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5 Strategies Autism and ADHD Focus · 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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  Hey guys, here are 5 practical strategies to help people with
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  Autumn ADHD Help with focusing how would you?
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  Say your mental focus is. It's focused, I said.
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  I think it's I I haven't. Let's get right into it right
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  now, guys. What's going on?
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  Welcome back to the aspy world. My name is Dan and I have autism
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  in ADHD. If you're near on here and you
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  want to learn more and come on the journey with me, rotate the
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  subscriber now below and follow this page.
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  So the first thing we want to talk about here is focusing with
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  autism in ADHD. This is something that's really
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  difficult for people on the spectrum because the focus
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  allows for attention to be put through something of a demand.
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  So you need to advance yourself to sit down and do some focus,
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  which is kind of a little bit tricky for people spectrum
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  because pathological demand avoidance comes hand in hand
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  with autism and this is something quite difficult for
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  people to just sit down and go okay.
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  I'm going to focus on this task on my desk and do that one
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  thing. It doesn't always happen.
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  So there are tips and tricks that we can do to help increase
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  the success rate of focus, and I'm going to break all five of
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  those down right now. So the first one is breaking
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  down tasks into small parts. When we think about all the
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  things we need to do, it's a big colossal mess of all kinds of
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  things. And when you have that colossal
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  mess of different types of activities and things to do, it
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  can become overwhelming and you won't focus.
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  You'll procrastinate to high heavens and never get it done.
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  That doesn't work and it will never work.
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  But if you break those tasks down into small and manageable
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  chunks and list them out in bullet points, you'll be able to
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  look and say, well I have one thing to do, which is make my
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  bed, or go over a shower or get the grocery shop done.
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  When you break them down into small manageable parts, you're
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  more able to focus on that one part whilst you do it rather
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  than worrying about everything else because you know that
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  you've already listed it out and you'll get to it when it's turn
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  in the list. So #2 is creating a routine.
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  If you create organizational habit as a routine, it becomes
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  so natural that it is focusable because you're not worrying
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  about, oh do I have to do this thing and I don't have to do it.
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  If you make everything in your life a routine like I get up at
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  this point, have breakfast at this time, go out at this time,
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  I do my books at this time I. Do work at this time and then I
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  go to bed at this time. All of those things that you do
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  daily, Yes, it takes a little bit of time to get into the
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  swing of things, but what we'll do is we'll get your body into a
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  routine of repetitive behavior which is comfortable for people
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  on the spectrum, but also allows you to focus on the things at
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  hand when you're doing them because you are comfortable in
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  the fact that you know what's coming up.
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  There's no ambiguity and there's no kind of surprises that are
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  going to come out of the woodwork because you know what's
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  going to happen. You've planned this out, what
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  you do everyday guys want to say a big shout out to Superman
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  Super focus, which is a supplement that actually helps
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  you focus. Now this thing is pretty
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  amazing. It's actually for attention span
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  and focus increasing, mental clarity and sharp memory
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  increase. This is really, really cool.
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  It's just a supplement. But obviously if you're going to
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  take any kind of supplement and how to prevent speaking to your
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  doctor first, this is to help with mental clarity and focus to
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  help you in your life. You know, I think this is a
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  fantastic product for people who have ADHD and autism focus
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  issues because I myself have issues in those areas.
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  So if you'd like to check out Superman, there's a link down
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  below where you can actually get your hand on some of these.
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  So definitely check them out right now.
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  OK, so #3 is really interesting when you're sitting down to
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  focus on something, right? If I'm sitting down to write my
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  book or I'm sitting down to write emails and stuff like
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  that, one of the things I tend to do is I tend to check my
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  phone and look on social media and I'm scrolling through
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  Facebook or Instagram and I'm like what am I actually doing
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  here because of those things are distractions.
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  What I try to do is I mean my desk is distraction free as
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  possible. I clear the desk of any kind of
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  toys or anything like that but may kind of just pop up and I'm
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  like I'm going to goof about with this like you know, air
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  constant of my neck or whatever. And because of that I always get
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  distracted. So I clear my desk, make sure
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  it's completely natural, focusable and just clear because
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  a clear desk gives you a clear mind which will help you focus
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  and it is so important to get rid of all distractions.
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  If you're going to focus, it's appears to put your phone on
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  airplane mode or do not disturb mode and put in noise cancelling
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  headphones and just sit there and have those on.
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  Kind of like going to the cinema where you have to turn your
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  phone off and just focus on the movie you want to watch.
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  You can't talk to anybody, you can't do anything else other
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  than watch the movie. So put yourself in cinema mode.
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  This is super awesome and it works a whole bunch, believe me.
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  OK, so #4 is visual aids. Now visual aids are kind of like
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  prompt sticky notes and little things you can put around your
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  desk or or in your life to help you remember and stay on track
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  like egg timers. One cool thing to do.
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  So you say I'm going to spend the next 20 minutes doing
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  emails. Set an egg time of 20 minutes
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  and just wait to hear that buzzer before you can move.
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  So you sit down, you do your emails, and when the buzzer goes
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  OK, now you can have a break and do something else.
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  Having visual sterilization for things like post it notes and
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  egg timers and things like that and count clocks really helps
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  you realize that the ability to kind of procrastinate and kind
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  of fidget and wander off can be done at a time once the alarm
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  has gone. You need to discipline yourself
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  to do that. Having visual aids definitely
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  helps. OK, so #5 is a no brainer, which
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  is something we don't always think about.
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  This is practicing mindfulness. Non mindfulness comes in many
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  forms and there's all kinds of like, you know, therapy groups
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  and all this stuff and it seems like a lot of work to really be
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  mindful, but there is a better way to do it.
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  I'm going to hack it with you right now.
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  My fullness just means taking the time to appreciate the more
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  detailed and things. Like I sit back and I say, wow,
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  this chair is comfy, This chair is so comfy.
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  In fact, it's really nice on my back and I love how it feels on
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  my back. I love how the material feels.
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  What kind of material is this? When you analyze something and
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  you confront to see and just analyze, you begin to expand
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  your mind and this relaxes your mind, which is exactly what
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  mindfulness is all about. All you actually do that you
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  achieve a greater attention to focus because your mind is
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  calmed. One of the biggest issues you
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  have with ADHD and autism and focus issues is that your mind
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  is racing 1000 miles out an hour in every direction and time to
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  sit down to one thing. If you try and calm my mind by
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  doing mindfulness, like picking up your your drink and realizing
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  that the Buffle is a really interesting kind of matte
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  texture and that it's cool to touch and has an embossed logo
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  on it, this will help. You might expand and be more
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  focused. This is super cool guys.
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  I have a free Autism Life Hacks PDF book by the way, you can
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  download for free at autismhacks.net right now.
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  I'll see you guys 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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  subscribe. OK guys.
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  See you in the next one. Peace.