W-06 PART 1 - DO NOT LET AUTISTIC TANTRUMS \ MELTDOWNS TAKE CENTER STAGE!

[creepycrawlything]

I like your modelling of the autistic dynamic. Especially your emphasis on the autistic need to personally author "scripts" needed to deal with the challenges posed by a collective world much shaped by what is neurotypical. I also much like your reference to a persistent primal/feral identity; which I take you to suggest is the engine for the scripting which the autistic person must author.

[ManicMinx77]

I love wolves, werewolves and I've always felt I was a lone wolf. This is a good way of seeing it, good video :)

[soggydiamond]

VEry helpful. Thank you for your clear wording, honesty and efforts in making this

Sara

[Sicowkaksin]

@multisnootylives1 Excuse me? Everyone deserves to live! Do people who hate something deserve to die? Of course not! So why do people with Autism deserve to die?

[EvaDeeRuiz]

Thank you.

[PeaceMouse17]

Thank you for posting this : )

[Jayzmom77]

This made alot of sense to me. I am parent to a 12 year old 'explosive' autistic. Your video helped me understand him more. Thanks

[blinkey504]

Penis.

[PinkPunkyKat]

I wish I would have thought to choked my bullies.

[PinkPunkyKat]

There is a diffrence between a meltdown and a tantrum. I've had meltdowns and litteraly fainted.

[soggydiamond]

. I work with a few students on the spectrum and am so grateful for your insight.

Keep up the amazing work you offer a new dignified positive way to look at our autistic population. I will watch everything you post

Thank you! Sara

[alikidry]

interesting, i was actually just pondering the meltdown process. some more emphasis on sensory overload would be helpful to those who don't experience it as prominently as we do. you made some very good points about learning scripted responses, but when the senses are overwhelmed, it's more difficult to follow the scripts. in these cases, it's more beneficial to get the autistic person away from the overwhelming atmosphere.

[Octane64]

Thank you for these video,your video has helped me so much to get a better understanding. I suspect I may have autism mixed with tourette's syndrome, and often when I would get angry rather easily, I would change instantly, and violently attack people or have violent thoughts.

[TheKoosalagoopagoop]

@Octane64

sounds like you're just a faggot who needs to be medicated.

[Octane64]

@TheKoosalagoopagoop Actually, I show many signs of the autistic spectrum, I fail to notice social cues,my senses are very sensitive in some areas, and I have a hard time noticing emotions. And I'm already medicated and no longer do the things I used to do. So before you attack strangers who you don't know any fucking thing about, about a disorder you don't know any fucking thing about, stop before you think bitch, not that your capable of thought.

[TheKoosalagoopagoop]

@Octane64

sounds like

u mad

[traomijackson]

I am very intrigued at hearing and understanding your point of view about Autism. it is very insightful and I will help me with the children I work with. Thank you for taking the time to prepare and share this video.

[fuzzmew]

This guy is the smartest person alive that

I know of.

[gqmighty]

I am a TSS for a serverly autistic boy..but he is also MR...so he has of course very very poor insight.

[Ilovecats112233]

I really don't like it when this happens to me in front of my eleven-year-old sister - we share a room so I can't escape from her. I don't like it when people who are younger than me see me cry, especially if they don't like me.

[gqmighty]

sorry i just read your page..your 18...yes have crying fitts over "minor" issues is not standard..i think i may be a bit asperger but its minor if i am..for what its worth....as for your page...well hey..you like cats...cats are cool.

[Ilovecats112233]

I know some meltdowns at least can be violent, and those are the ones I agreed were like werewolf transformations, but are mine even meltdowns or do they happen to many neurotypicals regularly as well?

[gqmighty]

depends on how old you are too some extent....usually "neurotypicals" more or less outgrow tantrums

[Ilovecats112233]

... give myself a few whacks over the head. As for the loss of control sort of gulping sobs, that probably happens to most people from time to time, but I think it would probably happen less often and less easily to most eighteen-year-olds.

[Ilovecats112233]

Yes, that's just it ... autistic meltdowns are (or can be) like werewolf transformations. Good observation. I'm not sure if I have meltdowns or not, but I become confused and upset easily and frequently. When this happens and it's severe enough to be a possible meltdown, I become not merely tearful but it's as if there's a burst of hyperactivity in my brain that results in uncontrollable gulping sounds. Sometimes when I have unwanted thoughts I shake my head fiercely or ...

[h4tchetman]

Hey This makes me think more, my daughter is three years old and she is Autistic... I have had her in my care (sole custody) since she was five months old, all I want to know is what is the best thing i can do for her when she gets really really upset (has an overload, meltdown)

Please let me know what you know from her side of life, it hurts so much inside to see this all i want is what is best for her please

[rootedinfaith3]

Hey there. I work with an autistic boy at my workplace in school. He sometimes gets upset and has werewolf meltdowns, as you've said. His mother recently fired his TSS worker out of frustration and believing the child's accusations. He is prone to lying and such, stretching the truth, and so on. And the mother believes him. This is his second TSS worker this year. Either he is very happy or very angry. And he refuses to do stuff. What can I do to help him be receptive?

[meghanscotti]

I really identify (altho i am not autistic) with the concept of a primal identity. Very Valuable video!

[meghanscotti]

That was a very insightful and well written speech. Thank you for your insight! I am a former a.b.a. skills trainer and buddy for autistic children.The primal analogy that you have offered is something that i have clearly seen (felt is more accurate) displayed in my little friend bobby. Also myself being bipolar and adhd i have had many of my own violent outbursts and alto i have found anti convulsant medications to give me the ability to control myself, (cont in next comment)

[Panditha666]

now i understand what you were speaking of in the ryden vid. about saying one thing and then forgetting it due to you being bipolar, i knew it because i had severa friends who are, no hard feelings eh. why are you not a aba skills trainer anymore? its a very rewarding job.

[CaitlinBrooksMusic]

I really enjoyed hearing your speech and analogy. As a young lady affected with Asperger's Syndrome, I used to have similar circumstances to yours, but these days, I try to control my emotions.

[WheelofFortuneFan91]

Great Video! I have Asperger's Syndrome and I have experienced autistic tantrums occasionally. I have learned ways to reduce the chance of them happening in public.

[newn0z]

All i can say is WOW! As a ASD person i have had them all my life and unfortunately have had little to no help with them. I have always known i didn't like them but they were the fall back position in my struggle for self I suppose. Best i can come up with now. I have a friend who work in homes for autistics who sometimes end up in a locked facility because of their lack of self control. This is tragic for i believe there has never been a successful accepted method to teach autistics this skill

[fulcilover]

Thanks for sharing, nice video

[javieradrianchomer]

what drogs do you take for autism, and what are the side effects that you see.

Did you father hit you when you were child or some bad expirience you had.

[MugiwaraNoSlime]

teh autistic werewolf

[rainrowan]

very insightful. my child goes from periods of intense tantrum to peaceful demeanor within minutes. The werewolf analogy is straightforward.

[installmenow]

Great instruction in relation to overload - you obviously have come along way in your awareness of who you are as an autistic individual and it gives hope to those on the spectrum and those who live with those on the spectrum - the developmental process is essentially as you say in the hands of the autistic not those around.

[tallkkmoore]

Thank you so much for this video! As an aide for an autistic young man, I really appreciate your unique perspective! We've tried so many different ways to control or prevent these meltdowns and I have always felt that we are somehow missing something. I think you've found what we've been missing.

[yrotstsohgallet]

thank you so much. i'm in complete agreement with all parts of what you have said.

[Angitia41]

Awesome video and your completely right..*s*Thank you so much..