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Uploaded by on Feb 8, 2009

Extracts from the Life on the Autism Spectrum project. Participants in the project talk about feeling different. The full site is at www.healthtalkonline.org. Many thanks to all those who took part in the research.

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  • Is that first guy the famous Luke Jackson?

  • @JustEmbers Oh, and to add one more thing, concerning social suicide-- I have actually moved (more than once) due to that. I regularly hide for days (sometimes longer) after doing/saying something incredibly, horrifically, intolerably stupid. I don't think neurotypicals have this experience quite as often as Aspies (I recognize that everyone has them, but I'm guessing the frequency is far, far less for an NT, who better understands social rules).

  • Living in a bubble or the other side of a plate glass window. Seriously get that. Have described it the EXACT same way all my life. My bubble. Living with a glass wall between myself and everyone else. I can see out, others can see in, but that's it. I want, more than anything, to be SEEN all the way, to be understood at a deep level, and to experience seeing, and understanding others at that level. But people can't see me deeply, and I can't see them that way. There is an invisible wall.

  • This is a political jugement. How to treat smart people.. of a given category!

  • These guys rock especialy the black haired guy, i really liked him :)

  • i agree with the guy at 7:51, can completely relate

  • Thanks for sending me the link to this. I found it really interesting.

  • It is still "self narrating zoo" and does not approach "something about us" for making a political statement.

    We must stop pandering to other peoples notions of what autistic video is and make something that is a statement of rebellion and being here.

  • Hi,

    Thank you SOO much for sending me this link - I really enjoyed this video - just excellent and for me as a person diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, it does a great job in describing what it is like to have Asperger Syndrome. I really "get" a lot of what the people here being interviewed are saying - I am going to be sharing this with people on facebook and also email a few people this video because I am really impressed with it. Tara Kimberley Torme

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