NOTE: some misinformed people are recommending i call the video “people with autism” to be more respectful but i reached out to the autistic community and “autistic people” is heavily preferred. please listen to the community before spreading potentially incorrect* information. ORIGINAL POST: come back next week for *I spent a day with 911 EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS* -- thank you so much for supporting me and this series :) luv, anthony padildo ps: shoutout to everyone who has turned on notifications 🔔 and directly support me in continuing this series.

The girl talking about getting bullied and being mistreated by her teacher and students. Heartbreaking.

My little brother is autistic, he didn’t realize that it’s a “disability” until he saw a scholarship notice addressed to him for being disabled. His response was “I thought autism just made me smart” I love him. Edit: just to clarify a little bit the scholarship is offered to every “disabled” child in my state to go to private school grades k-12 not college. My brother goes to normal public school and does not need an aid or attend ESE classes and excels academically. I do know someone personally who used this scholarship so that they went to a year round private school and that helped them tremendously with having a consistent schedule and help alleviate some of the obstacles they faced when in normal public school.

"i mean. i may be autistic but at least i'm not dying???" had me cackling ngl

Me two years ago: Oh this is such a cool video! Some of my friends with autism would like this ha ha. Me now: *diagnosed with autism*

"I may be autistic but at least im not dying" OH MY GOD😂😂SHOW THIS TO ALL THE KARENS

Lmao that guy is so funny “Why are people more worried about their child having autism than having polio” 😂

I'm autistic, and I like the fact that he invited two women and a black man, in the media autism is often portrayed by white boys, and also women and poc are usually underdiagnosed or are diagnosed later, so I think it's very nice to show autism in different faces and not in the usual representation ♾❤

Im autistic and a lot of people think im just a stupid immature person and it really hurts. I really appreciate this video lol

I always question why do we teach people with disabilities how to behave around others but not teach people without disabilities how to treat people with disabilities properly and behave around them

“People get built different; we don’t have to understand it, we just have to respect it” -Bubblegum

Me watching it because I needed a reminder that I’m not the only autistic person

AS AN AUTISTIC MYSELF WITH AN AUTISM COMMUNITY IN PERÚ I LET YOU KNOW THAT WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU CALLING US AUTISTIC/ AUTISTIC PEOPLE. THE USE "OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM" IS WAY MORE SPREAD BUT FROM VOICES THAT ARENT'S OURS-LIKE AUTISM SPEAKS. WE HAVE A VOICE. WE WANT TO BE HEARD. ♾🌈

At first I thought these “I spent a day with...” videos were clickbaitey and annoying. But after watching a few I see that he is genuinely trying to remove stigma and have some well educated entertainment. As someone who is on the spectrum, I really appreciate how polite he was and how he was factual yet kind.

i love how the series started as a joke and now its just Anthony being educated by ppl lmao

I was pleasantly surprised to hear "I really like bubbly people". Im often described as being very bubbly and social, and my husband is on the spectrum along with several of my friends. I always thought my kind of personality would actually be annoying for someone on the spectrum because im so giggly and struggle to remain quiet. However, my husband always tells me I'm super expressive and warm to people which makes it very easy to read me. Its kinda nice to know my energy actually works for some people.

Shit, if I was in this episode, I would’ve gone on and on about my knowledge and experiences in art. I’m an autistic 17 yr old art student that loves art 😂

The girl with the blonde-ish brown hair is honestly the biggest sweetheart ever

do a “I spent a day with ghosts” and just have a one sided interview as if your talking to other people

My friend is autistic and she said this to me: I prefer autistic person because for the longest time I always tried to figure out where my autism ended and I started but I learned it wasn't black and white it was a rainbow though it is hard sometimes to deal with it I can also learn ways to help myself.

One thing I can not stand as I'm with Asperger's/Autism myself is being looked down and talked to like I'm a child. It angers me when people do this. I'm not a child, I am in my mid 20s. Talk to me and treat me like an adult. I put with it when I was younger but I sure as hell not putting up with it as an adult.

“It’s an invisible disorder.” UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY I’ve been told I was lying or that I simply couldn’t be autistic because I’m high functioning.

Spend a day with people with OCD. More people need to realize that their quirks aren't OCD.

It broke my heart when Jasmine talked about being bullied in school and to this day, even. I have had very similar experiences. She seems so smart and friendly. I would love to have a friend like her.

The worst part of having it is hearing people call things or people acting stupid "autistic" like autistic means disturbing and threatening a no more than an insult

“I may be autistic but atleast I’m not dying” -2020 Love this dude call them out bro sending you love

When she said the teacher told the kids to be mean to her breaks my heart. That teacher should’ve been fired. That’s honestly so sad :(

The worst part of being autistic is not being treated like an equal, as if I'm not even human. They regard me as a thoughtless child to be pitied, or some cold unfeeling genius straight out of (insert autism media here). Even worse is when people get scared of me for not "behaving normal". I'm a big tall guy with the classic autistic "resting bitch face" so a lot of people especially women tend to think I'm a potential threat. The reality is I'm a total softy but because it's not tattooed on my forehead they think I'm a creep and a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here, I don't below here.

I have both ADHD and Autism. I was diagnosed last year at the age of 27. It is rarely picked up on early because of the male diagnostic criteria and the fact we show ourselves so differently. I am crippled by exhaustion all the time from it and nowadays I'm very isolated and spend all day in my room just playing video games with the lights off. I'm in permanent burnout from pretending I wasn't autistic for over 25 years of my life. I barely make it to work 2 days a week right now. It can really be a struggle when you're this way.

"i may be autistic but at least im not dying" MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

"Why do you have your license if you have autism? I'm not blind" OMG I'M DECEASED

I found out a few years ago that I'm autistic. My family hid it from me my whole life hoping I would eventually outgrow it and I finally understand more after a few years of research and honestly, I wish I would have known sooner because I would have known what community I should talk with instead of just isolating like I've always done. It's very inspiring though to see all of the great things other autistics have accomplished even if I can't do what they do and it gives me hope and makes me feel pride in something for once. I feel proud to be me instead of feeling ashamed for existing.

When I was a kid and a young adult, I truly wanted to be 'normal' more than anything in the world. When I was in grade school, I had to take a developmental test. This was back in the early 90s mind you, and the physiatrist didn't say I was autistic, but she did tell my mom that I was "borderline mentally retarded" (I was still in the room, btw, and I do believe that at one point she urged my mom to leave me at a psych ward/mental institution so I wouldn't be a burden on my family, I was terrified for a long time after that. I was actually afraid for my siblings when they acted out, because I was convinced that they would also go to a mental institution). My mom did extensive research and told me, when I was 14, that she was fairly certain that I was autistic.

I love how he’s not using the baby voice like other people use when talking to someone who has autism

"Yeah, I have autism but at least I'm not dying!" That was perfect.

Thank you for making this video. As someone with autism (high functioning) it's great to see that there are other people like me that I can relate to. I only just got told I was autistic 2 weeks ago, and i've been trying to figure out some things abt myself and others with ASD. I appreciate you, Anthony :)

News flash: I am autistic too. I was actually born with it. I really appreciate your respect and support you’ve showed through this video by trying to understand it instead of acting like you know what we’ve been through (most people I encountered have reacted this way). You’re a great person and I will always support you like I have for the past ten years. Stay true to yourself and keep being you. Anthony, you’re the GOAT. Best regards, Jonah Waxman (professionally known as JGW)

“even if it did, why is having autism worse than having, like, polio” honestly though also just such a great video! amazing job

“I spent a day with psychopaths” that’s something I would love to see. I feel like everyone thinks psychopaths = serial killers which isn’t really true. Anyways I would love to hear how they see the world and stuff. Please do a video on that

have mild Autism and my little sister has mildly severe Autism. we all knew my sister had Autism her whole life but was only a year ago I found out that I did also. it all makes sense now why she was always drawn to me and we seemed to always understand each other on a level nobody else could.

I loved this video! My siblings and I are on the autism spectrum and even just us three vary from each other. Being diagnosed by the school system at a young age, our mother came to terms that she might have adult kids for rest of her life (the only examples of autism she had at the time were people on the extreme end of the spectrum). She made it her mission to teach us as many life skills as she could so that despite where ever we ended up in life, we would have the tools to take care of ourselves in adulthood. And we're almost there! I need to bug her about how taxes work...

"Why do you have a license?" *"Im not blind."*

“Why is autism worse than polio” amen brother

My boyfriend has autism and normally I just feel like he's "normal", as in neurotypical. But he does have some time management issues that come with autism, and I have to be patient and remind myself that he's not neurotypical, because it would be easy to conclude any shortcomings happen because he's "just being lazy/irresponsible". Anyway, thanks for this episode.

I was diagnosed at 21 (am still, got it recently). It has been a life changer. I went my whole life wondering “what was wrong with me?” and constantly breaking down thinking I was just a failure. Nowadays there’s more compassion for myself and my struggles from me and I’m able to forgive my mistakes. We are not broken. We may struggle but there is nothing wrong with us.

Not saying Anthony doesn’t have his flaws, he’s only human, but if everyone on earth had even a fraction of Anthony’s kindness and acceptance the world would be a better place

“People get built different; we don’t have to understand it, we just have to respect it”

I’m extremely happy to see these types of videos! I have been diagnosed with autism for a few years now, and it makes me sooooo happy to see this video! I have struggled with autism for my whole life, and it truly is a tough jorney! It’s hard to be told to “stand out” or “be yourself”, when from an age as young as 3, you learn that yourself is not accepted. I have high functioning autism, aka, I can look you in the eye and can communicate (This is just my high functioning, it’s different for everyone else) but, it’s really hard, because those signs make me seem like a regular old person at first, but then, when I do something off, people become unbelievably cruel, and will rip you to shreds. I do have ptsd, and got it from bullying, (no surprise there) and my trauma lasted from 3rd grade, to 6th, and during that, I completely lost myself. I have a horrible fear of school now, as that’s where it all occurred, and I do get a ptsd induced panic attack about every other day. It’s never been sunshine and rainbows, and this is JUST the bullying aspect of autism, because there is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more! (I am not saying everyone with autism has ptsd, or was bullied, again, just my personal experience. I was just sharing some social aspects that are hard to deal with, and used my ptsd as an example of a result of all that) But even though all of this is on my plate, I would never EVER change! I love myself, and I find my ability to be able to think differently as truly astounding! I can still do amazing things! Albert Einstein had autism, and look what he accomplished! This disorder is a part of me, and it will be till the day I die! I love my autism, and I am proud to have it! 🧩❤

8:20 I've always felt like having a shutdown is like having a very long, extended panic attack. Days and days or even weeks. It's awful.

Oof, I seriously teared up when Jasmine was talking about how she was bullied in school and still get bullied by adults. People can be so cruel.

When the girl started talking about being bullied it really broke my heart she seems so sweet

As a autistic person myself, I think that these people present a great representation for those of us on the spectrum, and I appreciate how kind and understanding your of us.

From the start supporting artist. Thanks Anthony for supporting all you collaborate with. ❤

“I felt like the world was against me just for existing” that broke me 🥺

"How is having autism worse than dying of polio" This guys sense of humor is out of sight

Thx for taking the time to do this Anthony. As a person on the spectrum it’s great to see that I’m not just some social outcast who doesn’t blend in with the world. And to all of the people that took the time to watch this video, thx. Because I know that a lot of you care.🙏

6:33 was such a sweet moment. I think most parents want to give their child the best chance at being happy, but while they may have not known what they found out with the diagnosis, it seems you still had a good relationship.

It’s so stupid when someone’s using autism as a insult “do you have autism?” Or are just hating

Some indication for next videos: * Tourette's syndrome; * Deaf community; * Albinism; * Dwarfism; * Vitiligo; * Blindness; * Stutterer. This channel is amazing 👏👏👏 Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

I'm 60 and just found out. It is nice people can find out when they are younger. It is rough to have everything be hard and not understand why. It is difficult to have to 'act normal'. Some Autistic people have very high IQ and can focus on a particular subject and have insight that others may not. Many great people in history have contributed to vast human advancements.

Thank you for interviewing people with autism. I have autism and sometimes I hate it. But I’m getting better. I understand social cues more and I learn to tune out loud noises. I also tend to not let my anxiety show. I hide it and that’s why it was hard to diagnose me with autism. I got diagnosed as I got older.

As a person with Autism, I feel appreciated and respected. I appreciate the way you handled this. Edit: oml thank you so much for all the likes! Usually I get like 2 lol ❤😊 2nd edit: omg almost 4k likes!? You people are too nice. ❤

Did no one notice how he changed the conversation ending? So instead of, "I feel like I fully understand the wondrous world of autism." he said, "I feel like I understand the wondrous world of autism, just a little bit more." Which I found really sweet. Great job on this whole series Anthony, you've changed me to be more open-minded and understanding. :)

I imagine this title is just him quietly murmuring "I spent a day with" then shouting "AUTISTIC PEOPLE!" as loud as he can in your face

Anthony is doing amazing things interviewing these people getting their voices out and educating people keep it up man ❤

"I fee like I am a normal person sometimes." That broke my heart. I literally cried. Just because you're different doesnt mean your less human. Just because you're not neurotypical doesn't mean you're not normal.

Dang the way that Anthony changed his ending from "completely understand" to "understand just a little bit more" of their world. I appreciate that.

That girl seems very nice, I think I relate to her experiences because for a short time I was bullied and teachers accused me of being rebellious and incapable of learning. As someone with autism (unfortunately) I had it before anyone understood it on a larger scale. We just seemed….off-beat…but actually, it’s like music. Many people are so used to living life in 4/4 time signatures but as autistic people (high functioning especially) we tend to operate in the odd-time…it’s only odd because everyone generally stays in 4/4 that’s all they know. Try listening to Dizzie Gellespie’s “Salt Peanuts” and you get it. Being autistic or having Asperger’s is a lot like Jazz music to the ears of a pophead. Nothing wrong with pop but other genre’s do exist and perhaps aren’t as widely accepted and takes certain people to get it but you know, we are extremely open to your efforts at communicating and building friendships with us.

I have autism and this made me tear up. Thank you for taking the time and letting people from the community have a voice to share what it's like.

“You didn’t notice that other people did not have aids?” IM SCREAMING

I cried when Jasmine said that a teacher used to ask children to bully her during recess. Some people should not be allowed to work with children.

This was wholesome. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for this, @AnthonyPadilla. Autism and autistic people really need to be brought into the light today. It’s not a disease, nor something to be feared. Autistic people can do amazing things, if society would only give us a chance. Thank you for supporting us instead of believing the stereotypical hype. Bless. 🌈♾️

We are currently learning about autism in my school and our teacher showed this video to us (unnecessary) edit: for everyone who doesn't believe this for whatever reason- i'd just like to clarify that I'm from another time zone so when this was first uploaded, it wasn't early in the morning for me :) what's really important is that lots of people at my school got to be educated about autism! so let's try not to change the subject.

I have an autistic person in my class, and the teachers are very rude to her. Not directly, because that would be too straightforward, but more like, they make her sit on her bench all alone, and if some student misbehaves, they make them sit with her. And that’s so horrible. The other students make no effort to be kind to her, and I think that’s very unhealthy for her mental health.

It felt like they really felt comfortable around Anthony. So beautiful ❤

Something I mention a lot I am part of Legion FX community and I been telling them all the problems I had in school and they kind of started to figure out I might be autistic cause some members we have are autistics. They asked me to ask my mom and I said it them I am on The Spectrum and they were so welcomed I felt happy to know that this community supports

Wow, as an autistic person, ive never been so impressed with the way someone has handled the topic of autism, whilst not having it themselves. Im so glad that you were willing to ask questions and really listen to the community on how best to address or phrase certain things. I think every allistic could learn something from the allyship youve shown!

”I spent a day with deaf people” As a person who has deaf parents (they’ve been deaf since childhood) I would like people to see how isolated these people can be because people think that they cant do certain things Edit. Wow thanks it means a lot that people think that this is a great idea 😢❤️

Thank you for making this. As someone autistic, we need more of this.

Thank you for making beautiful videos like these my brother has autism and this helped me understand it more❤️❤️❤️

bro im actually in tears rn, no joke. listening to that girl who got bullied made me feel so bad for her. nobody deserves to be treated that way especially if they have a disorder. i grew up having multiple friends with autism and it rlly breaks my heart to see people with it being mistreated just bc others don't fully understand what it is.

My boyfriend is autistic and it breaks my heart when he tells me he wishes he didn’t have it. I think his brain is beautiful.

Thank you very much for sharing about this. It feels really hard to find someone who is having the 'similar' condition nowadays, so seeing this kind of video makes me learning about more things. Especially the fact that the interviewed people are actually in the syndrome, plus allowing them to 'be theirselves'. I really love how you interviewed them too. The act of learning to understand, really makes me feel secured even just as a viewer. A thing that I'd like to point before advancing: Maybe as time goes by, the view of using 'high functioning' level has changed. I feel kinda not comfortable with it because seeing these persons, I feel that I can't really get my mind across better (excluding on writings like this). But I think I can understood why they're 'feeling' so. Moving on.. I want to point on things which this video could deliver. When seeing them, that they're actually stimming (having nerves, little feet / hand movements), need time to 'articulate' their words as they're having the conversation, even the laughs on end of several sentences so it leaves a good impression, but also it did made the atmosphere feel warmer (at least to me).. I feel like, finally, I'm seeing a 'proof'.. I am surprised yet relieved that I am not alone even when we're in the separated parts of this world.. I've always feel like, people were keep assuring me to not worry, "you are still doing fine" but the world of normal still feels weird, and different. I do want to believe in their kind intentions, but it's like I just can't because at the end I'm still feeling 'odd', I can't really confirm my affirmation about there are actual people (seeing real example and reading through internet feels like different kind of nature) (did I just jinx myself) who is having the similar condition as me. So really.. Thank you for doing and sharing about this. Further about how this spectrum affected me.. I feel that I'm having a hard time to 'talk'. I can't comprehend several meaning of words, when it seems like an obvious thing to understand. It feels weird to ask for a help (for like, almost everything), even to people who I consider as close. I even feel 'jealous?' sometimes because it mostly feels that their interactions to the other feels smoother than to me.. So maybe then I swallowed myself, thinking that the other party deserved more attention, it's better to continue on whatever they are going on than 'listening' to me.. Maybe I also want to 'try my best by my own until I am really stuck' first, because that's how the right thing feels like to me. So yeah, the last topic of this video exactly. "Just treat us normally"-- like the understood of this kind of thinking still needs to exist, but I still want to experience on life challenges like the others. I truly appreciate your kindness, but please, tell about things to me more and freely like how you do so to the others. At least in my case, I feel that I still need to learn on so much more about how this world 'works'. We view on the world differently, we receive on things differently, but that's it. The world is still 'like this'. I may not the kind of person that you can just handle, but I truly feel that I need to 'change'. Not to be 'normal', but to be more 'aware'. And I can't do it without seeing on variety of things. Please, do not adjust on our interaction ways so much just for me (The frustation that you can't just ask to do so because it also feels like the other party trying to understand me too /sobs) Oof I feel that I am expressing things by more frontal than usual, but somehow it feels like it's safe to throwing about my thoughts in here.. It feels open. It feels comforting, I want to let my thoughts out. Despite the fact that this video is already pretty old My apologies in advance to anyone who even found this comment, reading this and have to -suffer- taking several time to read on this long comment 😭 Ah, but I feel learning more about myself now

i absolutely adore that Anthony starts every single episode asking individually how they like to be referred to in regards to the discussed disorder/experience etc

“I spent a day with people living with HIV” I’ve had it for a year and I want to advocate for young people who are diagnosed that they aren’t alone and it’s not the end of the world.

I just wish people would stop using autism as an insult or a replacement for the word “bad”. That goes for any disorder or disease in my opinion.

This is the absolute most pure group of individuals ever. It is impossible for an autistic person to be ingenuine. These three are great! Thank you for this episode ❤❤

I hope no one thinks autism is a super power. People with low functioning autism need care 24/7. Some of them act like babies their entire life. Their carers need to grip their arm tightly when they walk down the street.

I really like how he interviewed people that are on different places on the spectrum. It really shines a different light on autism rather than the way a lot of people try to scare people away from people with autism.

"I felt like the world was against me for existing" breaks my heart :(

i’m so late to watching this video, but i would love to see an updated version of this! since 2020, so much research has come out about the spectrum and there’s new debates about self diagnosis that people are once again, leaving autistic people out of. anthony did a great job navigating this, however i think a wider range of the spectrum is possible to be shown. it’s just continuously developing and the developments are important to keep up with

I really appreciate that 2 out of the 3 people you interviewed were girls, because autism in girls is considerably less diagnosed than in boys because we often present differently and a lot of the studies and information available on autism is based on boys behaviour and studies on boys. This video almost made me cry and I am so glad you're doing this amazing series that is educating people in a positive and informative way. It feels good to be recognised and represented

As someone with autism, I wanted to point some things out 1) "Functioning labels" bad. They are labels made by allistics to put us into categories of how much of a "hindrance" we are to society. Most people in the autistic community prefer "high support needs" and "low support needs", since this shows us as being real people rather than our functionality to society. 2) The puzzle pieces are also a bad symbol for autism. The puzzle pieces are commonly used by Autism Speaks (which is said to be a hate group within the autism community) and other misinformed/hateful allistics, and is a symbol that we are "puzzles, mysteries, something that needs solving", so we prefer the infinity symbol (bonus points for the rainbow one ;) Which again shows that we are people and a wide spectrum of people at that.

I really appreciate you putting out content like this! I've literally watched you grow into a amazing man from the crazy teen with emo hair 😂 keep using your position to put out the real info that people needs my man I'm very proud of who you have become!

Anthony is so good at making the world and people around us understand physical and mental abilities great guy

I swear Anthony is the most respectful, caring and supportive person. I wish more people were like Anthony because they always keep an open mind and tries to understand everyone

Vax ≠ autism Karens:*slowly rubbing essential oils on wrists* uhhhhhhhh idk abt that

As a person who has autism. This video is so enlightening, and I appreciate it. I appreciate feeling seen.

Thank you so much for covering this topic, I am autistic and have ADHD which I really appreciate you getting the truth about autism! Keep up the good videos Anthony!