autism

A video covering what they look like and what can trigger them.

The Chosen is a video series based on the Biblical New Testament. It does like to take a good bit of creative liberty, to make it a good series, such as fleshing out minor characters in the Bible, inventing backstories and personalities for them, many are fully fleshed characters based on some brief description from the Bible....

EDIT: please, if you don’t agree with the arguments in the video, come in and discuss, don’t just downvote the thread....

They did two simulations of sensory sensitivity. I thought it was going to be bs, but when they did the park and mall videos, I laughed because I found it to be so true for me. Then, I realized that NTs live like they’re in a movie: they can focus only on what they intend to focus by tuning everything else out. Wowwwww....

This popped up for me today, and I realized is very close to how I manage to trick myself to get things done even when it feels like my body’s parking brake is on....

This is a recent video I found very interesting, discussing an idea of a link between being autistic (especially high masking) and ego death. Does the video resonate with you? What do you think?

For the last four appts with my current psychiatrist I have been pressured into finding a part time job despite already receiving disability benefits through social security. These benefits are more than enough to cover my living expenses at the moment. I don’t work well around others due to poor communication skills both...

Created by the popular Autism from the Inside YouTube channel, this video provides a guide on flirting for autistic people.

A YouTube playlist of 4 (12-17 mins videos) covering expectations and advice for those that have been recently diagnosed as autistic.

An extensive YouTube playlist reviewing signs of emotional abuse to help possible victims assess their familial and romantic situation.

“In this video, I dive into the topic of passive aggressive behaviour. What is it, and how can we recognize it in ourselves and others?”

Normally, I love these two. I listen to a lot of Gordon and a lot of Chris across the podcast-verse. But at around 1 hour 33 minutes (link is cued up just before that) Chris notes that about “1 in 55” kids is on the spectrum, and do we really want them having kids with others who are ASD? Is that something we want a a...

I'm not here making some value statement about the importance of eye contact or whatever, for the record. do what u want, lots of people don't like direct eye contact, it could well be enought to look generally at people's faces most of the time, and it's a pretty intricate social tool, I'd argue. I'm not qualified to give...

I feel like this explains a lot of my struggles on personal relationships. Not all of it, but for sure a lot.

Now I'm not saying that Alanis Morissette is autistic, she self identify as HSP, I just want you to look at her hands while she's singing Thank You live...