Autism: National Autistic Society - Part 1 (morning commute)

[MollyRayForever]

I feel more for the old guy

[iamher87]

Those videos are really " true".

[mac19971]

TELL ME ABOUT IT GUYS!!!! THESE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND CITIES HAVE GOT ALL THIS CRAP AND FLASHY LIGHTS AND CRAP EVERYWHERE, IT'S NOT JUST SICK, OR PROBABLY ISN'T SICK........ IT'S JUST PLAIN DAMN ANNOYING. THOSE CITY PEOPLE YELLING AND SCREAMING. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TALK WITH THEM. THIS IS ORDER AND JUSTICE FROM ME, NOT HATE. EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS HATEFUL I KNOW.

[WizardOfHumor1989]

Is this young man an actor or is he a real person with autism?

[everynameseemstobe]

sad old guy makes me sad.. he just wanted someone to listen :(

[captainjaneway80]

that aspie is cute.

[cyberman999]

I got a dx of Asperger's. Before meds and therapy, I was just like this.

[dollydaydreamer1]

mystic monk the clips you have posted are very useful... my daughter has asperger syndrome shes actually in yr sons class at skl and i know they are good friends. Have found these clips useful to educate the wider family.. friends etc.... emmax

[MondoBeno]

That's how I used to feel, especially when people were talking fast.

[shuckydog]

I get days like that occasionally. It was the norm when I was a child but as an adult my autism is much milder- but I do still find buses confusing if they are crowded. I can get anxious if the bus stops unexpectedly because that contrasts with my expectation that the bus will get somewhere at a particular time.

I can relate to that abrupt ending of the conversation as I find it difficult enough to calculate when I should stand up. Noise makes it worse because I have problems filtering it out.

[fredjhenzel]

that was awesome

[AutisticWhoLives4God]

This is an incredibly accurate representation of a similar situation for me. It is very much like what I go through often, except mine usually lasts much longer. Imagine this for three hours. It is miserable.

[Halebop30]

I think this is a good video, it shows the overwhelming nature of day to day activities, the anxiety they can produce, it must be quite disorientating and alot of concentrated effort would have to go into functioning and coping at times like this.

[enumaerash]

Oh! People with Autism gets dizzy in a crowded place ?

[computerjoeuk]

Hmm, I don't get dizzy but I certainly feel uncomfortable.

[AutisticWhoLives4God]

Yeah, sort of. I guess dizzy would be the closest word to explain it that neurotypical people could understand.

[sigendymion]

Noise, motion, bright light, harsh smell. One sense crosses over in to another.

A bus is no problem for me personally but other things such as a sparkling jewelry shop in a mall or a pungent perfume are enough to give me vertigo or dizzy.

[Suparockstaa]

I'm not Austistic or anything, but I am super smeller and the perfume part in the mall or department stores always makes me sick, dizzy, and gives me vertigo....

Smelling 2340923480 smells at one time...OVERHWEMLING!

[CherryViz]

For some, yes.

But fFpuke because it's simply too much to handle...

[Bopkasen]

I have sometime trouble getting off the bus at the right place.

As for the rest of the video, paranoise and super heighten sound isn't alway the problem.

What most is the problem is the audio sensory disorder which can shut down the brain when hearing ambulance or suitable piercing sound.

[MaidensTouch]

A part of me says that this can't be exactly how most autistic people would look at that situation...but I understand the connection...

and when it said 'Stopping' with that sound I freaked..it caught me off guard XP

[RobotGreenAlien]

Do you remember the first series of that 70's show when eric would have to pretend not to be stoned and the wallpaper would keep moving as his parents talked. well it the exact same poetic license, you can never show exactly what is looks like, because it's not how it looks, it's how it feels. I think this does a damn good job but the ones that follow are condescending, insulting crap.

[timwintle]

I disagree - I can imagine myself doing part 2! (I think i did when I was younger)

[DifferentIsKool]

I really know how this person feels, I can't use public transport at all on my own it really freaks me out. The artificial lights in supermarkets are even worse for me, have to have a support worker with me when I go shopping.

Anyhow great video, this is going on my playlist

Keep up the good work

Robby!!!

[AnthonyInAction]

sorry, but i don't like this video :-(

[AnthonyInAction]

You can delete that comment if you like - dunno why i said that sorry. these are all good videos =)

[TehHoldSteady]

Is he on acid or something ?

[AnthonyInAction]

The world can actually be quite a scary place for aspies - especially in these sort of situations

[theangryocelot]

Being autistic and having to ride the bus to uni everyday...ugh. Excellent job of capturing it. From the ticking watch to the voices just being NOISE...

[renaissanceknight]

This is a good video. It shows that Autistic people can and do become distracted by things going on in the outside world. It is a little bit exagerated but, that is probably the only way to get the message across to normal people. I think that it can go even further to explain Autism and that this is what one person on the spectrum experiences. Everyone with Autism may have different levels of problems associated with Autism...

Thank you for posting the video

[Serge165]

in one scene, everything starts to blur audio-wise, that's happened to me. I don't freak out, perse, but I do find it interesting, it happens all the time at my job. I do agree about it being over-exaggerated, but to an Aspie, any normal sense is usually exaggerated if one is hyper-sensitive to a certain sense

[paulcwillis]

Thanks for posting this and your other Autism-related clips. I'm a member of the NAS as my youngest son has autism. He's 8.

[GreenRobotAlien]

good stuff