I'm an adult with self diagnosed ASD because the ADOS is flawed in the use for Adult Female diagnosis. You speak of learning social behavior and as I am 45 I can say I've had to learn how to act and now I can't get a diagnosis because I'm such a great actor. Acting normal takes a lot of work for us thru our lifetime and it is incredibly stressful. So much so that I have been diagnosed with a myriad of concurring mental disorders including ADHD. Please help us Adults get our diagnosis so we can accept ourselves better.
@@the_anxious_autistic I took the ADOS but he stopped the test once he heard I am married. Everything was dismissed from that point on and he was saying before this it looked like social communication disorder, I have ADHD inattentive type previously diagnosed as well as depression and anxiety.
I took the ADOS test and was diagnosed. The written summary of experiences that I had over my lifetime helped them a lot. I learned what to look for by watching other RUclipsrs talk about various traits so I correlated many of those traits with specific instances in my life. I haven’t gotten my written assessment to look at yet but I know that some sections of the ADOS test were definitely autism results as the therapist told me that. It’s really strange that your evaluator stopped the test because you’re married. You might go to a different evaluator.
Although I take issue with ASD being referred to as a "disorder" (I prefer the neurodivergent viewpoint), I am SO thrilled to know that there is much support out there for kids with ASD. My hope is that they don't have such a rough time throughout their childhoods and into adult life as some of us older ASD people had, many of us who are just beginning to understand ourselves, and why we are "different".
Thank you, I have 2 sons, who have autistic disorder, 17, and 20yo now, I am a alone dad to take care of them, for many years, there mom got a autistic spectrum diagnose at the same time at our youngest son..
There are almost 80 million people with an ASD around the globe who deserve much better. Despite my daily struggles I contributed more in terms of tax income to society than 60% of the non-disabling population. However, often I am still being treated like shit which is a disgrace. People hate me for no other reason than being different. My daily functionality is volatile but I can contribute tremendously in ways normal people cannot. However, society makes it hard for me to just do my job and live a happy life in accordance with what I am capable of. I am always reminded of failing to meet certain NT standards and people do not realise I am giving my best. So I would say a large chunk of the disability is due to society which drains me. I would rather live in an Aspie community and not have to deal with neurotypicals at all. My quality of life would be way higher. It's ridiculous I am being exposed to society at all. Nobody likes to be oppressed and discriminated against every day. Actually, I have the opportunity of a medically assisted suicide in one year. I will probably opt for that. If there was a button to make NT's disappear or to just end my pain, I would push it instantly without a second thought. Society would benefit largely from the talents of Autistic people but neurotypicals do not care. Why should they? Having the neurological privilege is quite comfortable. Virtually every social setting is optimised for their needs.
I relate, as an older widow, undiagnosed. I do have two diagnosed daughters who are very talented, artistically, and in other ways. . I do think I am ASD, , and can relate to feeling the way you do, and am getting this treatment, prejudice, hatred too, present tense. . I realize, like you, that there still is much to contribute, should one find successful ways of Integration, with our different skills, creativity, knowledges.. Wish you would not think of assisted suicide as an option due to the ignorance of others, who act immature, mean and discriminate against you. Wishing you successes instead, and that you find ways to share your talents, skills, knowledges with more mature people who can appreciate what you can do! Please remember, you belong here too, can be a value to the right people. That ending your life due to ignorant mean, immature people is NOT the solution! Hope you find the right supports. Never give up! Take care,.🖖⚘
I live in the UK, I found this video interesting to watch as in America your ASD diagnosis is a lot qu?Icker the!an here. I was told b.y my sons nursery when he was 3 that he might be autistic, it wasn't till 8 years later that he was diagnosed officially as being autistic. So I ended up trying how to help him with no support from anyone, apart from this he is doing really well in mainstream school and I am so proud of how far he has come.
Fish Tales I’m in the uk as well and my son recently got diagnosed at age 7. I Will be grateful if you can share with me what you did to help your child. That will be great. Thanks
I remember going to my son's classroom, first day of school in first grade and seeing he had 2 books at his desk, not 6 like everyone else. I guarantee you, I made a SCENE. I don't CARE if that teacher thought, whatever, by God my kid deserved to have EVERYTHING that all the others were given and I definitely made my point crystal clear.
And it's not nice to be mean to them. Don't most people want to be "nice" ? I read a letter to the editor from a mom of a special needs child who acted up in a local store. They were asked not to return to the store which really hurt the mom's feelings and made her reconsider her decision to move to the community. I felt so bad for the mom. I think her child had asd, though I have forgotten. Let's be kind! What's it going to hurt?
For myself the mirroring works well with emotional recognition, it does not translate well to behavioral recognition because people may feel one way but act another. It was one of the most confusing things about growing up. At 53 I've recognized that it is more often because they are hiding something they feel is personal than directly lying. I no longer lean so heavily on that group of sensory information to inform my understanding of social cues. I believe mirroring at least through the form recognized in synesthesia is the sensory interaction of personal electromagnetic fields. I've known about my synesthesia for 9 years, I found out about my asd October 2018, I've spent the last nine years thinking asd is more or fewer forms of synesthesia interacting. I do not feel autism needs a cure, I feel autism needs to be regarded as a brain model that comes with a different manual. If it was treated as such I feel that for myself, my own path would have been extremely different. I do not feel that the angle of needing to match behaviors between people but rather the extension of our societal values to be inclusive in different ways will make the shift. Gut biome issues and sensory management being addressed from childhood would make it a more viable opportunity for society to evolve holistically. Thanks for your choice to work with this subject.
1:28 - Dance therapy. Interesting you bring that up. I'm 40, diagnosed some 6 yrs ago and since about 2017/8, I've pretty much been a recluse. I've struggled most of my life with drug addiction, they provided an outlet for all the pent up anger. emotions, energy! Stopped using and now there's no outlet. The one place I'd go whenever there was a local-ish event was a Psytrance (Psychedeliic trance) rave/stomp (every 6-8wks). Could just let it all out go crazy, high energy/BPM, Darklit/UV-lit (inoffensive to the eyes) for 8-12+hrs, with like-minded/open-minded people, people I'd just talk to (I'd go to these by myself), everyone unified in good vibes (all accepting/unjudgemental; not that I look it) to just have a Mad'dun! It's truly cathartic and freeing for me, my happy place... until the pandemic. I accept and understand why they were stopped but it doesn't change the fact that it has greatly affected my mental health, become further withdrawn and have lost 3st. Whether that counts as the sort of dance therapy you were referring to or not, it was beneficial to me, so doubtlessly there'll be others that my benefit from such things. A really interesting talk! :)
Great presentation but why is "Childhood Disintegrative Disorder" always dismissed, ignored by all the ASD experts in their conferences? It is also a type of ASD (DSM-5).
What about Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva? She documented symptoms of Autism in 1925. Way ahead of Leo Kanner in the forties. Why does this woman keep getting left out of the history of documentation and identification of the Autistic Spectrum.
1:20:50 - AS stated, I have ASD, but I was also born with an ASD/Atrial Septal Defect; had open heart surgery at 10mnths old. Would be interesting to know how/why they correlate!
Thank you very much for letting people outside the scientific community get this type of information. I have one question if anybody could answer please. Having Dr. Leventhal pointed parent's smoking habit as a possible risk factor for ASD development in children, I wonder if a father's (male) repeated cocaine use could alter sperm chromosomes that will contribute to the development of a mutation and consequently to the development of ASD in a child. If anybody could reach me about this matter I would be very grateful
late answer. There are quite a lot of studies that tend to point in a father drug abuse leading to birth defects. There are studies indicating that a father abusing drugs have a negative effect on the child's memory. And there are studies linking neurodevelopmental issues when the embryo is exposed to cocaine when the mother is using (but that is very different from your question. I'm not aware of any study linking specifically the father abusing drugs (cocaine) with mutations and consequently development of ASD. But I have to admit I'm far from knowing all the studies ever published. There are also studies that tend to indicate that previous birth defects could be kinda-ish linked with subsequent development of ASD in a child. Could therefore the father abusing cocaine being linked to birth defect and then consequently linked to ASD? well, I really don't know. It wouldn't seem totally unreasonnable to think so, but correlation is not causality. We'll have to wait for studies addressing that aspect specifically.
From the little I know, there has not been any specific gene alteration linked to autism. To show a link between genetic alteration in sperms induced by drugs and autism you need to know a) what genes are involved in autism and b) that the drug has this effect on those genes.
@@jomen112 you should check out Fragile X Syndrome, the most(#1-#2),common cause of genetic mental retardation. I have it and it's very linked with Autism, although one doesn't equal the other, Many kids aren't getting THIS simple swab/ blood test. Most people have never even HEARD of Fragile X Syndrome, but the entire WORLD THINKS that they know what "Autism" even IS.
I really need help for my son hes in prison after biting a policeman, the policeman i should say was told my son has Autism and that I needed to explain what was happening.......HE DID NOT LISTEN.......and it turned into a battle field where an army of police turned up my son was peppered handcuffed and they would have tasered if i had not stood in front they also brought dog handlers this is for one young adult, its was the way in which the attached him, the whole family is devasted as he is now facing a section 18 with intent.... i have not seen him in two week s but his speech had deteritoed to the point he was babbling. please if anyone can help, offer advice get people invloved as I have to fight to protect him as any one would do i saw what happened from start to finish and have lost all confidence in the uk police force.
UK is a fucked up liberal country, there is no justice and I doubt you will ever have a say in your sons wrongdoing. Get out of that damn country and live in America where the courts are better.
I was going to suggest contacting your local House of Reps to help you get in touch & establish contact with the local District Attorney. But since you're in UK, I dont know how it works there. I would find an autism organization as your first step, then get in contact with the town councilman (? I'm not sure what they are called in UK) But start somewhere & dont give up, keep going...even if you have to go to the offices of such places. Sounds horrible! Hurry! They could very well be drugging him as a form of chemical "restraint".
1:15:55 What a shame these fancy tablets cannot be used to test for basic psychological issues like this videos' subject. For someone with a reading disorder, those cameras could find visual patterns with the eyes; albeit there is no cure for it, but it would be nice to have a clear diagnosis other than the vague term "learning disorder".
Hello, Can I ask you a question? Is fluttering the child's owls at the enthusiasm? Is it a sensory disorder or an expression of joy, that is, he does not do it with great enthusiasm or joy?
why he doesn't speak about the correlation between higher iq and autism?, i know people it's a spectrum but treatmen for them for what? for being different?.
How about treatment for head banging until the point the detach their retina and burst their ear drums.? Or kids who bite themself viciously and hit themselves repeatedly? If you have Asperger's and are a little different than so be it. You do you. But some kids/adults need extensive support for the way they are being different!
@@lorrielephew1966 its a spectrum, it pissed me off because he only pointed out to what i was mentioning in just 3 seconds of the whole presentation. I as individual feel offended sometimes because people inmidietaly think that im someone that cant do anything for myslef like i was mentally cripple which is not the case, plenty people form the spectrum are quite competent.
@@MRbasthor I understand what you are saying. I have a child that is very high functioning and one that is very low with lots of self destructive behaviors. You are correct in that they need to make it more clear what treatments are appropriate for which children. We personally have not had access to any treatments beyond speech and OT.
What about developing ASD (high funcitoning)and emotional trauma. Like being in a high conflict environment 24/7 while growing up. How would this affect the brain? My daughter had no developmental delays and then lost skills/developed quirky behaviors as she became older.
To be clear,I'm not a doctor or biologist but I know that there's been some research that indicates that the older a person gets,the more their Genes take control over e.g. if you are naturally drawn to logical things or systems as a child ,the chances of that interest being a main part of your life increases as you age.
I dunno if this answer your question, but autism is a neurological condition which wires up you brain to process information differently, i.e. you are born with it. To develop autism in later life would require a complete rewire of the brain, which seams to be very unlikely to happen. This is why a diagnose require the symptoms to have been present since early childhood.
The question is people with low autism is it a form of retardation? Because some of them can’t talk and they can’t even drink out of a soda can and they move their hands and they curled it as if someone is in a vegetable state but yet they have more awareness so there’s this in between I don’t know if I’m using the right words not trying to offend but I do notice people with low autism a lot of people have a question is it the same as somebody that is severely handicapped to the point where they’ll never be able to live on their own especially if they’re teenagers and they can’t even go to the bathroom or drink out of a soda can they can’t do it I just can’t comprehend it. So I’m just curious
He can be the most famous “expert” in the world, but he speak medications and drugs for autism, he simply DOESN’T UNDERSTAND A SINGLE BIT ABOUT AUTISM. At the end he is just another psychiatrist willing to “fix” people with chemicals instead of human intervention (which is proven to be EXCEPTIONALLY great for supporting autism difficulties and improving also social management, among other amazingly good results for a whole bunch of psychological struggles)
Learn about the word of God, rather than how to cope with it you have a child or an adult and can't talk can't take care of hisself, your child deserves love. My daughter was Healed of autism, Doctors and psychologist exam for a month awesome testimony my daughter can take care of of herself, parents have written books Jesus Healed autism, Deborah M.A. McDermott wrote a book two sons Asperger's and autism both healed Amen😍🤗🙏💖💖💖💜💜🧡💛💚💙💛💜
Great for you and yours but I've been praying for over 50 yrs and God allowed my daughter to ROT with Lukemia, leaving 5 children 8 to -a few months old. God doesn't heal everyone's children.
I'm an adult with self diagnosed ASD because the ADOS is flawed in the use for Adult Female diagnosis. You speak of learning social behavior and as I am 45 I can say I've had to learn how to act and now I can't get a diagnosis because I'm such a great actor. Acting normal takes a lot of work for us thru our lifetime and it is incredibly stressful. So much so that I have been diagnosed with a myriad of concurring mental disorders including ADHD. Please help us Adults get our diagnosis so we can accept ourselves better.
It isn't hard to get diagnosed as an adult. I have taken the ADOS as an adult.
@@the_anxious_autistic I took the ADOS but he stopped the test once he heard I am married. Everything was dismissed from that point on and he was saying before this it looked like social communication disorder, I have ADHD inattentive type previously diagnosed as well as depression and anxiety.
@@Elizarge It hits too close home. That's why.
I have some issues with this lecture.
I took the ADOS test and was diagnosed. The written summary of experiences that I had over my lifetime helped them a lot. I learned what to look for by watching other RUclipsrs talk about various traits so I correlated many of those traits with specific instances in my life. I haven’t gotten my written assessment to look at yet but I know that some sections of the ADOS test were definitely autism results as the therapist told me that. It’s really strange that your evaluator stopped the test because you’re married. You might go to a different evaluator.
Although I take issue with ASD being referred to as a "disorder" (I prefer the neurodivergent viewpoint), I am SO thrilled to know that there is much support out there for kids with ASD. My hope is that they don't have such a rough time throughout their childhoods and into adult life as some of us older ASD people had, many of us who are just beginning to understand ourselves, and why we are "different".
Couldn’t love this lecture more. So informative and so funny, he’s a joy to listen to. The note at the end before he took questions, made me tear up 😢
Me too, the last part was so beautifully human and a wonderful way to frame help and community spirit :)
Thank you Dr. Leventhal. This was the most informative video I've ever listened to on ASD.
Thank you Dr. Leventhal. This was the most informative as well as contemporary video I've ever listened to on ASD.
Thank you, I have 2 sons, who have autistic disorder, 17, and 20yo now, I am a alone dad to take care of them, for many years, there mom got a autistic spectrum diagnose at the same time at our youngest son..
I thought Temple Grandin and Simon baron-cohen were good, but after seeing this guy realize he's on another level.
There are almost 80 million people with an ASD around the globe who deserve much better. Despite my daily struggles I contributed more in terms of tax income to society than 60% of the non-disabling population. However, often I am still being treated like shit which is a disgrace. People hate me for no other reason than being different. My daily functionality is volatile but I can contribute tremendously in ways normal people cannot. However, society makes it hard for me to just do my job and live a happy life in accordance with what I am capable of. I am always reminded of failing to meet certain NT standards and people do not realise I am giving my best. So I would say a large chunk of the disability is due to society which drains me. I would rather live in an Aspie community and not have to deal with neurotypicals at all. My quality of life would be way higher. It's ridiculous I am being exposed to society at all. Nobody likes to be oppressed and discriminated against every day. Actually, I have the opportunity of a medically assisted suicide in one year. I will probably opt for that. If there was a button to make NT's disappear or to just end my pain, I would push it instantly without a second thought. Society would benefit largely from the talents of Autistic people but neurotypicals do not care. Why should they? Having the neurological privilege is quite comfortable. Virtually every social setting is optimised for their needs.
I relate, as an older widow, undiagnosed.
I do have two diagnosed daughters who are very talented, artistically, and in other ways.
. I do think I am ASD, , and can relate to feeling the way you do, and am getting this treatment, prejudice, hatred too, present tense.
. I realize, like you, that there still is much to contribute, should one find successful ways of
Integration, with our different skills, creativity, knowledges..
Wish you would not think of assisted suicide as an option due to the ignorance of others, who act immature, mean and discriminate against you.
Wishing you successes instead, and that you find ways to share your talents, skills, knowledges with more mature people who can appreciate what you can do!
Please remember, you belong here too, can be a value to the right people. That ending your life due to ignorant mean, immature people is NOT the solution!
Hope you find the right supports.
Never give up!
Take care,.🖖⚘
One of the best lectures I've watched on the subject
I live in the UK, I found this video interesting to watch as in America your ASD diagnosis is a lot qu?Icker the!an here. I was told b.y my sons nursery when he was 3 that he might be autistic, it wasn't till 8 years later that he was diagnosed officially as being autistic. So I ended up trying how to help him with no support from anyone, apart from this he is doing really well in mainstream school and I am so proud of how far he has come.
Fish Tales I’m in the uk as well and my son recently got diagnosed at age 7. I Will be grateful if you can share with me what you did to help your child. That will be great. Thanks
Also in the U.K. they drag you over the coals and make sure to break your spirit while you’re waiting.
I remember going to my son's classroom, first day of school in first grade and seeing he had 2 books at his desk, not 6 like everyone else. I guarantee you, I made a SCENE. I don't CARE if that teacher thought, whatever, by God my kid deserved to have EVERYTHING that all the others were given and I definitely made my point crystal clear.
Theory of Mind is Bunk. Have a look at the Double Empathy Theory. People with ASD, do understand difference extremely well.
And it's not nice to be mean to them. Don't most people want to be "nice" ? I read a letter to the editor from a mom of a special needs child who acted up in a local store. They were asked not to return to the store which really hurt the mom's feelings and made her reconsider her decision to move to the community. I felt so bad for the mom. I think her child had asd, though I have forgotten.
Let's be kind! What's it going to hurt?
Where was this when I was a child?!?!? I feel like I'm losing it doing these things.... trained myself for years just like this.. where's my support?
this is the best presentation around! thank you
For myself the mirroring works well with emotional recognition, it does not translate well to behavioral recognition because people may feel one way but act another. It was one of the most confusing things about growing up. At 53 I've recognized that it is more often because they are hiding something they feel is personal than directly lying. I no longer lean so heavily on that group of sensory information to inform my understanding of social cues. I believe mirroring at least through the form recognized in synesthesia is the sensory interaction of personal electromagnetic fields. I've known about my synesthesia for 9 years, I found out about my asd October 2018, I've spent the last nine years thinking asd is more or fewer forms of synesthesia interacting. I do not feel autism needs a cure, I feel autism needs to be regarded as a brain model that comes with a different manual. If it was treated as such I feel that for myself, my own path would have been extremely different. I do not feel that the angle of needing to match behaviors between people but rather the extension of our societal values to be inclusive in different ways will make the shift. Gut biome issues and sensory management being addressed from childhood would make it a more viable opportunity for society to evolve holistically. Thanks for your choice to work with this subject.
Very informational and practical presentation ! Thank you Dr. Leventhal !!
1:28 - Dance therapy. Interesting you bring that up. I'm 40, diagnosed some 6 yrs ago and since about 2017/8, I've pretty much been a recluse. I've struggled most of my life with drug addiction, they provided an outlet for all the pent up anger. emotions, energy! Stopped using and now there's no outlet. The one place I'd go whenever there was a local-ish event was a Psytrance (Psychedeliic trance) rave/stomp (every 6-8wks). Could just let it all out go crazy, high energy/BPM, Darklit/UV-lit (inoffensive to the eyes) for 8-12+hrs, with like-minded/open-minded people, people I'd just talk to (I'd go to these by myself), everyone unified in good vibes (all accepting/unjudgemental; not that I look it) to just have a Mad'dun! It's truly cathartic and freeing for me, my happy place... until the pandemic. I accept and understand why they were stopped but it doesn't change the fact that it has greatly affected my mental health, become further withdrawn and have lost 3st. Whether that counts as the sort of dance therapy you were referring to or not, it was beneficial to me, so doubtlessly there'll be others that my benefit from such things.
A really interesting talk! :)
Wish more was done for adults with autism
amazing information thanks so much for the upload as a parent to 3 year old ASD I really appreciate this ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I like his style...his presentation skills are great- my opinion.
very instructive, and only slightly ideologically distorted.
I love your info so much! You spelled diagnosis wrong though
Great presentation but why is "Childhood Disintegrative Disorder" always dismissed, ignored by all the ASD experts in their conferences? It is also a type of ASD (DSM-5).
What about Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva? She documented symptoms of Autism in 1925. Way ahead of Leo Kanner in the forties. Why does this woman keep getting left out of the history of documentation and identification of the Autistic Spectrum.
Thank you for all the information. Really interesting and mind changing .
1:20:50 - AS stated, I have ASD, but I was also born with an ASD/Atrial Septal Defect; had open heart surgery at 10mnths old. Would be interesting to know how/why they correlate!
I have klinefelters and have a lot of symptoms of ASD.. Is there a link with KS?
Thank you very much for letting people outside the scientific community get this type of information.
I have one question if anybody could answer please.
Having Dr. Leventhal pointed parent's smoking habit as a possible risk factor for ASD development in children, I wonder if a father's (male) repeated cocaine use could alter sperm chromosomes that will contribute to the development of a mutation and consequently to the development of ASD in a child.
If anybody could reach me about this matter I would be very grateful
late answer. There are quite a lot of studies that tend to point in a father drug abuse leading to birth defects. There are studies indicating that a father abusing drugs have a negative effect on the child's memory. And there are studies linking neurodevelopmental issues when the embryo is exposed to cocaine when the mother is using (but that is very different from your question. I'm not aware of any study linking specifically the father abusing drugs (cocaine) with mutations and consequently development of ASD. But I have to admit I'm far from knowing all the studies ever published.
There are also studies that tend to indicate that previous birth defects could be kinda-ish linked with subsequent development of ASD in a child.
Could therefore the father abusing cocaine being linked to birth defect and then consequently linked to ASD? well, I really don't know. It wouldn't seem totally unreasonnable to think so, but correlation is not causality. We'll have to wait for studies addressing that aspect specifically.
From the little I know, there has not been any specific gene alteration linked to autism. To show a link between genetic alteration in sperms induced by drugs and autism you need to know a) what genes are involved in autism and b) that the drug has this effect on those genes.
@@jomen112 you should check out Fragile X Syndrome, the most(#1-#2),common cause of genetic mental retardation. I have it and it's very linked with Autism, although one doesn't equal the other, Many kids aren't getting THIS simple swab/ blood test. Most people have never even HEARD of Fragile X Syndrome, but the entire WORLD THINKS that they know what "Autism" even IS.
I really need help for my son hes in prison after biting a policeman, the policeman i should say was told my son has Autism and that I needed to explain what was happening.......HE DID NOT LISTEN.......and it turned into a battle field where an army of police turned up my son was peppered handcuffed and they would have tasered if i had not stood in front they also brought dog handlers this is for one young adult, its was the way in which the attached him, the whole family is devasted as he is now facing a section 18 with intent.... i have not seen him in two week s but his speech had deteritoed to the point he was babbling. please if anyone can help, offer advice get people invloved as I have to fight to protect him as any one would do i saw what happened from start to finish and have lost all confidence in the uk police force.
UK is a fucked up liberal country, there is no justice and I doubt you will ever have a say in your sons wrongdoing. Get out of that damn country and live in America where the courts are better.
I was going to suggest contacting your local House of Reps to help you get in touch & establish contact with the local District Attorney. But since you're in UK, I dont know how it works there. I would find an autism organization as your first step, then get in contact with the town councilman (? I'm not sure what they are called in UK) But start somewhere & dont give up, keep going...even if you have to go to the offices of such places.
Sounds horrible! Hurry! They could very well be drugging him as a form of chemical "restraint".
Thank you UCTV . this is very helpfull
This is all great for kids but what about adults?
1:15:55 What a shame these fancy tablets cannot be used to test for basic psychological issues like this videos' subject. For someone with a reading disorder, those cameras could find visual patterns with the eyes; albeit there is no cure for it, but it would be nice to have a clear diagnosis other than the vague term "learning disorder".
that disclosure was quite rich.
Hello, Can I ask you a question? Is fluttering the child's owls at the enthusiasm? Is it a sensory disorder or an expression of joy, that is, he does not do it with great enthusiasm or joy?
Very interesting, Danke!!
Nice work
Excellent
Thank you 🙏
Cool lecture
why he doesn't speak about the correlation between higher iq and autism?, i know people it's a spectrum but treatmen for them for what? for being different?.
1:15:33
1:15:33
How about treatment for head banging until the point the detach their retina and burst their ear drums.? Or kids who bite themself viciously and hit themselves repeatedly? If you have Asperger's and are a little different than so be it. You do you. But some kids/adults need extensive support for the way they are being different!
@@lorrielephew1966 its a spectrum, it pissed me off because he only pointed out to what i was mentioning in just 3 seconds of the whole presentation. I as individual feel offended sometimes because people inmidietaly think that im someone that cant do anything for myslef like i was mentally cripple which is not the case, plenty people form the spectrum are quite competent.
@@MRbasthor I understand what you are saying. I have a child that is very high functioning and one that is very low with lots of self destructive behaviors. You are correct in that they need to make it more clear what treatments are appropriate for which children. We personally have not had access to any treatments beyond speech and OT.
Superb!!!
Sit down and read Frances Tustin!
What about developing ASD (high funcitoning)and emotional trauma. Like being in a high conflict environment 24/7 while growing up. How would this affect the brain? My daughter had no developmental delays and then lost skills/developed quirky behaviors as she became older.
To be clear,I'm not a doctor or biologist but I know that there's been some research that indicates that the older a person gets,the more their Genes take control over e.g. if you are naturally drawn to logical things or systems as a child ,the chances of that interest being a main part of your life increases as you age.
AlPHA -KING Seems true. A friend of mine was over-taken by schizophrenia after the age of 40. She had much lower and milder symptoms before that.
I dunno if this answer your question, but autism is a neurological condition which wires up you brain to process information differently, i.e. you are born with it. To develop autism in later life would require a complete rewire of the brain, which seams to be very unlikely to happen. This is why a diagnose require the symptoms to have been present since early childhood.
The question is people with low autism is it a form of retardation? Because some of them can’t talk and they can’t even drink out of a soda can and they move their hands and they curled it as if someone is in a vegetable state but yet they have more awareness so there’s this in between I don’t know if I’m using the right words not trying to offend but I do notice people with low autism a lot of people have a question is it the same as somebody that is severely handicapped to the point where they’ll never be able to live on their own especially if they’re teenagers and they can’t even go to the bathroom or drink out of a soda can they can’t do it I just can’t comprehend it. So I’m just curious
brilliant
I get a strong intuitive notion that Autism has a lot to do with Neanderthal DNA.
No
He can be the most famous “expert” in the world, but he speak medications and drugs for autism, he simply DOESN’T UNDERSTAND A SINGLE BIT ABOUT AUTISM. At the end he is just another psychiatrist willing to “fix” people with chemicals instead of human intervention (which is proven to be EXCEPTIONALLY great for supporting autism difficulties and improving also social management, among other amazingly good results for a whole bunch of psychological struggles)
That bloody word deficit triggers me, it sounds so offensive.
Why do we legally allow the abuse of children by parents that have ASD imagine it for a normal child
Absolute BS!
Learn about the word of God, rather than how to cope with it you have a child or an adult and can't talk can't take care of hisself, your child deserves love.
My daughter was Healed of autism, Doctors and psychologist exam for a month awesome testimony my daughter can take care of of herself, parents have written books Jesus Healed autism, Deborah M.A. McDermott wrote a book two sons Asperger's and autism both healed Amen😍🤗🙏💖💖💖💜💜🧡💛💚💙💛💜
Alleluia, Amen. 🙏♥️
Great for you and yours but I've been praying for over 50 yrs and God allowed my daughter to ROT with Lukemia, leaving 5 children 8 to -a few months old. God doesn't heal everyone's children.
This man just wants to drug us .... I dont particualy like him.
Check out VAXXED the movie.
documentary films are not scientific evidence
Agreed
Did you even watch this video?
You lost me at vaccines and then Prozac🤬👎
I thought Temple Grandin and Simon baron-cohen were good, but after seeing this guy realize he's on another level.
Why differentiate? Let’s just say they are on another level.🤓
They are all fantastic people and that is what matters
Sacha Baron-Cohen?
I'm not a fan of baron-cohen. I'm not mind blind, and neither are a lot of us.