Asperger Syndrome - Clay Marzo: Just Add Water

[martinhb12]

the song

[martinhb12]

Broken Arrow

[H0tkebab]

I have aspergers, thanks for posting this and increasing awareness.

[Fadesniper96]

I have Aspergers Syndrome. I used to have trouble noticing hand signals like waving or something like that but since then I now have learnt every signal that people around me do. I try to think about the different aspects of life and everything that happens around me. I freaked out when I found out about this Syndrome when I got diagnosed but later on in life I soon realized that this was a gift.

[Phillip3348]

Agree Dr Attwood saying: "You don't suffer from Aspergers, You suffer from other people" Our problems mentally and emotionally stem from people's ignorance and lack of understanding of what's it like to be different. People with Asperger's syndrome should be seen as unique, a gift, not a disease or a burden to society as every one has different problems so they turn to their expert interests just to escape from the burdens and unhappiness delivered by the big wide world.

[RussX5Z]

And if any Aspie here is upset what I just sad. Don't worry because I have ADHD and I pretty much will struggle with that for the rest of my life (even though I'm on my own treatment and program). By the way I say all this because I know 2 people personally that has Aspergers and one of them happen to be a former close friend of mine.

[RussX5Z]

And if you have Aspergers you're unable to care for someone emotionally (as a whole) which can become a problem in the long run and that's the reason why many people with Aspergers struggle socially and emotionally with acquaintances, co workers, friendships, and relationships. What I'm really trying to say is people with Aspergres will pretty much struggle in the real world. I hate to say this.

[RussX5Z]

Aspergers syndrome is considered a disability because the person cannot perform or lets say show and express themselves socially and emotionally because in reality, life is REALLY all about people whether other people want to disagree and deny it or not. If you read the bible you'll know what I mean. Life is all about people and caring for them.

[aspierants]

@RussX5Z - no real knowledge will come from any bible, hence reading it will not provide any one with more insight.

[geoffreyefloyd]

I have aspergers and while at one time i wished i didn't have it so I could fit in with people, be popular, get invited to parties and get laid a lot...luckily I soon realized how HUGE a waste of time those things are and how gifted and special I am for being able to dedicate hours and hours to things that I have a passion for. I can safely say I'm happy being a loner and im grateful to be able to do things that few others can...including playing jazz guitar which I love, watch my video :)

[Olivares1207]

I have aspergers and I'd be lying if I said I hate it :) thank you god for giving something that most people would die for.

[farmostaspie]

Rejection massively reduces IQ. Particularly in HFA’s. My life’s story. I have always known things I’m not suppose to know. No one taught any of it to me it’s just there. I realize now it’s an all knowing place that we are all apart of. I’m connected, your not. Why should I be belittled for something you lack?

[Lizardinthebuilding]

I love the way this shows what we are like without treating us like invalids!

I, for one, do NOT suffer with Asperger's, I am blessed to have extra abilities because of Asperger's.

Yes, I do indeed suffer from "other people" who are always trying to change me, to make me be like them, to force me to be what I am not. People who refuse to accept me as I am, although I accept them how they are.

They lie, they deceive, they talk behind people's backs. WHY would I want to be like them???

[farmostaspie]

I have Higher Functioning Aspergers. In my greater depths of research into Aspergers I stumbled onto this study that suggested that around1 to 3 % of Aspies are wired into this place they now have a name for. The Field of Raw Cognitive Data. They also say that this source data is UN altered by current human ways. farmostaspie

[jevilscientist]

I was diagnosed with aspergesr. I am 48. It started when I was very young. Anti-social.I was 8 and the neighborhood kids would ask if i am home.I would tell my mother,tell them I am not home.Sometimes, my mom would tell mee to go outside. I remember interacting with the kids and focus at my mom who was looking out the window at me. I only wanted to go back in the house..

[xXxRav3rRawrBabyxXx]

So, so beautiful. Asperger's 'disorder' is beautiful.

[GiftsofAutism]

Oh WOW!! I love this. Clay Rocks! And so does Dr Tony Attwood. A REAL Aspergers Advocate with Heart!! Adding to The Gifts of Autism channel. :D Where do I watch the WHOLE movie?

[geoffreyefloyd]

@GiftsofAutism yes clay rocks big time, im glad you realized how lucky we are to have researchers like Dr.Attwood telling it like it is :)

[kaleebur]

Aspergers isn't a problem. Iit is a gift. Maybe they are typical and everybody else has the problem. Much love to all u aspies. U are the most honest people I know. Don't let us typicals bring u down. U guys are light years ahead of us.

[kaleebur]

Has

[kaleebur]

My daughter asd. This guy is my hero. Clay thank u for being you.

[peringalitte]

I've never heard anyone else other than Tony Attwood speak about ASD this way. Pretty amazing.

"People will say 'people who suffer from Aspergers' - No, you don't suffer from Aspergers. You suffer from other people."

"I want people to admire those with Aspergers syndrome. To say that it give syou talents. Don't feel sorry for them. Applaud them!"

[aspieworld451]

3:56 - what an excellent message.

[Vinhmgk98]

Nice vid learned mor about aspergers

[EasyDoesIt42O]

Anyone know the song ?

[ape2212]

Becomes one with the wave...Amazing :)

[grande808skate2]

anyone know this song?

[MorpheusBride]

Of all the Aspie videos I've watched, this is the most accurate description of the aspergian experience.

[PhilMyBod41]

aspergers yes it is possible to be a genius and duffus at the same time i loathe aspergers if its a gift i want my receipt believe me its the worst impairment of them all its no wonder alot of us go off the deep end treated like crap all of our lives revenge is all we have!!!!

[AussieAspie]

@PhilMyBod41 What a horrible world you must live in...you don't hate Aspergers, you hate yourself because you see yourself as inferior, and your bigotry is an extension of that. 'Revenge is all we have'...what a tool! The worst impairments in this world are Bigotry and Intolerance, 2 conditions you have in spades.

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie i gave my opinion aspergers is a gift for a select few. people tormented me througout my life yes i am bigoted towards certain people who basically crucified me for having aspergers im glad you seem to have sidestepped that crap but for me i want to get my revenge on those people who beat up a helpless boy who coudnt fight back day after day so yes if i could i would gladly eradicate those fuckwits from my world they deserve it no apologies for ruining my life !!!!

[AussieAspie]

@PhilMyBod41 I can assure you I sidestepped nothing - thank-you for making yourself seem like the only Aspie ever picked on or beaten up - but my abuse had nothing to do with me and everything to do with the abusers. Asperger's is not something I 'have' or 'suffer', it's WHO I AM...and I like who I am. If you or the bullies back in school don't like me, fine, but why should I rate my self-worth based on the opinions of arseholes???

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie you seem really bitter yourself it seems to me peopleare thinking as is like a party in reality land its not thats what i want people to understand its a disability with small perks not something to be proud of accept it yes wallow in it no!

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie and i have for the record aspergers rage disorder anti social personality disorder or so they say and probally a lot more you never got fucked with growing up because people with as usually get the shit kicked out of them .

[AussieAspie]

@PhilMyBod41 You really are a whining SOB aren't you?! Anti-social Personality Disorder, that's what's speaking now, not Asperger's - you're a psychopath. You think only of yourself...waa waa, the world owes me because I'm the only Asperger who was ever picked on...waa waa, I say I live in the real world but I blame everyone else for my problems and accept none of the responsibility myself. Get a life, loser!

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie dude i would love for you to say shit like that to me i would kick your rotten teeth down your throat you just cant handle my opinions can u

[AussieAspie]

@PhilMyBod41 Thank-you psychopath, stop pretending to be an Aspie and go troll some other category. You're all talk!

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie at least i know what i am and not pretending to be some einstein replica and for the record ive had 23 pro fights you lose lmmfao

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie wow i wanted to debate and you turned this into a fight dude whether you like it or not your the one with the problem not me.

[AussieAspie]

@PhilMyBod41 I turned it into a fight, really. Who's the one who has done nothing but sing his own praises, his fighting record, his psych problems and how he wants revenge against the world who wronged him? Yes, I got angry at someone making an all-encompassing statement about Aspergers, but it's you who've been always escalating this with talk of a physical confrontation. Goodbye my friend, I'm sick of this chest-beating exercise.

[PhilMyBod41]

@AussieAspie its plain to me that you rationalize every wrong step you take! i on the other hand am talking about my problems not hiding behind a wall of asperger grandiosity in other words im not wallowing in my disorder im talking about my problems online and you have a problem with thaT WHICH TELLS ME YOUR VERY INSECURE THE TRUTH HURTS

[PhilMyBod41]

@PhilMyBod41 hey man i live in the real world where people like me get treated like shit! thats my reality you must not have been bullied terrozied etc etc etc and in my book revenge is all i want.

[TheMeteorStrike]

Aspergers has been a necessary "disorder" throughout the history of evolution and mankind, without it the world would be a shithole even to this day, there would be no lamps, no trains, no cars, no Microsoft and so on, so I won't take this "aspies are sub-humans" shit.

[knektkock]

Seems like a great documentary/film. Does anyone know what the background music is?

[AMHJHH]

This is Awsome!!!!! Have to have this movie !!!!

[paul8650]

Clay you are just like your mum says INCREDIBLE !!! thanks to you and your doco i found out out i have aspergers you have shown me and many others light at the end of the tunnel you have changed and saved my life ,i love you man if your ever in australia i would love to meet you give you abig hug & watch or go surfing with you i always thought something was wrong with me NOW I DON'T THANKYOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART you rip in the waves i think you can be as good if not better than slater!!!

[christophe323]

@LycanthropicAsshole You, you miscreant, are a worthless waste of flesh! I am an Aspie, and take offense at the vitriol you just spewed from that toxic hole you call a mouth! How anyone can be so distrusting and hateful towards someone with this condition is astounding! Were it not for the fact that there are women and children here, I would have shown you a foul mouth and introduced you to the grill of my truck at 80MPH!! Leave this video and its supporters and ne'er return!!!

[mariaperiwinkle]

@45..WHAT!? A lot of people with Asperger syndrome don't flap their hands.

@4:00 right on

[LKJslain]

people don't suffer from aspergers, they suffer from other PEOPLE... AMEN!~

[TheSGeovanni]

I think I might try and get a diagnosis now. Thanks Tony Attwood. Your videos are very helpful and inspiring.

[PhilMyBod41]

@LycanthropicAsshole wow i though i had problems you my good sir need to find yourself a padded cell and throw away the key

[WausauFamily]

Excellent!!!

[MutilateYOU]

I cried...

[katiekdb]

this clip always brings tears to my eyes. he truely inspires me.

[hyperprogressive]

@katiekdb me too.. maybe I like the man who talks... he would be TOO good dad - I would always be so happy that I would cry and everything would go wrong for that.

[katiekdb]

this clip always brings tears to my eyes. he truely inspires me.

[pinecone4444]

Great informative video on autism / aspergers and Clay Marzo. 

[jefinho379]

fuckk video

[DaithiDublin]

Dr. Attwood is very articulate about AS, but I worry about 'sexing up' the syndrome. The movie Rainman made people expect every autistic person to be a card counting genius, which they aren't. (and Kim Peek, the inspiration for the movie wasn't even autistic, he had FG syndrome) Attwood continually mentions Aspies having 'special interests' and being the best in the world at something and that obviously can't be true. There's more than one Aspie interested in the Titanic/Cosmology/Computers...

[joskyrocket]

"You suffer from other people..." Surfing Snapper will do that to you. Thanks Doc

[sekans98]

This will be my son but with animals not surfing. You are amazing Clay!

[fartmonkey89]

Love it!

[Tricianne7]

this made me have tears in my eyes as my son might have this. ???????????

[ASDmommyof2]

@Tricianne7 - Its ok, embrace it. I have 2 kids with autism 1 is more server non-verbal and 1 is aspergers and 2 of the best kids in world. Each day they teach more than I can ever teach them in a lifetime.

[shmuelg3]

Beautifully put together.

[7universes]

so people who become experts and successful at something are sick.. you fuckin kidding me

[balloonrock]

Thanks for posting this.

[baads303]

That was terrific, very well done. I had heard of Dr. Attwood, but this was the first time I'd heard him speak. One of the things he said described me perfectly. Clay, thanks for being in the video.

[heicKy]

does anyone know the name of the song??

[GabrielleBryden]

Tony Attwood is my all time hero - he's done more for people with aspergers than anyone else.

[thedirtysouth1122]

@GabrielleBryden dot feel sorry in ways we look up at him

[GabrielleBryden]

@thedirtysouth1122 I don't feel sorry for him at all! Such talent.

[ma20101992]

"People prioritize sosialization and partying more than any other activity but some people don't turn on by them; and it's not wrong to like being by yourself" Thank you Clay Marzo

[RussX5Z]

@ma20101992 The reason is because human beings are meant to be social creatures. That is the norm, logically speaking. Humans are not meant to be alone and introverted. Do you know that lonely people die quicker than a person who has a healthy regular social life?

[Sandbox]

brilliant video

[AngryAspie]

btw: Great video!

[AngryAspie]

every aspie is different!!!

greeting from Germany

[DikkSteini]

Oh COME ON!

[Midwestjdo56]

Amazing, a hero to the human race

[Soetkorv1]

Tony attwood is a brilliant expert on aspergers syndrome. I agree completely.

[jodiemcpherson1]

amazing

[H0D0NKAIN]

Nicely made. :)

[tommychorman808]

what a great clip... Clay, you give us all hope with our boy.. Aloha

[Kristofph]

I wonder if Tony Attwood has Aspergers?

[pipocobr22]

I wanna all songs, big travel , big better,

[morganmills561]

so fucking inspirational

[grady17987]

he rips aye

[kristiiiin1423]

can you put up the whole film?

[aspierants]

unfortunately i can't. i only ripped this part after seen the movie and have no access to the movie anymore. maybe some other source can provide you with the whole film.

[maxi212121]

FOREVER CLAY MARZO...

[Chocomoca1]

i think suffering comes in when you can't get a job

[aspierants]

but that goes for NT's too...

[Chocomoca1]

true . I'm speaking from my experience with AS

[oHuSTLeGReeNSo]

@Chocomoca1 that is true but he doesn't have that problem his job is surfing which is very cool and like th people who do suffer from people and getting jobs is insane