Autism Vision: Teens with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome

[aorser]

Thumbs up for the girl at the end. She understands :')

[aorser]

I have HFA as this video calls it. I am more intelligent than most of the student body at my school and even some of the teachers. I may lack the experience they do, but I am far more intelligent. Having autism isn't fun, it's not a joke or something to laugh at. But I personally, view it as an advantage, not a dissorder or a problem. Sure people make fun of me, sure it hurts a lot inside but...I see the world from a more logical perspective, from all aspects and viewpoints. A gift AND a curse.

[jb55101]

i am 40 years old and i have autism and people back then we where locked away i was put in an institution tell i was 12 the place was being sued because of the care of the children and the adults in there i was moved back home then special ed classes had started opening up . i learn to cook clean and live alone i even learn to drive so if you have autism live does get better when your an adult. i work with kids today that have autism and i love my job.

[lamc93]

Have any of you experienced low self esteem because of your autism or asperger's?

[haloandre]

@lamc93 Yes, I have

[republicofsandles]

Words seemed pretty poorly chosen in this video.

Go ahead, why don't you say the words "different" and "disability" a few more times.

Talk about a one sided.

People with Asperger's are not socially disabled, we often excel at finding the words others can't.

That we don't communicate through striking poses and precision eye ball placement, doesn't make us backward.

[WindOfSolitude]

Is it normal for someone with Aspergers to be very obsessed with something such as Superheroes or anything involving them?

[lamc93]

@WindOfSolitude It's normal to have obsessions. I'm autistic and I'm obsessed with the film The King's Speech. It may be about a stammering king but I could relate to the pain and self-doubt.

[RegularFan101]

@maxgunn555 ohh lol I'm sorry I was rude to you but I thought what u said was a little rude that's all I take it seriously because I have it that's all

[maxgunn555]

@RegularFan101 i was rude because i thought she was rude and she was because she called me stupid when i posted my opinion. (even though my opinion was a little offensive actually... hmm)

[romans52345]

1:48 everybody needs friends, A friend is the Worst enemy you can have because you Trust that person if you don't trust nobody they can't hurt you...

[termometen]

@CauseILoveHitler I must say that you sir wrote the most retarded comment of the day... you just like to point out to other people how retarded you are right? first of all, you can't write proper English (I write better and I'm from Sweden...). and yet again, judging from you channel your probably one of the 5% of earths population with an IQ bellow 70... I feel sorry for you :'(

[RegularFan101]

@maxgunn55 ok I have aspergers too and please don't be rude to twilight please shes just stating her story

[maxgunn555]

@RegularFan101 and actually rereading this comment. how dare you? if you actually look at what's been said twightlight insulted me by saying 'i'm the only stupid person here'. did i insult here no i just held the conversation and expressed my views without any sarkasm or negative stuff like that.

[maxgunn555]

@RegularFan101 so yeah can you actually tell me exactly how i was rude to her and how she wasnt rude to me firstly in her comment to me. ?

[kuwaizair]

what about the lower functioning?

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@kuwaizair they are people too and they need a lot of love and understanding.

[superfawful65]

@oracle2world It's not an excuse. I have Asperger's Syndrome and I do OK, some people can't though. It's just something I have to deal with. Telling people with Autism and Aspergers to 'just get on with their lives', is like telling a dyslexic to 'just learn to read', or like telling a cripple to 'stop being lazy and get out of the chair'.

[balamimammy]

@superfawful65 You can`t call disabled people cripples - the Cockney ryming slang - Raspberry Ripple is much less offensive - LOL. You can call me a retard because I`m on the autistic spectrum , somewhere . lol

[oracle2world]

@superfawful65 - once folks figure out they can game the system, all sorts of "disabilities" come out of the woodwork. Maybe a dyslexic should not live their lives through reading. There is an enormous amount of trash written. ("dyslexics untie" - sorry, it was there). The crippled CAN get out, maybe in their chair, but do something, anything, to improve the world. Donate blood. Rant on YouTube. I have a damaged knee, and it hurts when jogging, but I still ran a marathon once.

[pinkymixology]

@superfawful65 I don't believe you.

[maxgunn555]

@superfawful65 oh right so you're stating that like a cripple can't walk an aspergers syndrome is so general and widespread that they can't 'do life'. sounds like bullshit to me. a cripple speciifcally can't walk and a dysliexic specifically can't read and that sounds like it has meaning but saying they just can't 'get on with their lives' really doesn't.

[Dmongillo1]

@superfawful65 People who discriminate us can go to hell forever!!

[animallover4455]

@Dmongillo1

Yea I got ASD as well and we are no different then the rest of the poeple. My teacher say we are more special then the rest. :D

[sausseriana]

@superfawful65 well said!!! Those who think like that are ignorants

[maxgunn555]

@TheBlood2pay why did you describe aspergers as having a broken headlight? i'd describe it as having some double super powered headlights.

[maxgunn555]

this video is so stupid. aspergers people dont care about freinds.

[xTwilightWolvesx]

@maxgunn555 they do. I have asperges and i care about friends, even though i don't look like it. Your the stupid person here.

[maxgunn555]

@xTwilightWolvesx trust me if you were really aspergers you wouldnt care about freinds you'd care about whatever obsession you have. 'even though i dont look like it' - what i dont know what you look like. labelling people like this is simply disgusting anyway. and when they state everybody needs freinds thats just not absolutely true. for someone with high functioning austism i'd have thought you'd pay more attention to using the right 'you're'. you cleardont have aspergers thats my diagnosis.

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@maxgunn555 you dunno jack shit then mate. Have you even met one? and if you have met one then then you just met ONE. Every person, their experiences, everything that makes them; them is different then the person standing next to them. You can't paint them all with one brush. Its a fallacy.

[maxgunn555]

@jacksparrowismydaddy cool profile pic i wonder how you get it so large.. btw it's crtl f to find your comments more easily. asperger's syndrome is a form of categorising people, so that's what i was arguing against so how can you disagree with me by telling me not to categorise people... i agree. my comment didnt convey my true thoughts which is that i dont think aspergies even exists so i wasn't stating a fact and beleiving it was true i was arguing against asperger's not just the video alone

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@maxgunn555 actually I was responding to your post about how people with Aspergers do not care about friends.

but thanks for the tip and compliment. I drew that pic that's how I was able to enlarge it.

[maxgunn555]

@jacksparrowismydaddy i know. 

[Matthewlovesanime]

@jacksparrowismydaddy

I have AS and what you are saying is not true. People with As do want friends except people like you of course

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@Matthewlovesanime ..... okay how is that people are accusing me of stuff I didn't say?

dude maybe I don't want to be friends with people that read half of what I wrote and accuse me of saying stuff I didn't say. quote exactly what I said so I can address it or don't talk to me at all. You want friends, then listen and don't make snap judgments. People don't like being treated like jerks when they don't deserve it.

[Matthewlovesanime]

@jacksparrowismydaddy

I have friends m8, and I don't treat people like jerks, I'm very well liked.

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@Matthewlovesanime well neither do I kid, I did not say what you accuse me of, you read my post wrong. I try very hard not to be mean to people and it actually kinda hurtful to get yelled and called names when you didn't do anything to deserve it.

[maxgunn555]

@xTwilightWolvesx no offense but i think you need to stop believing the psychiatrists so much. just because they say you have 'aspergers' ie you're a type of person who was categorised by a man called something Asperger doesn't mean it's 100% the end truth. psychiatrists have many disorders for many natural things which haven't been scientifically proven. how old are you? they diagnose kids before they've reached age 10 which is before their personality has formed at all.

[maxgunn555]

@TheBlood2pay so autistic people aren't clever you think?

[mattmax11]

@TheBlood2pay i think you replied to the wrong person

[SuperKeychains]

i am trying to help a kid who goes to special ed he should he is very smart but sometimes hes in his own little world and the parents are very mean to him

[mattmax11]

how is having autisim or asperger's a talent

[kitsunelover11577]

I'm an aspy and in school I pretty much want nothing to do with other people and I have anziety attacks everyday in the lunch room the thing that's helping me is I've discovered another side of myself which is that I'm a furry the fursuit helps keeps me calm and other things if thers more quesgens just ask me

[psx2514]

I hate how people intertwine aspergers and autism causing people to believe it's the same thing because when most people think of autism they think of retards like Rainman, and Aspies aren't retarded (okay, they're socially retarded but they're not retards).

[mickization]

@psx2514 Your an idiot

[KarinOll]

It is a medical condition that affects your brain & of course rest of body, too & people should realize it and take care of it! We are going to get more & more aspergers & autists! The information is already out there! Where are the docs that brush up & do their homework? Everybody google & youtube "Dr. KLINGHARDT, HPU, Lyme, Heavy Metal Detox, Nitrostress, Traumas & traumas passed on, Today´s high electric exposure & its affects on microparasites & their microtoxine production in your body"!

[timothyw98]

I say some strange things, my friends no I have autism, but they still look at me like I'm mad, I thought they would be more understanding.

[violinist881]

@timothyw98 you are not mad, you are a very special person and you have special talent and abilities to do things everybody else can't! so don't let them get you down:)

[timothyw98]

@violinist881 I say that I am a Hannibal Lector enthusiast, but I only say that to make them shut up and apparently that makes me mad.

[ProductionTimeKiller]

@crazedauther thank you!(:

[ProductionTimeKiller]

Hey all you awesome aspi's out there! I want to befriend you!(: let's talk an get to kno each other! Send me a message or a video and I'll make a video response ! (: I have a very good friend that has aspergers syndrome and I miss him very much he moved.. But any way I need some friends aswell! So why not befriend each other!(:

[CrazedAuthor]

@ProductionTimeKiller I love your attitude.

[Anime2NIght]

I agree. I have high fuctioning autism. I just wish I had 1 real friend. I try very hard to make friends but it never works out. Kids misunderstand why I act the way I do. Sometimes I can hear them laughing and talking about me as if I can't hear them. I try to hide my hurt and pain. If I tell someone I have autism they say things like you don't look retarded. I say I am not retarded I have autism. After that they avoid or ignore me :'(

[Saence]

@Anime2NIght

Dont worry! I wouldn't go around boasting you had autism, theres no need to tell people, but don't be ashamed of it either ^^ Just try and make friends, and be yourself, and dont worry about what other kids say, they'll grow up and regret they were so mean. :) Im sure your a lovely person and you should have lots of friends.

[Memories2Dreams]

@Saence Boasting about having Autism OO. To me it is nothing to boast about. I avoid telling people. Most of kids at school avoid me when they find out I have autism. I don't think the kids who live around here regret how they treat other kids cuz ther parents act and think the same way. I plan to move down south where they people are more friendly when I get out of college. I have had enough of these cold heart people here.

[ScrewTheLiving]

@Memories2Dreams From what I remember of being in school, kids never avoided me just from being told I was Autistic, but more from the types of manifestations it can have. In college you have a larger pallet of people to work with... so if one group casts you out in some fashion, there are always other groups of people to try your charms out on.

[berkev8795]

@Memories2Dreams NY or LA are your best shots. Youre going down south to find accepting people who arent ignorant . . . LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[Memories2Dreams]

@berkev8795 what the heck are you talking about. I have met people from there LA and NY. They don't seem friendly or accepting. I go on vacation to Texas every summer and they are very nice friendly people down there.

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@Memories2Dreams hun its not boasting. People need to understand autism, people need to understand diabetes, people need to understand deaf culture, people need to understand everything that makes their neighbor different.

When we understand more we are less likely to make stupid mistakes like punching a woman with a service dog and two autistic children, or allowing teenage bullies to punch a boy with autism, We will understand the girl with torrets and she will have friends.

[Memories2Dreams]

@jacksparrowismydaddy You know nothing about her or her life. She isn't boasting. People with autism are not proud of it. She is hurting over how kids have treated her for years. She is crying out for help and understanding. I don't get how you get what she said as boasting. Who would boast about being ignored and called names. Having no friends being treated like she is stupid. Your closed minded and just saying crap not caring what you say can hurt someone like her >_<

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@Memories2Dreams that does sound like me. are you sure I said it? I can't find my post.

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@jacksparrowismydaddy doesn't* *kicks her keyboard.

[jacksparrowismydaddy]

@Memories2Dreams I found the post mate, you were the one who said she was boasting, not me. you said that you were afraid that people would know because people would treat you differently. and that's okay. We all have those fears about different things.

I thought she was brave to come out. I think people should come out and the more who understand, the better things will be. ok? no hard feelings?

[Papanda1995]

@Memories2Dreams I try not to worry about it, and one of the first things I will mention to a person I've just met is that I have Asperger's. Sure, it does scare a few people away because they don't want anything to do with a teen girl with autism, but I think that's a good thing because I don't want to be friends with a shallow person who can't handle someone who isn't exactly like them. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to tell people, but personally I'm proud of my uniqueness :)

[zealotinsanity]

@Memories2Dreams the south is just as scary. they judge people with slight differences with a cold hearts and an iron fist.

[leadbullet1990]

@zealotinsanity You are exactly right. I'm from the south, and they find me weird because

i'm not some wamanizing jerk who thinks all women want is sex.

[Memories2Dreams]

@Anime2NIght They say your BOASTING. WTH is wrong with them. She is crying out in pain. Can't you all see how much she is hurting. Being treated so cruel by kids cuz your different. You can't help you are the way you are. She doesn't want to be this WAY. WALK A DAY IN HER SHOES then you will understand her pain. I too have autism. I am not Boasting either. We just want to be Normal like others. You all just say stuff not caring how much you hurt her. Think before you talk. >_<

[Memories2Dreams]

@Memories2Dreams Those kids at school are closed minded. They are missing out on knowing a wonderful girl. I understand and I would love to be your friend :)

Big Hug to you my friend. Hang in there :D

[G0IMB]

@violinist881 A lot of Neurotypical people want to connect with those with Autism, but the problem people are the bullies/controlling people who prey on others fears. The US High School Jock culture for example is a manifestation of dysfunctional individuals. Bullies like all controlling people need to use fear because they are the ones that fear others most. We need to isolate the bullies, then antisocial "cultures" will weaken and perhaps disappear.

[stsaylor29]

just get married to kim jong il and you will be rich whoosh

[Izzy2693]

I have asperges, I have some friends, but I don't think they like me that much. I hate social situations I get really nervous about talking to people.

[dburns3751]

I have aspergers syndrome... I want to be social...

[ChaiT58]

I have aspergers sydrome

[ChaiT58]

It's hard to make friends

[FlightlessWish]

@Dolphidood Wow that's got to stink. I'm sorry you have to suffer. :(

[Dolphidood]

what about semantic pragmatic disorder? :/ its been really tough living with that

[FrkKatharsis]

@Dolphidood whats that??

[Dolphidood]

@FrkKatharsis exactly