Can you spot autism?

[01stanbk]

I have Aspereger's (as well as siver dysleixa), the so called 'experts' advised mt parents to put me in a special needs school, they refused and i went to a large main streem school. I honistly belvie that if my paretns had not done this, i would not be were I am today, living independently and studying for a degree at university. My parents belived in me and thats all it takes, one parent to belive in there child, it makes the child belive they can active to. loved the video, so true.

[TheCJNStudios]

hi im chris and i have been diagnosed with autism last year in september. i find it hard to cross roads and hard to cummunicate with other people and make friends i dont make any eye contact with anyone. and now i find it really hard to face my life and my future 

[BlackMist200]

I could tell you cant tell by the face but you can by the movements and the way people act.

i have HFA autism.

So i gusse its easyer for me though i think avreyone can do it

[99shadowcat99]

I'm a 19 year old with Aspergers syndrome. I attended normal classes and can honestly say that though they were hell I learned allot from my peers about social skills. They really segregate kids? :/

[AnElephantThatPaints]

I think it is best to send autistics to charter schools (for arts, math, etc) rather than all-autism OR mainstream schools. Segregation will make it difficult for them to learn skills, but mixing them in with mostly NTs may give them horrible bullying experiences. It is better to send them somewhere where others share interests and focus on something besides "coolness."

[auti34]

is she in the green shirt great she invted to birthday party

[jb55101]

every child with autsim is diffrent i have daughter thats 8 she speaks but only repeats what she hears on tv u ask her something she will not answer but she will sometimes do what she is told. now i have nephew that is 16 he has autsim but is high functioning and is in some normal classes but his problem is when he has things planed out what he wants to do and when it doesnt go that way he planed it he gets mad and you cant move nothing in his room.

[happydorkgirl]

Asperger's here, recently diagnosed as an adult. Asperger's wasn't around when I was a kid, so I was technically fully immersed save gifted classes. Upon reflection I'm glad that I didn't have the dx and was not segregated. Sure, I was bullied or ignored - and still am, really - but I learned some valuable skills through trial and error that I wouldn't have picked up on otherwise that help me on a day-to-day basis. I hope your beautiful daughter can do the same!

[jb55101]

@happydorkgirl do you thing because aspergers wasn't around then that if u where not high functioning that you would have been sent away? i have meet some older parents that have autsim children and they where told the best place would be to send your child away.

[nick06111226]

@jlmlorimer qustion at 2:20 dose not maakee any sencess

[YouDabian]

@nick06111226 It makes nonsense though. :D

[siqck]

@nick06111226 Why not?

[TheEots]

what a load of bullshit..it a personality ...not a syndrome ...not a disorder...not a medical condition

[Egghollo]

@TheEots A personality? Are you fucking kidding me? Please tell me you are sarcastic.

[TheEots]

@Egghollo you neurotypicals are all the same

[Egghollo]

@TheEots Hahaha! Are you for real?

[AnElephantThatPaints]

@TheEots I agree, it is not "something wrong" with a person. It is a disability, but also just a different way of thinking that is poorly understood.

[carinagillon]

My 23 month old was just diagnosed so tell me how hard is my road ahead ? I'm sad scared and filled with guilt! Your daughter is beautiful !

[jlmlorimer]

@carinagillon The diagnosis is a scary one, especially when you are researching on the internet for the first time. I think it gets easier the more you learn how to work with your child. Find the best therapists and teachers in your area and learn everything you can from them. I now have my Master's degree in Special Education with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis because of my daughter. I will try to figure out how to private message with my phone number and you can call me!

[siqck]

@carinagillon You don't need to feel any guilt because it's nothing that you've done. What's important is that you get the best help you can for your daughter and especially ADVOCATE for her. Don't let anyone else tell you what she can't do.

[WejYllemS]

@carinagillon shoulda looked into what was in the vaccines you gave her/him.. you should be filt with guilt

[Alevermor]

@WejYllemS The vaccine controversy has been debunked for a while now. We're still not sure what causes autism, but most believe they are caused environmental and genetic factors that have nothing to do with vaccines.

[Alevermor]

@carinagillon I would say guilt is not one of the feelings you should have! Early intervention is so important. Now that you have the diagnosis, look for all of your possibilities look for therapists and classrooms that will benefit your child. I think 23 months is early enough that you can be hopeful your child will be able to function relatively normally in society, given the proper treatments.

[WejYllemS]

@Alevermor yes many believe that because thats what the liberal controlled media tells them. It really is a crime whats going on and their is strong evidence supporting vaccines triggering certain cells certain genes are suseptable to.

Why might the media be filling us with lies and refusing to tell us whats really causing the disease? simple its the same reason the media lies about ron paul they want us to be ignorant and controlled.

[joeymc90]

because everyone has heard horror stories of a child in a normal classroom with a teacher who knows nothing about autism, and they get no kind of help whatsoever, or even worst, they may injure themselves because of lack of supervision.

[jlmlorimer]

@joeymc90 I think we have to agree to disagree. I do agree that each child with autism is very different from another and there is not a "cookie cutter" classroom you can just toss our children in. I have witnessed "autism classrooms" that I would not leave my dog in, and general education classrooms that were amazing with the help of due process. I have been through a lot in my years of raising our daughter. I can tell you first hand no one would have said she was "high functioning" years ago.

[jlmlorimer]

@joeymc90 (continued) I have also met some amazing teachers both special education and general education teachers. The teacher makes all of the difference in the world. There is a lot of research out there that supports inclusion. I believe in it with all of my heart with the right supports and training. Dr. Ryndak has done a lot of great research on inclusion with children who have severe disabilities. You should check it out. Good luck to you.

[joeymc90]

A child like yours would probably be better off in a classroom with higher functioning peers, but for most children with developmental disorders, putting them in a room full of people who speak another language from a whole nother world to them would be much more segregating than having them in a classroom full of people like them. so know what works best for your child, but don't try to end "segregated" classrooms,

[joeymc90]

It's good to see that your child is doing so well and that she is so high functioning. So many children are not that lucky. Most children with autism would not have anything to do with all those people making that noise with the parachute, nor would they understand why everyone is running in circles, so they would probably find the closest computer to get on, chair to rock in, or some chips.. 

[minequeen1]

What a great video. Thank you for sharing this.

[13thmistral]

the one next to the one with the read hear i think at hte first fragment

[MAbility]

As one of the formerly segregated students, and a parent of a child with autism, I say to @phisean that your comment is exactly what my classroom teacher said when I was introduced to my all white classmates for the first time. She also said I was too "slow" to keep up with the class. I was an honor graduate, a State scholar, and an honor grad from college. @jlmlorimer Great video. Think I'll tweet this.

[Rozy2987]

I agree with you..... doctors help by detecting what it is, but labels these gifts as disorders.... they aren't..... these children are wired a little bit different some times a lot different, but I believe at point one in our lives we must embrace what we fear ( educate our self's from what we don't understand)

[zarehara]

@phisean both can be done at the same time. with theory has to come practice

[SerenityLuvr]

I work at a summer horseback-riding program, and each week we have kids both with and without disabilities. It is amazing to see what such interactions do for the children, both with and WITHOUT disabilities. it warms my heart to see an eight year old girl who's been with us for a while explaining to one of our newer campers what autism is and how to properly interact with Johnny. You can't teach that kind of compassion out of a text book.

[caryanne77]

My son has Autism and was reading at two years old, he is in mainstream education , he is very caring ,I wouldn't change him for the world, all children develop at different speeds, education in mainstream schools isn't a matter of "one size fits all", if you were to take my child out of mainsteam school and place him in a special school, you would do more harm than good .

[jlmlorimer]

Many of us have deficits that we have to work on to be independent and accepted by society. We focus on her talents, which she has many, but still work on improving her social skills. This is best done with her typically developing peers in my opinion. You may think I am trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, but in reality I am trying to expand the size of the round hole and make society a better place (not seperate people by catagories, shapes, or colors).

[phisean]

@jlmlorimer

Don't you think inclusion might be a Procrustean bed for your daughter?

Imagine I'm bad at maths - not a stretch really - and because my parents had expectations that I should do engineering or physics at university they forced me to sit through maths classes, attend many tutoring sessions, drill and test me constantly but I was no good at it, but was naturally good at art. My time trying to conform to their vision would hurt my own development at what makes me happy.

[SerenityLuvr]

@phisean I understand what you're saying, but you would still need some basework of maths. Classes and tutoring sounds like exactly what you would need, maybe not to reach engineering level but to reach your full potential. That's what this kind of inclusion is like. These children aren't expected to become social butterflies, it will never be easy for them. But that doesn't mean they can't learn from it to reach their full potential, even if it's not the same level as those without autism.

[TheGirlfrommass]

Thank God that my son's school are the one's insisting on keeping him in a general education /inclusion class...he would be a lonely little boy without them.Good luck.P.S.The boy in black was doing a little hand flap during the parachute.

[phisean]

I picked the girl in the green 10 sec in because she wasn't listening to the adult but mirroring her peers and there was a noticeable delay between her reactions and the other kids. I don't think parroting other people is the same as learning and find it offensive to parallel the civil rights movement, where people were thought of a less than human based on race, with your daughter who has trouble processing human interactions. The separation is to deal with that problem not to stigmatise her.

[jlmlorimer]

@phisean If there is one thing I have learned from my years of experience is that people have their own strong opinions about the way things should be. I disagree with yours but respect your right to have it. A child with autism cannot that he/she has autism just as someone of a different race can change their roots. We fight for what we believe is right. Separation is NOT what our children need. They need to be included. Help them in the environment in which we want them to succeed.

[jlmlorimer]

@phisean If there is one thing I have learned from my years of experience is that people have their own strong opinions about the way things should be. I disagree with yours but respect your right to have it. A child with autism cannot change that he/she has autism just as someone of a different race can change their roots. We fight for what we believe is right. Separation is NOT what our children need. They need to be included. Help them in the environment in which we want them to succeed.

[queenbie3]

i saw your girl right away

it takes one to know one i guess ^^

lovely vid

[TheRealVenna]

I totally agree with allowing children with autism who are capable if interacting with their peers to be put with them. Obviously not every child with autism falls into that category. My son will be four in a few weeks and he still can't tell me what he wants or needs. He only engages in parallel play at pre-school but he's made progress. He sees now and acknowledges other children. They are always babies to him (dee dee as he says) even when they are older then he is. I'm hopeful though.

[skullcrusher301]

Im 14 years old (well closer to 15) and I have autism and it is horrible.

[ILUVHORSES1981]

I rhought it was the little girl in the pink shirt..I was wrong..

[malenymoo]

I missed your daughter but definately picked the boy who is perhaps an undiagnosed autism child.

[bodhii71]

My son has Autism, and the discussion today was about segregation...

[jlmlorimer]

@bodhii71 If you do not want your child to be segregated and his/her placement is currently in the general education setting then tell them you want him/her placed on a "STAY PUT" while the issue gets resolved. Send me a PM if you want to know more. Good luck. I am sorry you are having to go through this! It can be painful.

[rebeccaburgess1]

My boy friend got autism he is 13 i am 13 to

[rebeccaburgess1]

My boy friend got autism he is 13 i am 13 too

[Corekriss]

She is an amazing and beautfiul child!

God Bless Her and you :)

Im just a teen but, its so amazing to see other young people have fun no matter what, not anything can stop them :) its just so amazing

[auti34]

i was maiunstream for a bit but it was awfull i was happer in my sped ed school i have autism an ld .i think it beter for kids now in some school but deppending oin the leavel of the child not all can be mainstream .but it great if the child can

[kingkong8974]

If I was segregated in school, I would've not experienced as much hurt from the ostricizing from my fellow peers.

It would be ideal to have everyone be the same, but life isn't so pretty.

I would've prefered to go to schools that coped with my differences

[ediself]

couldn't keep my eyes off the little girl in the green shirt because she reminded me so much of me, i could SEE what she was feeling, a thing i can't do with NTs. the problem is not not being able to skip when told, the problem is: ok they said to skip, there's like 123 different ways of skipping, let's wait and see what skip they will do before i do something wrong and get laughed at again. i know the feeling, that's what caused her to be 1 second late with every start of new movement.

[squishyblanket]

Growing up and being segregated from your peers is horrible. No child should have to go through such a thing in any way, shape or form. Sadly, this is the reality for many children across North America and even the world. Children with Autism especially. And when you are finally allowed to socialize with your peers normally you feel alienated, outcast. It's horrible and it needs to stop.

[yeahtoast22]

Is this gym class? Lucky kids!

[motleyprism]

I'm autistic and the volume of this video made me jump so high that the video was already over by the time I came back down to earth lol. Cute video, though. :p

[LaRaNaThA]

Amen! To your message. The world is trying to cookie cut our children. Everyone is suppose to be the same. My child doesn't have Autism (though many have tried to infer it), but he spent half his short life isolated away from ppl b/c of where we lived. he's "different" from the other kids, but he loves to be w/them & why does everyone make it out a negative thing when a kid is different? DOES NOT HAVE TO BE NOR IS IT. God bless you & your beautiful daughter.

[electrifiedwaters]

One of my best friends has a really mild form of autism. He's pretty anti-social, but he's a really great friend and he's the smartest person I have ever met. People make fun of him because his voice is monotone, but I don't think they know that he's autistic.

[123JUJUBE]

WoW, I could not tell your beautiful daughter I THOUGHT DID GREAT SHE FOLLOWED DIRECTION SHE PLAYED... i WOULD HAVE MISSED IT

[richflew]

aaaaaw thats an amazing vidio

my brothers autistic and he goes to a normal school and you can hardly tell him apart from the rest

[CrochetedLittleThing]

I saw her immediately. I saw her acting like my child. Thanks for this video, much love

Do you mind if I share? I'd love for my son to be mainstreamed a little sooner that "they say"

[CrochetedLittleThing]

I saw her immediately. I saw her acting like my child. Thanks for this video, much love ♥

[xactuz]

i really love this video!

[letsmakelovelast]

great video, wonderful.

[aspie101]

This is what true autism awareness should be focused on: making sure that autistic individuals reach their possibly endless potential through acceptence and dilluding ignorance. Unfortunately, it is focused on idiotic celebrity gossip thanks to people like Jenny McCarthy and John Trevolta. People like them doubt that autistic adults exist, which shows how incredibly ignorant and uncredible that they are.

[miss5abr1na]

Right from the beginning I picked out the little girl with the grenn t-shirt to have Autism. I saw little signs there, where a lot of ppl probably wouldn't have picked it up. I have a daughter w/ mod Autism and she displays alot of symptoms (esp. sensory issues), so I think that might be the reason why I was able to pick her out. Just to mention one typical Autism red flag sign that our daughters have in common is the cover the ears to certain noises.

Thank you for sharing.

[mccainfullofbs]

I did not findy any kid different from others.

[kthcsh]

seems to me like this person segregated their own child, posting a video calling their child different. i saw a normal little girl.

[TheBodvarg]

the girl in the green t-shirt ?

[hpbetterthantwilight]

she is smart. i wouldnt have thought it was her.

[VJakeV]

roflmfao at the title im sorry =X

[bearychocolate]

Many kids with autism are highly funcional. Some others are not as functional unfortunately.

I never thought your girl was the one with autism. I was going to pick another kid. She is doing great. Congratulations :)

[instagasm]

she seems just like my daughter. *who also has autism* so it was pretty easy for me to figure out what child has it :)

but if it wasnt for that, i never woulda guessed.

[jo7948]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO.....THANK YOU! This holds a lot of meaning for me....i work with autistic children doing both respite and personal cares. i see the ones where their parents dont accept limits for their children AND THEY SUCCEED. i on the other hand see parents who believe societies limits and it leaves there children stuck at a wall unable to go any higher. The worst thing anyone can do is to tell a child they wont be any better than they are.

[justme10111]

There is also a lot of abuse going on in special education that needs to be addressed. People seem to ignore us when we speak out about it because they think were nuts or something.

Hopefully your daughter is getting treated better then I did. I would check if I were you .

public school special ed teachers sometimes lash out at there students.

[jo7948]

in most cases special ed. robs children of the ability to be more. imagine when you learned to count or the alphabet if they stopped at 10 and h.  if no one ever taught you would you know? what if nobody ever taught you to read? that is the problem special needs children face. another problem is that people profile a certain thing. not all persons with autism for example are the same. i have seen the face of a mother when she told me that her sons teacher said he wouldnt go any farther.

[justme10111]

I have AS . Not only do they put you in special classes , they give you a special diploma that dose not really count. I was lucky, I went to enough normal classes to get a regular diploma.

[morquecho32]

I had a family memember live with me for two months and her daughter is now talking and my daughter has improved in her speech...yes they do learn fron eachother..and yes family will always not invite us to partys cause we are diffrent..its sad how people act..hugs to you and your family

[toogood4u97]

GREAT JOB! AWESOME VIDEO!

Bries doing so great! im so happy for you all!

I had watched her videos months ago and cannot believe what im seeing! Keep fighting! You have truly opened my eyes...

I hope you keep posting!

[mahb112]

You have a beautiful daughter. Keep fighting for her. I hope my son does as well as your daughter is doing someday!

[abcpooponme]

the one thats sitting with the mom and the mom is pissed off? back of pic

[happymark1805]

Fight for Your child, unfortunaly in the Netherlands they kick anyone who needs a bit more attention off schools and into special schools were they learn to behave like all the other kids in that school, so no good role models they only go downlhill....

[naja911]

I loved your video, yu have an amazing child, no need to segragate...follow your heart...

[jlmlorimer]

I feel and live your pain. I am trying to keep my daughter included in a new county that doesn't seem to believe in inclusion for children with ASD (if they need an para).

[petchharrison]

@jlmlorimer thats what happened to me in the 70,s segragation SUX..how the hell will other people learn about otheres if they never see,its getting better over here at last.my frends granson is an aspie like i am he is at normal school i went to 2 boarding schools i did not need that me an my parents just needed more help with our problems.....jeff..

[aware4autism]

I learned to throw all those "they says" about autism out the window.

This yr holds yet another fight for me. Getting Jade mainstreamed with support by next yr, kindergarten. Jade is too amazing to hide away in a locked classroom!

I can't wait until the day that segregation has truly ended...