
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  I haven't already had that contact.
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  social media. Give it a like, leave me a
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  comment if you want to. I love reading college.
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  I'll see you in the next 12 guys.
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  Peace. Hey guys, thank you so much for
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  See you in the next one. Peace.