 Hey what's up you guys welcome back to my channel if you're new here hi hello I'm Lydia and today I thought we could do a video where we talk about some of the things that you should know if you are a newly diagnosed autistic. Someone doesn't know I was diagnosed with autism two years ago while I was in inpatient. I don't really talk about it that much but it just affects me. There's a lot of notes on my phone that I made while I was in the back because you know never stop working. So this is advice for newly diagnosed adults. I don't know anything about being diagnosed as a kid so do that as you will. First thing I put is don't fear the diagnosis. You've always been autistic but it just wasn't diagnosed. Now it is you can access support and resources that weren't available to you before. Being diagnosed as autistic can be difficult to come to terms with. You may be coping with a condition that you know very little about and wondering how about going to proper support. Alternatively you may have known that you are autistic for a while and find diagnosis early although looking for support and with adult life many autistic people celebrate their neurodiversity and unique strengths and qualities. Autism awareness and understanding is growing but you may still need to explain to others including professionals how being autistic affects you and what support you might need. The last one I've got written down is take it one day at a time. Nobody expects you to wake up and know exactly how autism affects you. Now I know for me autism affects me in my sensory areas. I have very high and very low tolerance to different volumes. When someone shouts it really really knocks me down. Same with textures. There are some textures I love like my fluffy weighted blanket then there are some textures like velcro that I just can't touch so that makes me feel sensory wise. I have a lot of sensory needs that's why I have all like the LED strips I've got a projector that goes in my ceiling there's a galaxy thing. When I was diagnosed I knew nothing about autism really and they still don't know a lot. I've got a book on autism whatever that was called. Yeah the autistic brain that is really good for you. My advice genuinely is to just try and come to terms with it. You're diagnosed with autism. Learn what your sensory needs are. Learn what over stimulates you. Learn what burnout means. There are lots of things you can do to make your life easier. You have to learn how to self regulate which can be hard. Thank you for watching this video I hope this helped somebody and if you are new make sure you hit the subscribe button during the growing family and I will see you in my next video. Peace