The Autism Constellation
Added 2024-03-14 17:48:23 +0000 UTCI have grown from an autistic child who needed weekly lessons from a childhood psychiatrist in order to learn how to make eye contact, into an autistic adult who is flying high in an aeroplane made out of comprehensive coping mechanisms.
The way I have made sense of my life, is to find repeated patterns and groupings of traits, the same as we do for the night sky. There does appear to be a unifying autistic core trait, however, which surprised me:
Detail-oriented thinking.
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This video was SO DIFFICULT TO WRITE! Such a varied and nuanced condition, which we still know so little about. However, I don't need to know the underlying cause to build and test strategies, scientifically and obsessively.
Hope it's informative folks, I'd love to hear what you think!
Tris :-)
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EDIT 2024-03-15
aka "Video1COPYCOPYCOPY(1)FINAL.mp4" !
Apologies all, there were a LOT of visual errors in the first version, please accept my apologies and this re-edit. It's almost the same script, so you don't need to watch again unless you like shiny new graphics.
While making these changes I discovered, and then got very over-excited with, the Advanced Slides background customisation - it accepts a transparency value!
<!-- slide bg="[[autism-infinity.png]]" data-background-opacity="0.1" -->
I then did what anyone would do, and put in a subtle background image at 10% transparency to indicate which of the 3 chapters in the video each slide is. Good? Bad? Distracting? Helpful?
Thank you so much, Tris
Comments
Of course! I'm overwhelmed by the response to this, and that I can now do this full-time, and not chase adverts (which would mean no Autism video!). Thank you so much for your support :-)
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2024-03-26 15:00:02 +0000 UTCI'm so pleased it's useful. The two books I linked at the end of the video are both INCREDIBLE, if you've not read them, I'd highly recommend them :-)
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2024-03-26 14:58:57 +0000 UTCYou a G for making 1$ the minimum so that many people can fund something big for you with something small
Leon Settels
2024-03-26 08:16:01 +0000 UTCI have a young daughter with autism, I appreciated this, it gave me a better idea of how her perspective differs.
Jason
2024-03-25 01:36:16 +0000 UTCSo glad it resonates with you - I get so annoyed with myself if I make the same mistake twice, I use this technique all the time!
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2024-03-19 12:12:17 +0000 UTCAs another Software Developer slowly figuring out in adulthood that she fits a lot of the autistic elements, the incident report is a tool I so didn't think about bringing home from work to use in this instance. I'm absolutely going to be taking that advice, thanks~
Anastasia Middleton
2024-03-16 18:44:15 +0000 UTCOh I bet it has. I mentioned it in passing as a trait folks would be familiar with - do you think it's important to switch up my language here?
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2024-03-16 09:28:29 +0000 UTCExcellent video btw, didnโt mean to nitpick. Now Iโd love to see you do one on Apophenia, for counterpoint.
Winter O. Discontent
2024-03-15 23:03:34 +0000 UTC8:34 you say Superpower when you meant Disability (sorry: hypersensitivity to contradictory data is another symptom ๐)
Winter O. Discontent
2024-03-15 22:36:57 +0000 UTCFantastic video. Only bit of (minor, nitpicky) feedback is that I *believe* the concept of "learning styles" has been debunked. Happy to be proven wrong though!
Bryan Lott
2024-03-15 17:42:11 +0000 UTCApologies all, there were a LOT of visual errors in the first version, please accept my apologies and this re-edit. It's almost the same script, so you don't need to watch again unless you like shiny new graphics. While making these changes I discovered, and then got very over-excited with, the Advanced Slides background customisation - it accepts a transparency value! I then did what anyone would do, and put in a subtle background image at 10% transparency to indicate which of the 3 chapters in the video each slide is. Good? Bad? Distracting? Helpful? Thank you so much!
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2024-03-15 16:38:50 +0000 UTCThank you so much, it's my pleasure! I highly recommend reading Unmasking Autism to understand more, especially with family affected. :-)
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2024-03-15 14:42:18 +0000 UTCThank you!
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2024-03-15 14:40:31 +0000 UTCThank you for letting me know! apologies, there's a few formatting errors, I'm correcting now, will swap the video in about an hour.
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2024-03-15 14:40:25 +0000 UTCGreat video, question tho, is the weird numbering around 13:18 intentional? I assume it's some kind of joke that I missed.
Csala Bรกlint
2024-03-14 20:09:02 +0000 UTCWell done!
Tim Urian
2024-03-14 19:46:29 +0000 UTCThank you for this video, Tris. My daughter and her mom are both autistic and this sheds light on how they experience the world. I think autism definitely can be a superpower instead of being seen as a problem, so long as individuals know themselves and how their minds work.
J
2024-03-14 19:30:50 +0000 UTC# What I Mean when I Say I'm Autistic by Annie Kotowicz Available at: http://autisticbook.com # Unmasking Autism Dr. Devon Price Available at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688819/unmasking-autism-by-devon-price-phd/
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