 Okay, that should be that should work So the app interviews I was I forgot to plug in my microphone Over in YouTube. Sorry guys Sometimes my microphone just decides to not work and I have to re-plug it in many apologies How are you guys doing over on the new tube second on no sounds? Sorry I Was just my didn't know my device. I didn't say anything Sydney says my brother had a late diagnosis of autism. He is an Narcissist to relationship. That's not good. I'm sorry to hear that Daniel says hi Thomas. I do like swimming as a hobby slash sport and I'm glad I can do it Is there any sport you're glad you're good at? I mean, I was very good at take on no when I was a bit younger Which is kind of like if you haven't seen it before it's like It's kind of like boxing, but with your legs Not like doing a hand-standing kicking with your legs, but You know, I mean Yeah, I was pretty good at it When I was a bit younger used to compete for GB and stuff. So I was all good. Yes, you can hear me now good Well, I'm for everybody on YouTube Apologies for the lack of light and it does seem that there's a bit noise in the background Um Yeah, what was I saying? Yes How is your Christmas being YouTube? How are you guys doing? Sydney says I've been trying to help help him get out. He won't leave because he has two sons. That's a really That's a very difficult situation. I'm sorry that they're in that. Hello books, right draw. How are you doing? I'm Joshua G. It's good to see you I hope you stay hydrated with some water I missed you in the last live streams. Why have you been Joshua? I didn't have a drink for the entire the entire live stream No, my good My boy my three is a boy has an autism diagnosis what to do in his early age I can't offer any any particular advice. It's a very general question. But if you've got anything Specific that you would like to understand about sort of the autistic experience. I'm I'm here for you a lot of us are vulnerable to Narcissia I Think so I definitely have my own experiences Hello Thomas. Hello Hedwig. How are you doing? So one question that I want to ask you What do you think of my hoodie YouTube with my wings? I'm a little vampire It's supposed to be moth man. I don't know if you've heard it before it's kind of like it's one of like the sort of mythical kind of Dark creatures celestial creatures like a fool and stuff like that But I've been looking for kind of like a goffy onesie for a while now So it's I'm glad that I've finally got one. It's got like a Like a silk interior. It's really nice Really cool So for any new new joiners, this is basically an opportunity for you to ask any questions that you have Try and keep them to to specific questions if you can It's just because when it's when the questions are a little bit too general. It's quite hard for me to think of where to start and I could go on for like an hour on a general question Indeedy I do have a video coming out This weekend which will be What is autism? So it's gonna be a very sort of general overview of both like the medical and sort of Social Perspectives from the autistic community. I hope it will be good piece of good video for people who are just kind of getting into Understanding what autism is so I have missed you past few live streams. Don't worry about it Hello, Dustin. How are you doing? Nice to see you to see you nice. I think my my chat on is is struggling to keep up to date for some reason What is your favorite fiction book? Well one of my favorite movies and books that I've read is it's kind of like a Swedish horror movie I think there was a remake of it which was made for like an American audience called let me in But the original sort of Swedish movie in the book is called let the right one in. It's probably one of like my favorite films I've watched it many times over but I've also read the book and I don't tend to I don't tend to do a lot of reading. I do a lot of my audiobooks, but most of the time, you know, I Like to do something else like play like a mindless game Well, I'm listening You really loved my last post about what to say to your auto partner. Thanks for that one. No, where's all genie. I Hope I'm glad it was somewhat Received well and helpful Valentines says oh well onesies too. I'm currently wearing a black gloomy bear onesie They're really convenient for when you want your entire body to be covered. Yeah 100% I Mean usually I go for like a good old dressing gown. You've probably seen it in one of my previous live streams. I've done but I Usually go for something of that nature even if it's not like bedtime. I do just kind of like Some kind of soft fabric around my arms. It's nice Hydration reminder. Thank you very much, Joshua James says hello Thomas. I have aspergis and I am 44. I've got no friends Really, I find change hard with new neighbors But I think positive about it and I'm reading a book called autism by gill and drew Well, thank you for sharing your experience Um, how did you come across autism? Was it something that you've been diagnosed? Younger or is that kind of like Something that's just recently kind of come and you're trying to learn as much as you can about it Bree says, what do you think of the notion that autistic phenotype is linked in the and a full dna? Um, is that true? I have to be honest. I don't particularly keep up to date with the the genetic side of things It's not really something that a lot of people like to hear about Um What are the top characteristics of autism Um, I mean going going by the sort of the medical model. I'd I'd recommend looking up the The triad of impairments And that could be like a good kind of medical side Um knowledge of that um That would be things like social communication social behavior and also sort of Um rigidity in in places. Those are the kind of the free Triads I would argue that there's probably like a another part of that which would be like the quadrant um And that would be the sort of sensory side of autism I would say Um, but well, that's five characteristics. I would say um, some interesting things to look into if you are looking for like Different sort of things other than what you can find particularly through like a google search Or like a medical kind of paper. I'd look into things like um, electsophemia cognitive and adaptive empathy um I would say Things like flat affects and vocal monotony. We've got one more to do Um, definitely like autistic monotropism I would try I would try those those five if you haven't heard of them before and give them a bit of google I do have some videos and posts on them if you want to go check those out too Uh, dhan says I was diagnosed as autistic in my late 30s I've been researching it. I think I remember reading a little bit. There's such a thing as audio Idetic memory as well as a visual one for reading Audio idetic memory I think I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the right thing, but I've never heard of idetic before Audio if I'm thinking of the right thing um The correct the correct terminology is idetic memory for visual triggers and echoic memory Um, it's sensory memory to register specific tool. Okay. Yeah. Um, I have heard seen a lot of stuff on Uh, particular like sensory memory, but I haven't heard those terms before It does seem that autistic people tend to Remember a lot more about like our sensory environment than most people I would say Seen some stuff around that Yeah, I've been trying to find a replacement for one one see any of the good oversized and fashionable robe that I can easily throw on nice Precise as a pop scientist asserting that the DNA thing. I'm not sure if it's true. I just slightly underfalls Um, I'm not really sure I'll have to have a look into that Might be an interesting meme to review Hmm Head of says signing off now. I just want to thank you. Thomas as you are helping me following my late diagnosis Have a lovely evening. Thank you very much. Hedwig Oh, it's lovely. Nice to see you Mary says I find social interaction very difficult. I love routine and I have very few interests. I'm obsessed with making money. I think I'm autistic Hmm I mean that those do sound somewhat somewhat sort of Me maybe some of those Sorry if I'm not being very helpful or engaging tonight and My brain's just kind of a bit foggy because of my my low mood at the moment um Thank you very much, mr. Austin for the super chat engagement And I gifted member to Ru Ruat's basket. Thank you very much, mr. Austin You're always very generous. I much appreciate it. How's Jim going man? Behold a mx says hi Thomas. I'm out of home and I can't listen I just I'm just passing by to say hi I'm just gonna have a look at some of the the posts that I'm Playing and bringing out I do have a lot of stuff on like relationships like posts on relationships that are going to be coming out in the next month or so over the next month or other um I got a few ones got one about stimming one about echolalia Also got one I've done that one Put out the bias one as well. That was a really interesting one to me I also have for anybody who has enjoyed the recent posts that I made about Four things autistic partners love to hear. I do have another one coming out at some point Hello, Kayla. Nice to see you. Thank you for coming into the chat Uh, mr. Austin says never big enough Uh, it's um You you gotta you gotta appreciate You know how far you've come in some points, but um, I know what you mean I mean, that's kind of like the intention of like bodybuilding and stuff. So I suppose when you stop feeling that you you just stop I guess Mighty man says howdy. Hello Target one five says, um, I seem to be able to switch from social to anti-social in a click Is that normal for us autistics? um I think that in general it can it can take us quite a while to switch like between like social mode And other stuff because it's kind of like a transition although um I do know I think I do know what you mean because I've had situations like that before um I think I think a lot of the time when there's kind of like a little switch in my head and I'm just like right I don't I want to stop talking. It's usually when I've like Exceeded my social battery or I need a rest That it's probably like your body's Or your brain's way of saying that you need to take a break Um, so it's good. It's good that you have that. Um, but I do know what you mean Yeah, all I can ask is don't ask me any questions. Are you sure junior? Uh, dhen says could you review the five items five items you suggested to research when reading Medical papers Um, what you mean like research sort of the diagnostic criteria Is that something that you would is that what you mean? I am the same target When my energy runs low I can switch anti so fast. Yes. Yes Um, it's just kind of like It's I don't know. It's sort of like a semi sort of shut down experience Like you can still talk and stuff, but you know that you just want to like You know go on your phone and put your headphones put your earphones in and listen to some music, you know Have a little break Totally For me, it's very much very much depends on the sort of people I'm around How safe I feel around around them. Yeah I think I think all of that can obviously like contribute To like whether you can um I'll deal with it on autism. Yeah Well, I I'll consider it. Um, I'll I'll put that in my topic list To cover the diagnosis criteria Sure thing The only reason why I don't do too much about like particularly about medical research is that um all such psychological stuff is Well, I mean obviously I do but I tend to focus more on like I guess like the less known stuff because there is a lot of information out there particularly on like What you can look for in terms of like diagnosis and such but um You know, I do I do think there are particular things especially like concepts that have A risen from the autistic community that I I tend to talk on more Just because there isn't as much stuff out there The diagnostic items you listed earlier What you mean do you mean the triad of impairments or do you mean? um Those those things that I suggested having a look at But I can do it now. So I'll I'll give you 10 seconds to get some paper. Yes, okay Um, there's alexa thymia alexa thymia Uh cognitive versus adaptive empathy No, that was two Um autistic monotropism is another one I can't remember the last two that I said but uh masking Or all social camouflage is is another one that I think is Important to look at especially like later in life um What else what else could I suggest I think I've exhausted my brain today Oh my god Low-style rewind says hello there. Hello live. How you doing? Valentines says I get irritable when my social battery is low I would describe it as keeping my answers as short as possible I'm being rather dismissive. I just get so fed up of and have nothing nice to say Yeah I don't know what you mean So it's a kind of the the smile and wave situation, you know Smile and wave boys smile and wave I seem to have many masks for many situations. I think what you're thinking of there is um It's idea of like neurotypical shifting which is altering your behavior based on a situation that you're in Which everyone does Uh when I talk about autistic masking, it's particularly um the types of behaviors That autistic people do to camouflage some of the autistic traits that we have And fit a bit better into neurotypical sort of social groups So it's a little bit different, but I know what you mean. It can kind of sound like that Kayla says I'm getting my results from my assessment on Tuesday I'm so excited and anxious. This is one time where I hope I failed at masking Yeah You're masking autistic traits Man, I'm I'm having a lot of like speech repraxis today. It's very difficult for me to like I do want to do this this life So I was like, I'll I'll stick through it and I'll go for it. But I do have to say my verbal sort of Explanations are not going to be on point as much as usual As a principle, I never smile unless I mean it. I don't like to be fake Yeah, I know you mean I'm a very cool. I'm a very sort of smiley smiley person though. I would say You know like um It's not necessarily that I fake it. It's just it's um, it's a very common response for me Autistic way says to be honest. It's really easy to mask but it hits hard mentally 100% It can be somewhat like Disillusioning as well, especially if it's so like ingrained into The way that you interact with like every single person in your life. It can be very somewhat isolating Can cause some like identity issues as well um, which I've I've experienced myself and also I've seen in From testimonials from other people too Isabella. Hello says um I really need to learn to unmask for my evaluation. It's so freaking hard, especially when you're an adult. Yeah Yes, and um and also I don't know if you you have a similar experience, but particularly when I engage with like the medical Community like doctors or psychologists and stuff. They do have a tendency of being somewhat like Infantilizing sometimes I'm not really taking on board what I'm what I say My experiences and think things of that nature, which I'm sure happens to a lot of people Um, and so going into a situation We're here around those people as again and and having to sort of interact and not mask um I can imagine it's kind of a bit of a Change in tune from the usual Hello, p.m. How you doing? Hello for gi nice to see you Hopefully everyone is staying hydrated with some water. Thank you very much. Joshua g the hydration reminder of the the orty time A key member of the the orty orty time lifestreams Valentines says I'm currently working on that. I have a bad habit of fake laughing and getting annoyed with myself because I didn't have to do that But I do it subconsciously unfortunately It's usually very tied to my mood if I'm in a good mood. I tend to smile a lot um Me not always of course, but I think it's it's more of a sign of appreciation for me, you know My smile when I appreciate sort of interaction Gini says I feel like I'm masking so much harder than masking when you To mask. Yeah, it's like a learnt behavior, isn't it? like It's difficult when you've got like a habit that you're trying to break It's the same sort of thing. It's like Trying to unlearn that and it and the issue is is that it's it's often not Like positively reinforced when you do it So when you do mask it is positively reinforced by other people by their sort of reactions and the way that they interact with you but then if you Unmask Then it you know people seem to have like it the contrast between the two. It seems like everyone's sort of having relatively less positive reactions to you So it can be it can be hard in that way 100 percent Where do you spend your new years eve? Um, I actually don't I I mean I I'm still trying to figure out plans, but I'm thinking I'm gonna spend it with my my step family. I think Yeah I thought I was hiding it good You tell people the truth, but they want you to Bend To what you say for their own agenda What you mean just me in general or um Or just just when you mask I suppose SS hi Thomas Not hydrated bad bad. No, you gotta gotta hydrate yourself I mean everyone that someone mentions that every time someone mentions hydration. I'm like, oh, I could do with a drink Pepsi max is the best way to hydrate Oh my god Hello Jordan, how you doing dude? How long have I been live for? Half an hour. We're halfway done. So if you any Questions, I mean you probably have an a large amount of time to ask it. So I Yeah, as I said rain not worky today Did you come bang it Birmingham? I haven't yet, dude, but I will I will do at some point Chandler says I seriously need to drink more water water living in Tuxan, Arizona Yes, I can imagine so What are you saying saying about people misinterpreting what you say? That's what I mean. Ah, okay, I know what you mean um Bree says it's wild how Difficult it can be to get a clinician who does not recognize autism but knows how to help mmm I mean it's it it is it is very difficult and like you're hard pressed to find someone who understands like all of the kind of Up-to-date sort of modern literature around autism Chandler says I started watching your videos this week and I'm blowed away by all the great content you've produced. Ah, thank you very much I'm glad that you appreciate it They don't seem to pop off as much as like of a youtube is that I've seen but um I do try and pack in as much like good information as I can with them That's how you smile and laugh a little so appreciation there. That's definitely Other Windsor says just say hi tom. Hello. How are you doing? Birmingham is uk capital is it? I'm sorry. I keep I keep like Knocking the the camera here Jenis says how do you react when you get bad reactions to unmasking? Do you stick to it anyways? um Yeah, I mean The the thing is it's not necessarily all about like Presentation, you know, like there is a part of what what we consider to be masking in terms of like the definition of it Is also the monitoring of yourself and other people so um When I When I you know as a somewhat unmasked person I do sort of pay attention to people's Body language and facial expressions. It's just when I was In sort of like the peak of my masking years um I paid a lot of attention To how people reacted to what I said like and sort of like hyperanalyzed it and stuff so um, I suppose I'm just not really Thinking about it too much I guess so it doesn't necessarily have that sort of effect on me Um, but obviously that that's the kind of thing that comes with time Um, and you just kind of have to say like You know and and sometimes you do get good reactions from people Sometimes you're in a good mood and you just having a good chat with someone and um You know you're unmasked and it's just kind of it's kind of nice, but over times um You just it's just kind of like you're not on the same wavelength. So you just Do the pleasantries and such and then move on I guess Don't think too much about it Horrible when your brain is not working How you want to 100% Um, and it tends to be the first thing that kind of drops when my brain is not working is my communication Which is uh, very very helpful when you when you try to do a lot of online content Requiring you to be on camera and talk But as I say with like All of the stuff that I do especially the live streams I try to be as authentic as possible And not just show up with my best face all the time You know be somewhat Relatable in the way that I express online and genuine as much as I can be You know if I'm not feeling very good, I'm not going to put it on the front and say that I'm not doing good Um What age were you when you were diagnosed? Did you always know you're autistic or did it come as a surprise? Um I was diagnosed when I was 10 So relatively pretty pretty young compared to Like late diagnosed individuals who you would consider to be late diagnosed diagnosed technically is a late diagnosis But it's definitely not like as it's not like an adult late diagnosis um And it didn't really come sounds very strange, but it didn't really come as much as much of a surprise because Even at that kind of young age Um, I was starting to pick upon like differences between myself and other kids Um, so when my my mom told me about it Uh Around about the age of 10 I think it was like on the day of the like diagnosis or something and um It wasn't too much of a surprise, but it was it was a good moment because It kind of gave me a reason to why I felt enacted differently to people around me Hello, what is the subject today? Well, it is anything that you like Give us um Give us a question and I shall answer Wish you all a good night. Unfortunately need to go. Thanks. Thomas for your answers. No worries, genie. It's nice to see you around Kayla says I realized it learning about ADHD to be the best mom to my son who has ADHD Doing as much much research as you can. I think it's very You know, it's it's very good that that you are trying to learn more about it for your son. It's great Being coming off medication, but medication is stronger being on it for a good number of years It's not having a good time. I think it's partly my autism sensory sensitivity issues Yeah, I can find I found that because that I have I have come off my antidepressants before and um definitely like Experience some like heightened sensory sensitivity or even going on to them to be honest You're a good mom. Yeah, of course. Yeah, definitely Not me. Oh my god brain Mountain says I double down when people get offended by me Uh when I'm not masking I know I shouldn't but I do it to human myself. Yeah, I know what you mean Are you in college or do you work? I work The system in the area has constantly put me under the rug for being diagnosed. I don't like them for that I'm sorry to hear that That's not good Angelbo says, did you have any cool childhood special interests? um Definitely anime That was pretty much like my thing I did also like horror movies even at that age when I was a bit younger um What other special interests did I have? I used to swim a lot. I don't know if I could consider that to be a special interest but pokemon Pokemon is one of the the ones that I absolutely obsessed about in yugioh Or um bakugan, there you go. There's a few Anything like that. Did it like sonic? No, no, I didn't actually I didn't mind sonic. I played played like a lot of the games, but it was never particularly like a strong interest I would say Liv says yes, I'm so hyper aware of everybody I only feel not on when I'm home by myself. I hate it. I'm sorry to hear that Yeah, the monitoring aspect is um is a very strong thing and it does in my experience it does lead to a lot of feelings of like similar feelings to like how paranoia would you know Because you you're basically kind of hyper analyzing and trying to read into everything to the point where it's stressing you out and sometimes when you You know some of the conclusions that you make might be as stressful as kind of conclusions that you might make when you're paranoid Or at least there were especially for me like during secondary school What are some of the educational slash memoir books on autism you can recommend? um, I recommend Uh, there is a book called neuro tribes, which is a good comprehensive history of autism um, there is also the spectrum girls survival guide, which is um From one of my podcast guests Neurotribes was one of my podcast guests Steve silverman, but um spectrum girls survival guide by sienna castellon um, it's pretty good like self-account of um being a woman in secondary school All right, I would recommend those Yeah, it's always fun when you lose your whole vocabulary when the spoons run dry 100% It's also with reading as well So it's like I've got I've got some processing barriers just like I Constantly so my brain's working on Slow speed snail speed I picked up on the differences between me and other kids at age seven. Yeah That was kind of around the around the age as well for me. I need a few little chuckles. Thanks guys Sorry if you've covered this at length already, but what exactly triggered your You getting a diagnosis at ten years old? um, I was having some some issues at school. I think that was particularly the The problem because a lot of the other kids were kind of Socially manipulating me into doing bad behavior basically So that kind of encouraged my mom to to go for it Uh, but there was a lot of other things. There was a lot of like sensory things and obviously um, very hyper focused interests and Not particularly responding to my my name immediately things like that Not doing all of the kind of lint sort of social niceties and behaviors that perhaps a lot of the other children my age would do Those those types of things I was diagnosed at 24. I'm 28 now 29 february I would be 27 in february Uh licks m says hi. I've learned so much about myself for your autism post. Well, I'm really glad about that Makes me happy to hear that My son and I have autism. He is 25 and doesn't know what he wants to do any advice on jobs Um I mean I I've Had sort of the best I mean, I can think I can think of typical like Job things that I would recommend Um, but it will be very dependent on the job environment Also, what kind of interest they have What kind of job they want, but I would say that try to avoid anything that is related to like customer service where you have to Talk to people a lot um I mean, I I like that kind of thing like I used to be a teacher So I do I do like doing that is just um, it was kind of Very taxing on my overall sort of mental health and such because of the Um, mostly mostly on the anxiety because you have to be so hyper vigilant Um So if your social battery is not too good and you've got to do a social job It's obviously gonna Um have some big impacts on you And in terms of like actual things to follow like And jobs maybe going for something which is perhaps social um, sort of social inclusion or um charity related Those tend to be a bit more amenable to The governmental guidelines around reasonable adjustments and also um with like interviews and such Um, so those couldn't be a good shout obviously anything autism related um You could try and find some jobs where You can work at home a lot um or jobs that Don't necessarily require you to have too much like a bit of a team mindset and you can do a lot of work It's sort of individually on your own Those could be could be some general things, but of course everyone is very different. So I can't necessarily say this is going to be the the job for an autistic person, you know It can only make suggestions Target says I've been keeping a lot of notes on autism for 10 plus years now. I'll happily share my knowledge Go for it target Late diagnosed where you picked on specifically because they knew you were autistic at school um, I don't think that they necessarily knew that I was autistic, but um Just I think just Me being myself and not really understanding like the social nuances in in communication and sort of like the group dynamics at school Um, I didn't really fit into that very well And I was a bit of a like a class clown when I was younger Um, because I tended to get a lot of positive reactions to it by like some of the people around me um So that that kind of thing so it was it was kind of I suppose learned over time by my classmates and people at school that I was very easy to like Get to do things you know Even if I didn't really understand what I was doing Some meds can really mess with you. I had one at one point that made me violent to the point I hit a co-worker in the back of the head with a handle from hop And nearly killed me. Oh my god is Comedy is a great job for autistics Hmm Maybe I don't know. I don't know about that one could be I mean, I'm not one to say no, but Why why do you think comedy would be a good job? I was a night security guard. I hated it. People thought I was moody Mainly is I hardly did speak to others Hmm I mean, I I find I finds like the autistic kind of styles of humor very funny um I do feel like fine that people just kind of Randomly laugh at me, you know because because of because of the quirkiness I think just in general like My personality personality can just make people laugh I need some people though some people just found me weird Which is which I'm also cool with So guys, we have 10 minutes left of the live If you're gonna need burning questions that you want to ask me About autism mental health fitness relationships self-improvement Go for it. This is the place. This is the time Just be aware that my brain is not working at full capacity today I was called movie at every job. I'm a girl. So I was called weird and quirky I relate to that. I think people just laugh At the things I say because they aren't intended to be funny. It's just me saying what comes to mind Yeah, and I think some people just kind of laugh off like They're sort of the literal the literalness of how I communicate and also like sometimes the bluntness You know Some things people people kind of soften or change Um, I quite like saying kind of out-of-pocket things not not particularly in like a bad way out-of-pocket, but Like just stuff that you wouldn't necessarily say In like a group conversation or something, but I'll say it just because it sounds Sounds funny or like strange to me I do like to make myself laugh a lot to be honest My favorite thing to do is to take things literally Um and convince other people that I'm taking them literally because they believe me They believe that I'm taking it literally And it makes me laugh that they do that Because then that they then they think that I don't understand And there's kind of this strange dynamic where I I'm making them think that they don't understand But I really do And the way that they're acting around me after that it's kind of like oh, you've done something that's strange, tom I'm like, I know I did it on purpose The more that you keep them in the dark the funnier is To me that of course not to anyone else Yone says hey there hi ho Not that I'm calling anyone Oh my god Deans says thanks for answering all my questions the best of your ability. I appreciate that especially since your brain is not working today I totally forget these days Yeah, I do that for comedy too. I want to present I think autistic people love to use others as entertainment. Yeah I think it makes it even I think people who like deadpan humor. I think Sort of Find like the autistic style of human quite funny as well because I do know a few of my friends who We really have like a similar sort of sense of humor. They do have a very sort of Deadpan kind of absurdist type of humor You know And I think because because I'm Autistic I can sort of naturally be like a little bit deadpan with the jokes that I that I put across I love comedy in all its forms that it really is the best medicine 100% You don't love a little endorphin hip from a semi voluntary Outburst of emotion I mean to be honest my doing these live streams the ones where I look at like videos online They seem to be particularly like I get a lot a lot of laughs on that but it's mostly because I'm just laughing out of You know how crazy like some of the Some of the claims are by people. It's just like You know and you just you You're just really disappointed. So all you can do is just laugh and just like That does make me laugh That was an auto auto correct. No worries I dig the deadpan absurdism for sure 100% Jay says getting evaluated as an adult. I had trouble answering the first round of Questions in person. So I wrote the answers down By the way But a value I won't read it and says I have to answer verbally. Am I just Justified in feeling a bit frustrated Yeah, I guess so, but I mean One of the things that they don't tell you about orders and assessments is that um The tests that they give you and sort of tasks that they give you is a part of the actual sort of evaluation, but Um, they also monitor you for signs of autistic traits while you do it so, um There's there's some some things in terms of language and sort of outward presentation that they look for Uh Dodds ronda says, um Do you go out to clubs and concepts with kids your age? um kids Uh not not really I used to Prefer like a nice nice coffee in a In a chat with my mates usually Half the time. I don't know if I'm being serious or not you It's their reactions that always make me laugh, but seeing absurd things and then sitting there like Makes me laugh at myself. Yeah Uh, some people get it some people don't No worries jay. I know it can feel a little bit like you're you're sort of like a lab animal In a sense, it's like You know, they're they're observing you and sort of sneakily like Not telling you exactly what they're going to look for and what they're actually doing during the assessment I'm gonna put them so guys we have five minutes left and I'm gonna wrap up for the evening Got a video to edit tonight Coffee in a chat again. Yes Um, how are you again? Um, how am I again? Um I'm okay I'm not the best at the moment, but I'm trugging along it's been been a lot of uh socializing today I'm very sort of Overstimulated I would say Do you have any special challenges with being athletic hypermobile joints muscles that don't respond as fast? um I have I have very very twitchy muscles, but I think that's probably because I used to Um, compete as an athlete. So I've I've done a lot of like plyometric training and stuff So I don't have that issue I did have a hypermobile shoulder joint I could kind of like Move it around and sort of dislocate it a little bit not fully, but just a little bit um I fixed that over time by like weight training and such um But no, I would say that there's more positive things that I can think of um yeah Cinnamon Sputnik says hey man really appreciate your content sharing knowledge and all the work you put into making your videos Thank you so much That's really nice of you to say I don't like the feeling of people assessing my behavior. I always start to get worse due to my anxiety. Yeah How old am I? Uh, I am 26. I think Hang in there. I'm in that headspace two Yeah I'll be all right. That'll be good Chandler says I am 39 and I worked out daily since I was 13 And still have lots of joint issues as a result. So I have to take a break Yeah You definitely have to if you do if you are hypermobile you definitely do need to take a lot more precautions Um, but one one of the strange things actually like about Being autistic and sort of liking the gym and being into fitness is that my my um One of my hyposensitive hypersensitivities is like blunt pain And pressure so I don't really feel that as much as most people would um, it's kind of good for working out because I don't tend to feel as much muscle pain Like just in general so I can I can sort of push myself very Very hard for like the entire session um I mean most most people kind of make a Sort of they juggle up like the differences between like intensity and um frequency Or what volume as as you would say um So I I do a lot of volume, but I also do a lot of intensity so Is I shouldn't really I'm not really supposed to do that And I sort of modulate it based on like how my joints are doing but Um, I can do that so I can go for like two hours doing a lot of kind of To failure sort of exercises hypermobile shoulders that dislocates Lower back there's some stable goal is to avoid injury and keep muscles strong and stable to spot the joints. Yes Um, I do have an issue when it comes to my lower back I had sciatica when I was I used to get sciatica laurel owners training in in taekwondo That I don't think that's particularly because of autism. I think that's just because of my height It does tend to happen So I do try and put a lot of emphasis on doing a lot of lower back work like deadlifts and such It's been helpful, although it just kind of It just kind of erase some of the benefits to To exercise your lower back because although it does like improve its overall functioning The very act of training it sort of makes your lower back feel a bit stiff. So it's kind of like You know never really get to experience the benefits of Having a strong lower back The geese says I got hip dislocations. They're painful. Oh my god That is awful I'm sorry to hear that. Hello. Good luck a melon. Nice to see you in Europe Oh, what are you saying vitamins? Have you heard of pre-gathering? I have heard of it A lot of the medications that I looked at even even when I was going for university and doing stuff on like neuropharmacology I always struggle to remember like the the names of them and which one is which So I probably have heard of it, but I just can't remember which one it is Unrelated maybe would you say that people bought some tends to develop eating disorders considering sensitivity to specific foods? I mean that there is a lot of evidence for that You can think of aphid which is a pretty sort of common one that will not comment, but Autistic people tend to show quite a bit. I guess Avoidant restriction restrictive food intake disorder Um, it's where things like safe foods and stuff come from as well to some degree There is also if you can Imagine autistic people struggling with interceptive difficulties So being able to tell if you're hungry or thirsty or You know kind of monitoring your own body's needs Um, if you struggle with that it, you know, you can imagine it has some some significant feed into all our vds From both sides, I would say Shannon says thank you for doing hours filming Lonely due to isolating. This is exactly what I needed Uh to feel connected to the community and my kindred spirits. Oh, it's so lovely chandler. Thank you Likewise it is always Um lifts my mood to to um to chat to you guys Hello Daniel. What are you doing? I've always disliked behavioral therapy and approaches that exacerbate my OCD not reduce it There's usually reasons for our behavior Which makes sense if looked into Hmm Greetings for Peru Peru very nice I'm the same way while working out It's great because you can really push hard in and get into the flow state I got that hyper focus on you know I mean, there's always like a transitory period where You know, you have to get used to sort of people being around and the lights and the noises and such But once you once you're in your flow, it's all good. It's good Are you tall? Lol hard to tell I am somewhat I'm fairly tall and about six six foot three It is hard to tell with YouTube and some people like I've met some people in person who sort of follow my stuff And they've met me and they were like, oh, I thought you were tiny because I always used to have my camera just like Very far above me on the top of my computer So people are like, oh my god, you're tall Yes, I am Thank you explaining and apologies if any of my question offends. Let me know if so. I'll correct my behavior. Oh, don't worry about it. Good luck I don't assume that questions are meant to be offensive You know Uh Tried pregabalin didn't get on with it. Would be when I got home with it I know pregabalin it interacts with the nervous system Years And basically self-diagnosed sciatica, but it might be something else because it's my whole spine My head as well down the back of my legs. That is not nice That's some bad effects. You know Do you have any music that you like to work out to I have a couple of playlists that Regularly kick me into the flow state that is indispensable to me. Um, I've got a few Um, if I'm wanting to kind of slowly sort of grind through my workout I'll put on something like a bit mellow and a bit chill um I don't know what what genre you could call that but I do like listening to a lot of If I want something a bit more up tempo, I'll go for some like heavy metal or some Some dark trap or some funk music something like that Definitely Cici says, uh Thanks for all the information shared. I have a dear friend of mine on the spectrum And I want to learn more about autism. That is so nice I like to hear that because it's it is You know, we need more people like you who sort of take the effort to try and understand us Um, it's undoubtedly going to be very very helpful for them Is there a specific workout routine that you'd prefer? Um, I think if I had unlimited time, I'd probably like do like a six-day split Push pull legs push pull legs Um at the moment, I can only sort the max that I can go up to or sort of seem to manage is about five Um at the moment I'm doing three So I'm not not the best but I'm trying my best I'm taking a little bit of a a little bit a semi break at the moment You know Anyway guys, that is the I mean we've gone a little bit over but it's the end of our hour Live streaming session. I hope you have found this somewhat helpful and um Apologies if my communication hasn't been on point Due to my brain Um, but thank you for tuning in and thank you for asking questions and it's always lovely to do these lives Got one more question from vitamins Um, and then we'll try and wrap things up It's physical intimacy and autism a topic you've You'd be open to do a podcast about one one day I've done ones on particularly on relationships where we did touch on On on that you know, definitely Not specifically a podcast about that because it just doesn't tend to do well in the algorithm and Also unlike any podcasting or like any social media of course if you can imagine but Um, I'm opening it open to taking it down as a as a question for the future, of course Um, I did appear on hannah witton's doing it podcast at one point where I was talking about that Um And I do have I think a couple of posts in the archive Which sort of cover that but indeed Thank you so much. Thomas has been amazing. I'll be back next week. Awesome Get some rest really appreciate good company be well Thank you from yona This is really great. Thanks. Thomas and everyone. No worries. I hope you guys Have a happy new year and you're all doing well and um If you like it and you enjoy it then Go for it and have a great time if you don't particularly like new years um Just try and think of it as another day, you know It's just another day that people hype up too much Do sort of contrasting views on it. Anyway, I'm I'm babbling on Um, I hope you guys are doing well and I will see you next week Also, go check out youtube if you're on insta and instra if you're on youtube I've got a lot of content on both platforms All right, see see you later peeps And to you guys on youtube. Thank you p.m. Thank you for gi See you later guys