 Pebbles pebbles Why don't we put you here? Anyway, oh No, no, okay, I'm just doing a video It's all right, it's fine. No, don't worry about it So No, I was I was just doing it for comedic value for the for the video No, it's okay like I edit edit the videos and stuff anyway She's a she's my neighbor next door lovely lady Obviously can't go out that much during the all the whole covid isolation scenario So obviously it's a bit difficult on all of us Even more so for people who are a bit older But yeah, she's she's doing all right And I'm doing okay, of course, which is probably what I should lead with It has been very difficult these past Few weeks. I had a really good routine. I had my work. I had my boxing I had my writing I had lots of stuff that I was doing and I had a good routine set up to put out videos and do podcasts alongside with all of the other stuff that I'm doing and this all covid thing. It's really Really messed up my routine. I feel like most people when this kind of stuff happens They would deduct all the things that they can't do like No work no boxing other stuff. You can still do it, right? Well in my brain, and I'm sure a lot of you can empathize with this It's it's not like that it destroyed my reading. I had to build it back up slowly from the start and That's one of the things that I wanted to talk to you today about Firstly about, you know covid and all that and I know there's loads of videos out there on covid in the media and on YouTube and To be honest, it's kind of getting on my nut a little bit on the old brain Annoying me. I know it's covid. Everyone knows everyone knows it's isolation We don't need to keep talking about it, but I'm talking about it today. And if that's them not the most cognitive Exonancy like thing that I could do in this situation So yes, I'm in my backyard shooting a video on my new camera And you've probably seen my new camera in that last Easter video that I uploaded not that that's really relevant right now because I Mainly putting this video out as I said firstly to talk about covid secondly About the documentary the Asperger's growth in a society Documentary the one that I've been hyping up for the past few weeks The thing is is that I've had a little bit of correspondence with the university Obviously, I did the documentary as part of my final year project which basically means that I Filmed it for university and then they've allowed me to put it on my social media on my YouTube But one what I didn't expect when I was sort of emailing people to try and promote the documentary Was that the public relations the media relations team for the university got in contact with me and asked me to have a call and we chatted about a few things and He basically said that If I was willing to sort of put off releasing the documentary For now, maybe give it a couple of weeks three weeks at the max then They would help me do a whole sort of media PR campaign for the documentary And it really it really upset me in some respects because I Like to get things out as I say, they're gonna be out. I like to To do things and I like to Make sure that I'm keeping your best interest in mind because you guys are The channel, you know And it's it's hard And it's it's really an opportunity that Doesn't come around a lot The I'm I won't There's not many opportunities where a big university is gonna put their time in to try and promote something about autism and The whole documentary the whole meaning behind the documentary is that I want people to know about it It's all well and good putting it out for autistic people and and You know, it's it's usually a good source of of inspiration or a good source of relatability for autistic people But it's not Going to change anything unless it's in the mainstream media and that's that's the thing that I'm really struggling to tap into until Obviously the media relations James got in got in contact with me So as of now, I am I've put back the documentary trailer Not the trailer. I put that the full documentary for a Couple of weeks in advance Realistically, I'm not sure when it's going to be coming out. I Have released the documentary on my patreon group on Facebook as I said that I would But in terms of public release, I don't think it's going to be out and Any time soon within within the week or so it's not it's not gonna happen for a few weeks to come and Idea I am genuinely. Sorry that it hasn't been released It's not going to be released on Friday because I did I know I did say that it was going to be But yeah, it's it's it's a good step and it could at the least help build the channel Help get a bit more publicity. Maybe if it gets a lot of publicity I'll be able to start making videos for a living. Who knows? probably not and At the most it's going to be a catalyst for social change and the most which is Way up there on the on the important scale in terms of my goal raising mental health awareness for autistic people Something needs to be done about it and that's the whole reason why I started the documentary It's a whole reason why I get up in the morning make videos I want to try and improve the lives of autistic people like yourself Like your parent not your parents like your children People you work with your friends your partner that's what I want to do and this way of doing it this camp this PR campaign seems to be the most viable option for achieving that goal But as I said, I hope I hope you guys are doing okay. I know it can be absolutely horrific Trying to adjust these routine change to these routine changes It is it is good that the government's you know put out a Notice saying that the autistic people can get out a bit more than often maybe go to some more remote locations and Have them have more opportunities to exercise and stuff and that's all all well and good And I'm really happy the government has Considered that when they were thinking about isolation because I feel like it's really important especially for kids and teenagers To get that that aspect and even even for autistic adults emotional regulation Exercise being out of nature. It's good for your mental health. It's good for your emotional regulation Important things Obviously there's going to be a lot of media related things to deal with covid and It may just feel you may feel like I do and Just want nothing to do with it. You don't want to hear about it. You know, it's going on You know, you're gonna have to be inside. He's waiting for that green light to start normal life again And I completely get that I feel exactly the same and so I hope that my inclusion of covid in the title isn't going to put any of you off but I suppose there's no point in me mentioning it now because you probably didn't click on it um Yeah Please let me know how you are doing in the comments And obviously if you are alone and you're on your own and you need someone to talk to like I've got a lot of free time on my hands I may be doing a lot of blog posts and promotional stuff for my documentary and working on the podcast, but I Mindbox is always open and whilst I'm not may not reply instantly Give me a couple of days and I will definitely reply to you and you know I really do care about all of you and and hope that you're Able to to deal with this effectively and if if you if you can't And if you do need some help I'm always here to offer you some advice or give you a bit of emotional support Whether it's share my own experiences. I will do that for you during this time and um Yeah, thank you for watching this video. I know there's probably going to be a lot of youtube videos coming out. So I'm very thankful that you have decided to click on this one Bloody eight insects You can still hear it. Well, I better go My foot is starting to go numb from all these pebbles that my mum has brilliantly decided to scatter across the garden and as I said yet I'm very much looking forward to releasing this documentary Thank you so much for being a part of my channel And joining me on this journey. This could be the big break that we need To get all of this stuff heard about to get the awareness out And it's all down to you guys for supporting me and my talking on a camera or talking on a microphone It's all down to you. So thank you