 Good day. I Am like three minutes late But that's all cool you guys How are you guys doing today? I have some very very good news To share with you all I have actually had a not too bad week this week feeling kind of like I'm progressing somehow With my mental health executive functioning. It's not completely at the top yet, but I am I am feeling a lot better, you know Hello, Jack the lag. How are you doing, man? Let's see. Yeah, and nae nae purple dog. How are you doing? Hi, so it's it's it's been a fun day from week rather and Very excited because there's some new like Pokemon legendary Pokemon and like the Pokemon go game that I'm playing at the moment, so So it's pretty fun I also got some really cool glasses from the comic-con that I went to on the Last weekend, maybe the week weekend before Got some some flashy new glasses Don't know if I'm gonna keep them on for the entire stream, but Got some different There we go Very nice very nice So, yeah, just as with all of the other weekly live streams that we do hello Joshua, we are going to be doing a Q&A so it's not going to be Kind of the reacting to autism videos I do in YouTube is just kind of if you got any questions about autism mental health relationships me self-improvement fitness go for it Ask away because you guys are the the drivers to the What we talk about I guess That's awesome you're a fan of con come to it was my first time actually it was really cool I'm not sure where when I'm gonna start like making my stuff again Like on Instagram and really like putting some time into it But I'm feeling if this week is to be followed up by a better week, then it's possible that I might have the Mental energy to continue Hello Angela, I hope you're doing good too. How are you feeling today? Autistic for us. I hope you're doing well. Yes. I am feeling better not not a hundred percent, but Any fun workouts lately? Well, I mean, it's it's a bit of a weird question because like Working out I guess is like the fun part of working out for me is like the after bit because Like a good workout in my head is very very painful Very very exhausting and then the afterwards is like the good part So I've had I've had some good ones I actually skipped my upper body day last week. So I managed to Get my bench press up to quite quite a good level this week did about 105 kilos for Nine reps. So once I hit like the top Gonna be like, yeah, good Remember say hydrated with some water. There's that is our hydration reminder. Mr. Joshua J. Williamson as usual Do it when you're ready. Yeah, good Joshua fortune asks, did you just roll out of bed because your hair is like that? No, it's it's actually I've styled it like this. It's actually very naturally quite flat. So I have to like put in a bit of volume stuff to Puff it up a little bit, you know Type type to fun work fun for workouts here What do you mean by type to do you mean like bipolar type to you like my hair like this? Well, I'm glad Angela. I have put a little bit. I've got this like how did Styling gel that I'm using at the moment Which is good. It's nice K1 for cop 14 says Do have you read the umbrella gang comic? And if you haven't I think you should read it I'm not much of a reader to be honest. I'm much more of like a Video audio kind of person, but I think I think I know which one you're talking about I think I actually have one of the comics so went to I went to like it's not like a comic on it was like a very small kind of Comic themed event in in harrigat like a year or so ago I think I met them. They do like neurodiversity based comments for comics for like teens and stuff down there It's pretty cool. It's pretty cool So, yeah, um, if you want to ask any questions You can you better stick them down in the comments so you can use a little question bubble in the bottom right Corner or at least I think it's the bottom right corner and leaf from my side All right, sorry about that Back to the bad preparation with with drinking Pepsi All right, how you doing Luke welcome to the stream autistic for says Type two Fun is only fun in retrospect. For example climbing a mountain is hard Physically and mentally, but when you look back on the memory, it feels fun type one fun is in the moment Interesting. I've not heard of that sort of explained like that. I Suppose you could that you could apply that for like when I was doing my fighting days and stuff as well like I imagine Like probably looking back on it like the act of like going into a fight. It's quite Anxiety provoking but then like afterwards, you know, you feel good and I Have done have that experience. It's always like my first fight that I did was the most Anxiety provoking like I'm not gonna lie I had like panic attacks and meltdowns because my anxiety was just rampant around that time I was a teen, you know, that was kind of my Worst years in terms of mental health, but after that, like I was I was always like really ready and willing to go again the sad part was that Because my weight class is so high it there doesn't tend to be a lot of like people fighting within the competitions used to be literally like One usually and maybe two if it if it was like a popular competition. I didn't know about that autistic thought it's really interesting Because I said you look good. Thank you very much The umbrella gala is about six neurodivergent preteens sharing their experiences. That's really cool That's awesome. I mean, definitely if I if I read comics and stuff for I might have to check out on Google or something Just to check if I'm like thinking about the right Thing Brella gang. Oh, yeah from the ADHD foundation Yeah Definitely Ayola Edwards says I didn't realize how tall you are. Yeah, I mean, it's it's quite hard to tell with Watching like videos of me especially because I used to have my camera like quite quite high up on my My desktop But now I'm six three so I'm a tall boy Viking maybe What type of fighting style do enjoy the most are definitely like Definitely striking How tall in feet and inches six three Yeah, fighting. I love watching Moitai Moitai and Taekwondo are my favorite I do like a bit of boxing, but I know that like there's like a really high incidence of CTE in those spots So it always kind of has this existential Sense around it when I'm watching it Definitely You're the same always down under angle angle so people People get confused that in six two. Do you do your online stuff as well? AC Keeble says I'm a passionate advocate for the Commonwealth Games and you were an athlete for England once What do you make of the current situation with the Commonwealth Games being cancelled in Australia? to be honest like I haven't really I don't really stay up to date with Like watching things very much like it's very rarely that I might go through a phase now in the game where I watch like a bunch of Moitai fights or Taekwondo fights or boxing or something like that and It's fun, but I'm very much like of a doer when it comes to sports But I didn't know that what's what's happened with it Hello, Sun Hat kid Cutiti says how is your mental health this week? You know, it's it's getting getting to be good, you know It's um It's feet. It's feeling to be lifting somewhat I'm hesitant to say that I'm gonna be all good next week because you know, sometimes it's a bit hard to tell but I'm definitely feeling a lot more Confident a lot more myself a lot more chill like I usually am so it's good Also the games looking good recently. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. It's um And definitely I'm coming up and probably about at three years. I think Three years at the gym. I still haven't like properly got into like doing my nutrition and stuff, but I'd say I'm like an intermediate lifter at the moment. So there's a there's a little bit of a way to go I Don't know when I'm gonna stop with it, but it's um, it's definitely very regulating for me for my mental health Did you see that Watson from the inside did a video about how he got brains or some brain scan in London? No, I did not It was very interesting Do you use the timer to help you do any things if you get hyper focused? Not really, I mean usually I'm actually quite good like sticking to a schedule or a routine It's just when my mental health gets bad or like the burnout kind of kicks in that my Routine kind of goes out of the window but Yeah, use that usually I don't I don't really use time as that much. I know it's very helpful for ADHD as Not really sure if I'm ADHD or not, but I'm on the list. It's gonna gonna take a while Jean Milne Says hi Thomas and everyone. Are you aware that there's been a shortage of ADHD meds? Being told that there's none to be had and the professionals are doing nothing to help. That is really really bad That's really tough because I know that then amphetamines like the things that they use for ADHD meds Like you definitely get tolerance and like dependency on them. So I imagine that that's gonna be really difficult for people That's really sad to hear actually, what do you do for relaxing? Jim? Well after after Jim Maybe a bit of RuneScape gaming You know stuff like that Yeah, I mean socializing is very much like a big thing for me as well like I really love talking to friends and You know going out and doing stuff It does kind of exhaust me to some degree, but it's it's like a fine balance like meeting my social needs averse Being aware of my social battery as an autistic person. It can be quite quite difficult sometimes K-1 for Cops says do you hate it when society misconstrues neurodiversity as neuro binary? As in exclusive to ASD and ADHD despite Cassian Asamasu stating that neurodivergence is all mental diagnosis. Um, I suppose it's like because neurodiversity is that like umbrella term They make it makes sense I think in terms of society like it's Like I know that there's there's a lot of movements in terms of like viewing autism ADHD and like a few of the neurodiversities is like a positive to neutral thing Whereas like I know that there are some particular neurodiversities that are not they're just kind of negative like for the person you can think of things like You know, you have the whole like acquired Vers inherent neurodiversity thing, you know, because you could say that under that neurodiversity umbrella That like having brain a brain injury is is neurodiversity, which it is It's just when we're kind of talking about it in a Social kind of political context. It's sometimes quite confusing for people. I think That's just my thoughts on it I mean, we're yet to kind of get into the point where we're we're out there in like the mainstream Like advocating for changes and stuff, but we will get there at some point. I hope so I always says I had a big burnout So not being to the gym in the last three months, but went back Wednesday. No, I'm sorry F But notice how much it helps me regulate dopamine Well, it's it's definitely good for me in a burnout It's sometimes very it's sometimes more difficult to cope with it if my anxiety is quite high But I would definitely say that if you are going for a burnout like Jim Jim can be like a really Solid thing to crack to try and crack down on because It's very regulating and it helps with anxiety and mood just generally With the same problems here with ADHD meds Your son had to do a month without Geez What's happening? That is awful. Yeah Hmm Well, so I really appreciate you took home Bob messages about my view orders, which nice and help. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I actually I think for the last last few times like on my OBS system my actual road podcast a mic the one I use That was That was supposed supposed to be the one it was late though like they were labeled the opposite So one of the first times that I did my my kind of YouTube reaction stream things I actually had my my basic Mac my con which is why it was so so bad Australia Victoria State Council the 2026 games because the hosting costs and difficulties that sucks very much so I Respect that you're taking a break. I could use to apply the same level of self-awareness to renegotiating my boundaries of work creating and socializing Yeah, well, it's it's it's important stuff. Okay, and you know, I do work a part-time job and You know, it's it's not the most ideal situation, you know It's just kind of one of those situations, you know I could I could keep going with it and just keep keep firing away and hoping that it'll lift But usually the best the best idea is to kind of take a break And ideally notice that things are getting a bit too much beforehand before it gets too bad It can just because it's gonna be hard sometimes definitely like self-advocating for yourself There's a lot of risks out there in the world even though we're supposed to be disability friendly and my orders and friendly and stuff within the workplaces With some yes, but it's for my son being a nightmare being calling for help on deaf ears I really that's really awful. Where about C base gene? Is that in the UK? Fresh is faith Fade is fresh AF. Thank you very much So it's it's grown out a bit since my my hair tends to grow like really quickly. It's a bit annoying Scotland's jeez That sucks that's so awful and I hope they're okay What jobs do you think are best for people of ASD? Is freelancing the best option or part-time or full-time but remote? I think it very much depends on the person like I wouldn't be able to give like an overarching thing My ideal would be that every autistic person could find something that relates quite heavily to their special interest You know the things that are the good it Freelancing does come up come with its own sort of different bag of eggs, but if you manage to get on Some kind of like disability benefits or something Alongside that I wish is very possible It might be a lot more kind of viable for a lot of people It's just that that nine to five five days a week I think it's just way too much for a lot of autistic people sadly Yes, it's not only the ADHD meds, but also over meds now. It's harder to get Well, I hope they don't run out of mine That would be not a good situation. Oh my god What level are you in re-enscape? I have no idea probably like What level am I? Over a hundred hundred and ten awesome it It's okay. I'm not too bad. There's an ADHD Shortest in the US due to production levels Dude sketch TV charge more as well Yeah Well, it is a business isn't that I guess and I suppose in it like the US as well like You don't have what we have in the UK, which is like they're called general half-care prescription services and stuff Hello DJ. How you doing? Do you hate shows like a typical? Or all three good doctors for having neuro typical actors playing neurodivergent characters Um To be honest, I don't really watch a lot of autism themed content where it's just like about autism Because it tends to be like very hard-hitting for me If they get it wrong or if they get it right When I'm watching shows, it's kind of like if I'm watch if I'm watching like a Acted show not like an animated show. I Feel like there's a little bit of emotional distance that I have between myself and the characters Which feels quite comfortable to me. It's kind of like watching like a nature documentary, you know But um, it seems like autism is involved like as a heavy kind of main topic I feel like there's a lot that they can go wrong with especially if they don't have a good team of like neurodivergent individuals to help with that There's an autistic person. Is it common for us to get depressed easily 100% that is Is that that is there one of the brutal truths about being able to say a lot of mental health issues and that we can have Which is um, you know, I think I think like anxiety. It's about 40 percent. I Know that we can develop it quite quite a lot younger than most as well Gina says been trying to get my son employment. It's so hard. There's nothing to help and I support my son every day. It's just graceful How old is your son? I got diagnosed but no guidance after It tends to be the case and I Suppose, you know, I'm very glad that I'm part of the autistic community and that I can like Get information from independent creators because if I didn't have that I don't think I would know as as much about self autism and things like that as I do because though there really isn't much like educational work around it and Even supports especially if you go above the age of 18 Stuff Just what makes these these communities all the most all the more important 19 well, um, I know that there are there are some sort of specific programs for people 18 to 25 So that's good. I would definitely have a look around some stuff. I don't know any specific ones for Scotland, but I know that there are quite a few schemes that are going around that are between 18 and 25 So you could you could definitely find that stuff After 25 there is nothing so it's it's good that they're 19. It's good Pig nose says that pip pip pip, which is a personal independence payment in the UK is very difficult to get and even though I have autism it's not going to get better. They just give you a few years and you have to play again I think we should get it ongoing Yeah It is tough and it's definitely the it more easy if you have someone around you who can Help you through the process because I know that I Found it quite hard to to answer some of the questions and also, you know, you want to be Talking to them on on like at least on on Not a good day Preferably like if you're if you're really really struggling. That's how you want to answer the questions because Most of the time when I'm going for these assessments I'm usually quite in a good mental place because they can like handle it and I've like prepped beforehand and I feel quite comfortable with it So it's hard to forget sometimes It's hard to remember like the times where I really do need like the support You're a credit Thomas. Thank you very much Jean Autistic thought says in the US. There was recently a tornado that destroyed a plant that makes meds right So physical disasters affecting him too You're very you're very up on the the recent news autistic thought I commend you on that Books right draw says out of curiosity since changes a factor Changes factor a huge part of stress. Do you think change is stressful? If so, what do you do when things change? I Think if we're talking about small changes to daily life, I think that can be quite Like I have I have a lot of tolerance for it in adulthood. I didn't have a lot of tolerance for it when I was younger But I definitely say that, you know Longer like really big changes they can sometimes be quite stressful Usually what I try to do is I try to give myself like a buffer period, but on the other side of each slight big change Just to make sure that like my anxiety and you know general well-being doesn't doesn't deteriorate because of it Talking about like moving houses or going traveling or like doing anything like that That's you that's that's usually the big changes that I'm talking about Or it or even Exiting out of a long-term relationship or entering into one, you know Having different friends Ending university those could be big changes to What is the communities and programs in the United States? Do you recommend? I'm not really 100% sure about the the US in terms of supports, but I'm I'm sure there will be some good resources out there Last year last month was disability pride month. Definitely. That was very cool. I would love to be more involved in it But it's yeah, I suppose I did go to that that London event, which was pretty cool You work in science and medicine full-time. So you're up on like the The research papers and I suppose if you're working in science, you have like people around you that a very like Aware of what's going on in the medical world. That's cool. Do you do I did buy a med at uni? Do you do you do many like did you? Let me rephrase that What do you what do you work in? In terms of science Hello, Dylan. Welcome to the stream Just want to point out to you guys Now it's about halfway through if you are enjoying it so far Please make sure to sub member like Do all of that stuff. It's about 99p on YouTube and there are some like Badges that you can do on Instagram Either or would be very much helpful So I am definitely like really enjoying my streaming and I want to keep keep going with it Just thinking about things that I'm going to be doing at some point I'm still yet to sort out my trip to America. Yeah I'm very much excited for it But I I keep like having fails in my communication centers in my brain and I'm struggling to like organize stuff But hopefully tomorrow can get it all sorted get the get the flights booked All that stuff Gonna be fun. It's gonna be good Joshua G. We're we need some hydration reminders Books right draw says that my parents have been have good paying jobs But the inflation makes everything expensive But because I was in the taxes last year I wouldn't be able to access some help due to my parents jobs. Yeah, and that's this I experienced the same thing with university as well. It's um tough Yeah, but about a biology and genetics backgrounds. I was noble peace prize crisper lab and Sequence DNA one project was autism wasn't great. It's quite ableist That's amazing though. I learned a little bit about crisper When I was at uni, so you have it you have a noble peace prize. Wow That's amazing That is really cool Did you struggle at uni? Yeah, definitely a lot more on the social side of things because I didn't really know where to like go and find friends I know I didn't really I Didn't really have like the emotional social Intelligence that I do have nowadays when I was younger. I was I really struggled with that aspect of things It was quite tough for me Books right draw says any recommendations for if your parents Jobs might stop someone helping with ASD programs. I'm not sure I Would say that I would like to answer it, but I'm I'm not Can't really access access that information in my brain at the moment Indra Dear Mandis, I asked a question because I looked younger than my age Which question did you ask? Do what is people long younger than their age? I Wouldn't say there's a specific look to autistic people. I know that there are some like Links to something called EDS, which is Ella's Danlos syndrome and Sometimes that can come with like a greater elasticity in your skin so You know like If you have great area elasticity skin, you tend to look like a little bit more younger in terms of your skin So that that could be a crossover. Maybe I would hesitate to say that there's any particular like look to us But I suppose we can we can go for more kind of alternative II type fashions Which might make us look a bit younger. I don't know make some style choices that are not like stereotypically adult I Do I do the the quotation marks because there isn't really one. It's just this societal concept Masters in social epidemiology Epidemiology I With with to you see oh, you're in UCL London. You're working with liver transplant patients improving care. That's awesome That's very cool You didn't you busted well, you were a part of it, you know, that's that's that's the main thing That's really cool. What did you do financially with uni? I had a lot of support from my parents honestly, it was um very much the case as as we're saying before like due to due to like the bracket of of my parents jobs And then I got a very little amount of support by the government So I had you know, and I definitely couldn't hold down the job at that age just because of my mental health Could barely hold down you need to be honest, but Yeah Jean says I will have to go. Sorry. Thank you. Thomas. Have a great week and everyone know where is Jean It's lovely to have you in asking some questions much appreciated Have a good day Can losing weights or eating healthy be hard for SD people? um So good question. I mean that there are some things around perhaps executive functioning that might make it harder to Cook your own meals, which might be less healthy. Maybe um But I think you can you can make some good choices like in terms of food. I Definitely do. I mean, it's mostly fruit for me fruit and like protein protein things Stacks that I get from Aldi like quite quite good got this like really big pot of Got this protein cheese. I'm like this big pot of like Greek yogurt. There's high protein Um, I suppose healthy is I guess relative healthier would be a better way of phrasing it just because you know like It's it's a very kind of I guess it's somewhat subjective. I would say, you know Healthy for me is getting my protein in and making sure that I eat some fruits and veggies Hello, mr. Austin. How are you doing? Did you do four years straight at uni or took a break period that might have been long four years at uni One year at uni. I went to Thailand to do a research placement where I Took back part in some research Trying to understand why mosquitoes went being eradicated by the pesticides that they used Or developing like full resistance to pesticides um So I had to do a lot of like dissecting mosquitoes for their ovaries And like catching them and stuff, which was interesting um Also want to avoid placing moral moral values unfold unintentionally totally definitely I had like a I had one of my signature blueberry bubble frappes recently a costa It's been kind of a nice nice thing to do with my parents, you know, just kind of going out and having having a bit of coffee Chillin out It's been nice Chat alert said had to pop out so I don't know what questions I missed. No worries Uh books write draw says I'm 25 and ashamed to be not working yet Still living with my parents as an ASD person. Is this common? Um having financial independence later in life. Um, I think it's more common for us to to spend more time um at in the home environment um before we Go out into into the world and get get that kind of independence um, I think there's a lot of expectations that we we have on ourselves that are sort of enforced by society people online that are not always the most applicable to all of us Because they're they're not really preaching to Us because we're we're a minority of people, you know, and we we do have Generally, um a lot of difficulties of life whether it's because of um you know Uh, uh, just um difficulties in terms of fitting in in society or also um, I I'd say You know the negative experiences that we have when we're younger or through life in terms of discrimination things like that that can Make a big impact on Um, how long it takes us to kind of get started with things um, but I I would definitely have hope but don't um Don't don't be watching people who are You know giving you all of this kind of advice and what you should be like and how you should be um If then if they're not very divergent themselves because they don't I don't think they really get it and it's not usually A lot of this advice is not very tailored for us It's not taking into account the difficulties that we may have Yeah, don't be ashamed. That's a good good thing to add a lot Uh, indria diamantist, um says I've been called weird many times. So I always assume a scary one um I I I used to get called weird a lot when I was when I was younger. Um, I actually quite like being weird I like the label of weirdness I don't know. I feel I feel like this is just something inherently more fun about being weird So it's it's never something that I like fight back at and like if if someone was to call me weird, I'd be like, yeah You're like, yeah, I'm weird I don't care What what's what's it to you, you know I Think those says, uh, I don't know if you saw my question. Uh, what you're looking for I'm doing all sitting in the u.s. No, I didn't say it. Thank you for repeating yourself. Um I'm going to be working on a top secrets hollywood projects That's all I can say Um, it's very exciting Um, yeah, there's like a there's like an nda around it. So I can't like talk about it too much, but Hopefully maybe the end of the year start of next year. It might be all up and running and you'll you'll definitely know about it Definitely Are you in la? Uh, not at the moment. Uh, I will be in I think las vegas. I think that's that's where the person who's running the projects Kind of resides in so I'll be going there You're going next weekend. Well, it'd be cool to link up if we're if we're you're around then I think it might be like in a Month or so. I imagine a few weeks Thanks for being back. Thomas. You're very welcome vitamins What's your favorite meme? I like the autism creature, you know I'm a big fan of the autism creature It's it is very much a vibe Hahaha Joshua j. Williamson, thank you for a badge And you've you've bought me a badge the last three live videos Thank you so much for supporting these lives. It very much helps me out a lot man. I really much appreciate it Jim session the future could be fun. I'm planning a trip to the uk Maybe next year that would be awesome I'm still yet to like organize a social that we can do I mean, I think it's definitely something that I'd want to do in the future like When I'm back to to normal functioning tom Definitely I know there's some people who are quite keen to to to have a meet-up Uh, I made for faces unconsciously but stopped doing it when someone called me out for it. It was my stimming. Yeah um I know I I do go through some Phases now and again. It's very much not something at the moment, but um, I do I do have Ticks some of them are like facial tics as well. Most of them are like hand movements Uh, sometimes the verbal It only tends to be when I'm like really really struggling now That's been big for me realizing that I if I tried that I've tried to follow the normal scripts And it just doesn't fit. No, I have to make my own rules 100% 100% Hilsa says uh weird is definitely better than some labels totally Uh, mickey jose says accept the job offer today in my special interest and moving to yorkshire Keep getting anxiety and excitement That's awesome. I'm very very happy for you What what kind of job are you going for? Or what have you been excited to do? What types of genres do you read? Um, I don't read books, but I listen to audio um audio books usually tend to like Read stuff into like psychology science um What else Philosophy as well. I've I've gone into some some books on philosophy Like I I read this book called the existentialist cafe, which was really cool very much into that But what is worse than weird being normal? I would say Being a normal person. I think it's it's it's it's it's a bigger insult to me if someone says Oh, you're a regular normal person. I'm just like no No, I am not I hate that You're adorable. Thank you Um What can non autistic people do for autistic people in interaction? Um, perhaps not make so many judgments. I would say Don't don't judge them so quickly give them time You know, um, give them time to process especially if it's a group conversation That's that's very important um Yeah, and and explain things directly don't don't assume that people pick up on like the I guess the indirect Signals that you're trying to give off to them. You need to be like upfront and direct, you know Austin says uh had to pretend to be normal all work day yesterday Then hide the rest of the day That sucks I mean for me I I don't really mask because it's kind of hard for me to mask is on my job resume You know, I I say that I do all the public speaking and stuff around it and it's um, you know It's just out there. So I'm just like, yeah, they asked me about it and so yeah, I'm autistic and I you know I don't really I don't really mask I might like put a bit more effort into like social communication, but I never like mask and interviews other than Perhaps making a little bit more I come to other than usual, but that's it Hopefully they're online. So you don't actually have to like look at people Never be normal never will be and love it. That is the way to go Angela Thank you, Mr. Joshua. I was state. Hope you stay hydrated. That is the hydration officer reminder You know, we all tease with our inter receptive difficulties We forget to stay hydrated I've had many situations where I thought that I was coming down with something that I was sick I was tired when it really I just hadn't had like a drink all day So it's a real it's a real thing that happens So we have the hydration live stream manager Mr. Joshua Alethea Tyrell says, um, if you come to Paris, I'd be happy to meet up I've been I've been to France a few times Um, I would really like to to go to Paris. I don't think I like being to like the Eiffel tower and stuff Before but France isn't that far away. I definitely could like Have like a holiday over there or something Like a proper holiday um, I just I I'm not I can travel on my own and I have traveled on my own, but it's not my ideal, you know So I I'd want to go with somebody I think Definitely If you're enjoying this stream, make sure to like it, please if you can that would be really appreciated Um, those books are cool to read. They are indeed I like to learn things, you know Don't I'm not really I like fiction, but I just don't really Put time into reading fiction I'm I like to consume things as movies usually Mickey gs says, thank you. It's a workshop assistant job making prosthetics for medical training We'll be mean moving to first from Coventry so excited. Wow. We that is amazing. That sounds really cool That sounds awesome Well done you Normal, what's that? Yeah 100% standee because says when did you start talking childhood? Um, I think I had The standard kind of development time in terms of speaking and I was I was quite hyperlexic as well at that age I knew a lot of different words When I went to school My skills dropped massively Um Because I just didn't see the point in it because a lot of the stuff that they were teaching I already knew So I was just like I got really bored I got into trouble quite a lot um, the any time like the only way that my parents got me back into um, learning like English and maths in that way was Introducing me to a game called Yu-Gi-Oh, which is like a card game That I used to play I really loved it And you have to like calculate like the life points and the attack and defense and It's a read like the effects on the cards and be aware of them and Stuff like that. So it's really good for me actually um, I'd say that like if anyone's struggling to get there They're a divergent kid like learning about stuff just try and find something that they really like And try and like make it into some kind of Have some kind of educational element to it Then you'd be golden, you know There's card games for a lot of things so you could definitely like find some if you're willing to spend money on the cards, of course So whatever expensive, you know I hope you're doing well my friends. Hello Matt Uh, pygnosis travel alone is scary and stressful. Um, yeah, I mean it's it's Not not not the best. I mean once I'm actually on the plane or like I'm not on the train Going somewhere. I'm good. It's just like the prep like beforehand and they're waking up and getting places on time They're really stressed about so I always tries to be like two hours or so earlier Then I need to be just because it gives me a bit of a buffer for like if my executive function is quite bad in the mornings I don't think a lot of people do in general, but You know, it's it's a good thing Where were you born? How do you get born embraced born embraced? Born and raised How do you do self-discipline? Um Building up a routine that incorporates what I want to do um I think motivation is one of like the big lies That um, we have online amongst many Um, people say oh, you've got to be motivated to do everything You've got to be motivated to go to the gym or stick to your diet and it's like Why don't you just make it as easy as possible? to Do the things that you need to do Or get into the routine of doing the things that you need to do because one of the good things about being autistic um Or even even ADHD it tends to be that routine is a very like important factor in like our well-being In keeping us on track and so if we can manage to Um incorporate that and and and really Have that routine as part of your daily life things are going to be a lot more easy Um, you know the the thing that I say to everybody who's asking like how do I get into the gym? How do I get into fitness? Um start small, you know Go for like 15 minutes if you want to to the gym, but just do it like in The days that you would want to go like Say you wanted to start waking out. You know worked out before you got like Um, you want to do like three days a week, which is like the optimum for beginners Literally just find like a bog standard plan fitness plan uh beginner plan Do the bare minimum just go in for the first few weeks at the times that you said you would Do as much as you really want to if you just want to go on like the stairs for like two minutes and then head out Then that's that's cool Um, but you'll you'll find that once that is part of your routine Once the anxiety kind of dissipates from starting that new thing You you'll find you'll find quickly that you you you might want to like put in a bit more effort do some more things, you know Um, maybe maybe go and do like a proper program And then once once that in that senior routine motivation, it's not really needed, you know You'll probably feel worse if you don't go Which is they're an interesting part of it harder First three four weeks Once you're in the swing of things, um You're gonna find it hard not to go That's uh, that's that's a good thing about it It's very regulating very good for autistic people neurodivergence If if people could bottle up the positive effects of flight exercised into a pill and sell it to people it would be the most revolutionary Like medical advancement ever Maybe that's what you you need to develop autistic for developer exercise pill I was I was actually talking to my dad recently. It was at the gym. I was like Oh, I really enjoyed that workout, you know, because it was a hard one And I made some progress. So I was like, I really enjoyed that workout and it was like My dad was just looking like really glum and really down and I was like, did you enjoy it? And he's like, no, I never enjoy it if I could take an exercise pill and Go do it. Then I then I would I mean, I kind of get that, you know, it's like some form of ritualistic self-torture It kind of is um, it's a good form of that and it's a good addiction to have but you know, it's to a certain extent But yeah, so it is interesting talking to my dad about it Sorry, I dropped in late But may I ask a question? Please go for it What nationality are you? I am British Ugea was awesome trading cards where my special interest is the kid. I think they were for a lot of people I remember there being a lot of fights In primary and secondary school over people like trading cards and then deciding that they want the card back And they didn't like that trade and then like the school banned them And that put that like happened in like a cycle of like different things like we had these tiny little bay blades things that we had we literally just like Screwed them screw them on to the bottom of this Like warmed up spinner and just like lem go and they lasted like five seconds But um, all the kids at school were just like really obsessed with them Did you go to uni? I did I did did by med at university in Manchester Starlet says, uh, hey, are you feeling better? I am actually positive news Feeling a little bit bad this week, you know more chill more myself um Yeah, it's it's it's it's um Encouraging I would say Dylan says I was made redundant redundant due to a mass layoff at the end of last year I decided to lose weight and it made me feel a lot better I was off to job a few weeks ago going to the gym three times a week now Man, that's so nice to hear. That's so good to hear honestly like well done like There must have been such a hard thing that happened and and to kind of get back on track with things and and start Going to the gym as well. Like that's amazing That's awesome, man Stanley cost us thanks. No worries, mate I want to inflame We've got the thank you emoji Joshua William says, um into trouble quite a lot. Could that have been because of your ADHD? Maybe I'm not diagnosed ADHD due to those meds that I that I keep talking about that are annoying But uh Yeah, I mean maybe Possibly I definitely don't present as such on the outside But there could be some kind of internal Like signs that I'm perhaps not really identifying with ADHD. There's such a big crossover between autism and ADHD So it's it's hard sometimes to kind of pick it apart. I guess And that's the interesting thing about the autistic community because we we talk about a lot about autistic autistic imposter syndrome It makes sense that there is some level of autistic imposter syndrome because everyone You know autism creators people who who create stuff around autism They're not always just autistic. They're not always from the same background that you are from No, it's the same age. They don't always always have the same life experiences. They don't always have the same um mental health disorders You know, there's so many factors involved in that that can make us kind of feel like we're not I guess what one with What autism looks like in our eyes from from social media So I think that's that's really important sometimes and that's that's one of the reasons why I'm going for an ADHD diagnosis because I want to know because if I'm putting stuff out about autism and I'm forgetting about this You know, if I am ADHD and I forget about this ADHD element of things I want people to be aware that you know, there is you know, some indication or some kind of Feed in from being ADHD You know Great gym progress lately keep going. Thank you very much I'm trying It's it's it's really weird actually because a lot of the information online says that you can't Like be on a court or you can't like Because I've I've been Like reducing my weight very very very very slowly over the course of like six months um So I've been taking it very well. I haven't been like starving myself or anything I'm feeling quite like comfortable with the the rate that I'm going at Um, but they were saying that you can't really make progress. You can't really put on muscle like During that that that kind of period of time Um, which I which is it hasn't been very true for me I've actually been like improving my lifts. I've been getting I think more muscular I think most of the changes that people will be able to see with my body is is mostly due to the fat loss because It does make a really big difference, you know In how you appear Dylan says thank you. I will be sticking with it since I want to build muscle now also my Be very interested in senior senior progress. How you feeling? You know, it's a good thing to do. It's good for your mental health. Good for your self-image or that kind of thing Um, it's good to have like It's been really really good for my like overall grit determination sport exercise gym anything like that because when you see those small changes those small like Progress progressive steps that you're taking add or pin to something that's that's bigger It makes you feel very like confident in yourself and the efforts that you're putting in for those kind of Delayed gratification gains, you know Crystal says I definitely agree with the gym thing. I'm also autistic about to go now. Enjoy yourself crystal enjoy yourself Or enjoy the after part of it At 16 due to change I actually fell apart when I was on the computer clock and then I'm sorry to hear that You sound a bit Liverpool I wouldn't say that I sound Liverpool. It's um, I'm Yorkshire. Sorry. I'm not London I'm definitely definitely don't have a Liverpoolian accent. They could tell you that Targeted Tony love the name. Um, hope you're doing okay, mate. Just wanted to say hi and send good energy your way The energy is is flowing Taking in the energy Feels nice feels good Especially as I'm unemployed as well Well, as long as you don't you don't take that as like a personal Like issue because as I was saying before about like the new typical expectations, you know A lot of us don't are not employed, you know, there's a very Probably a very minority of us who have full-time employment only about 23 of us have part-time jobs, you know, so It's it's tough out there in the world and it's not it's not your fault or it's not Um, you know, there is always some sense of accountability. I guess to To certain things, but there is so much against us progressing in life That you know, you've got you've got a factor that in when you You're thinking about yourself and it's something that I've had to do as well over time, you know, it's um it can be a very upsetting reality, but You know being kind to yourself. It's it's a very important thing Magic the gathering is still one of my special interests I haven't played that, you know Thank you, mr. Send you on mutus for buying a badge I really much very much appreciate that helps me helps me, um Get get doing the streams things like that Very much appreciate that man Angela says I lost 120 pounds five years ago And have a healthier weight now made me feel so much better That's amazing. I don't even know what that is in kilos, but it sounds like a lot you know Good stuff very nice to you That's good that you're feeling better good news indeed. That is good news Segun says that that I am awesome. Thank you very much much appreciated It's not scowls. Yeah I do not have a scowl accent at all I'm not even gonna try it 64 kilos damn that's like half of me That's crazy. Wow That's that's that's that's that's a real like achievement that Melissa says hi. Hello Melissa Pig nose says be kind to yourself. Thanks for saying that I finished my work in life and then found out I was autistic. It wasn't great career But I worked 40 years. So I'm rather It's a rather than being gloom. I will be proud 100% like that's that's a massive achievement, you know Really good and I'm I'm happy to hear that. I hope you enjoying your uh, I imagine your retirement at the moment What did you do for work? That was half of my weight Wow How long did that take you Angela? I imagine that it's it's yeah God like I've been complaining about losing like 20 kilos, you know putting me to shame Putting me to shame Melissa says my son is going to be in high school soon. I don't want to be nervous, but I can't help it I think that there is You know, I I don't like to I wouldn't want to undermine like how difficult it can be for autistic people in secondary school um All I all I would say is is is try your best to support them and um make sure that you really hammer down on the adjustments and the things in place at school And if if the school's not right for them and you you're able to move schools Um, I would definitely encourage that try to um, I know Because my academics were quite good at the end of primary school um, they wanted to put me in one of these these these like High-performing secondary schools And because they thought that you know my parents were like, oh we want to get into this place because you know We can and he's got the resources. He's got the the the grades for it Um, but I didn't want to go there. I wanted to go to somewhere else I wanted to go to kind of a different school that wasn't in that kind of category um And I I think that was a good choice from my parents to to give me some agency and choosing my own place to go So yeah, I mean I yeah It's a very hard time secondary school, um And I understand the nervousness around it um From from the fact that you you've come on to this stream and you're wanting to learn about autism from Um autistic adults hear about their experiences. I think that's a very good um pointer to to you know, um How good you are of a parent because that is like a an amazing thing to do um for your kids and uh Yeah You mean you you're very welcome to to to ask questions around around that in the in the future if needed um I just very much You know, um Yeah, it's it's hard to give advice, you know around that stuff It's it's definitely a tough time, um or has been a tough time for me. It's not for everybody, but um I think for a lot of us it can be quite a difficult experience um Yeah, I'm I'm sorry. It sounds very negative like the way I'm you saying that you're nervous and I'm like giving you more things to be nervous about So I'm sorry about her um, I I wholeheartedly wish that there was more peer support in peer support teacher training Training for the students like education for the students around autism I 100% wish that you know Took you almost three years. Wow, Angela. That is Yeah, it sounds very difficult That is that is definitely something to be proud of that is amazing No, you're not making me nervous. I promise good. I'm glad Uh, Mickey Joseph says have you seen Lord of the Rings? I binge watch them all whenever I have a big burnout and they're the best I have seen the Lord of the Rings. I've seen them quite a few times. I think there was Uh, the local everyman they have this like deal on where you you wouldn't see Lord of the Rings And you could get like a meal with it or something um We watched like two of them. I think we kind of got a bit um tired, I guess Like at the at the end of the second or we're like, oh You know, we're feeling a bit sleepy after after these films. Um, they're very long sometimes best chopped up into bits Brennan says welcome back brother. I hope you're feeling a little bit better from your burnout and executive dysfunction Thank you very much, Brennan. I am actually feeling not too bad today Um, Dylan has joined the Auti Legion on the channel and has got his very lovely red infinity symbol Thank you very much for joining the squad, my man Much appreciated Uh, pig nose says awaken archives retail art making and admin all sorts also managed to get a master's degree. That's awesome Very cool. Very cool very cool Brennan says follow up question. Have you completed Lord of the Rings at Dagon of kings um I don't know actually. I think I've got a few rings from them Not gonna lie I did me a friminic achievement diary thing Before as well did it with a friend like a few like a year or so ago I haven't really done much pvm at the moment now How about you have you done that? Uh, Melissa says, uh, thank you. Yeah, it's a husband and wife at the same school. Um Same special program as well. I feel like you like I'm being told what I want to hear you're amazing Thank you very much I'm glad I'm glad that I'm not like Causing more issues Uh, books writers says I have to go. Well, it's been lovely to have you and thank you for all the questions I I really appreciate that. I think we're going to try and wrap up in like 10 minutes or so Good to do that Uh, if anything you're making me more happy about it. I'm very glad glad. Melissa. Very glad Uh, mickey joe says a lot of the rings films are really long. I have the extended editions as well Uh, the rings of power series is really cool. Is that a new series? Is that a new one? Yeah, and thank you mr. Austin Henshaw for for gifting A uh a membership to uh mig's music Thank you very much Austin I really appreciate all the all the gifts the gift did uh subs that you're giving to everybody um Make sure to say if thanks to mr. Austin mig's Yes, it's a prequel. I'm gonna have to check it out. I'm gonna have to check it out and sounds cool On amazon I've got lots of things to watch I have been like Weirdly, I actually haven't been watching much at the moment even though I like I'm in kind of a rest mode I think I'm just kind of out of the Routine of it once once I start watching things on the nighttime Like in the evening then I start Wanting to do it more. It's the same with a lot of things to be honest If it's in my routine like Definitely do it but once it's out. It's like it's sometimes a task to get like back into watching things weirdly Um, it's that kind of transition kind of period It's like that So I'm gonna um try and write things up in about five minutes. I've gone over my usual specified time A little bit, um, which is cool I've got a podcast to edit because I know I have been awful with Making things Making videos I have I have the clips ready for next week, which is gonna be good from the uh podcast that I did with all things private practice Um on autism and addiction, which is going to be a really cool one um, I'm also going to be putting out a podcast with Um, very cool guy called autistically be who does kind of autism Uh gym fitness stuff over on instagram Definitely go check him out if you haven't already Um, so we're gonna we're gonna talk about his life and like the the different things that he's experienced and um Very inspirational, man So that's gonna be cool and then uh Yeah, I think I think I do have one for the for the for the week after I can't remember which one it was but Um, I'm definitely gonna have to start recording some new ones at the moment Brennan says you haven't been awful at making things just because things haven't gone to plan Great things take time to make we humans don't work linearly Totally. Thank you for that Brennan I think it's I I appreciate that Like it's not something that Is expected from from you guys and it makes me feel very comfortable and I I do also know that Like it's not just people like it's it's like Robots at work as well like specifically on youtube like You know keeping track of how consistent I am with the videos that I'm making to push it out more, you know That's the thing that gives me anxiety It's not you guys like I I really appreciate all the support that you that you give me and Lovely comments and the messages and and all of that stuff. It really does brighten my day and these live streams Definitely have to go really enjoy this. Thanks so much for doing it. No worries. Pig nose would like to see you next week 5 30 p.m uh, british standard time every friday This says but today i'm going to write down all the letters to make sure there's locks and all the bathrooms because I hear some things that make me question that By the way, you're awesome. Thank you Mickey jay says definitely recommend me and my brother Full on fellow for chairs at the balrog scene. So there's a prequel. So it's before it That must be that that must be quite cool. Actually I did like I did like the the hobbit trilogy That was that was pretty pretty pretty damn cool um Sam I watched a lot of serious and then they just stopped I tend to do that mostly with anime because some of my favorite animes They have a lot of episodes like a god damn like library of content to get through and I get to a point where I'm like I've watched so many I take a break and then I come back to it and I'm like I can't remember what's gone on full hands and then I restart it. So I just watched like the same three seasons like over and over again You didn't know you watched one piece. Um, I I've watched a little bit of one piece, you know It's not my go-to one. Uh, I like fairy tale. I like dragon ball z narrow tail things like that You never started one piece for that reason. Yeah Totally totally All right, I've got about two minutes left. So if you've got any burning questions any desires um, please go for it And thank you to everybody who has badged me and But memberships and things like that. I very much appreciate that I'm more of an avatar type of guy, but then people start arguing if it's true anime I love avatar There's a lot of good messages like within the avatar series Kind of a bit like spiritual as well in some some respects Does anyone mean to all skip confidence this way? I have not How was it of you? You went to the online conference. That's cool So I'm I'm actually in the process of getting myself kind of like a pa um, so I will be like Being able to send out more emails and things to people to actually get set up with doing some more public speaking Which is going to be really cool So I've got I've got high hopes for the rest of the year. Um, should be some really cool things happening You know, hopefully get them back back on track with things A lot of technical issues, but you made a few good connections. Cool. Cool. Very cool Well, um guys, it's been been a pleasure as per usual and um I am perhaps planning on doing a few more streams like uh reaction streams that I do to different videos giving my own kind of personal commentary on autism related content out there on the wide web and um, If you want to get involved in that make sure to sub Um and turn on notifications if you want to find that and if you're on instagram My youtube is in the link tree. 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