Yes! It's annoying. The music gets loud, then they switch to a speaker and you can barely hear it!!

if they're not gonna have shit sound they should have at least added some captioning

Yes Ryon well put. Ironic that that would be the case since people with Autism have sensory issues. Unless... that was the point. Here world, see what sensory issues feel like to us. Although if that were the case I suppose bright and dark visuals would have been throughout as well. Most likely the person didn't realize you could edit sound volume while making the video or the software used did not allow it. Sad that that should happen. I'm on my 3rd attempt to finish watching and have to stop again.

I edited to sound as much as I could but I'm not a sound or video expert, I made the whole thing in Windows Film maker in my spare time. Sorry it's rubbish but I tried my best!

Hi Hannah! Thank you for making this video. I agree with the others about the sound. I wonder if we can reach out to autism / aspergers groups to help out with better sound editing. Such as: www.autismhangout.com/ or www.autismempowerment.org/ community.autismsupportnetwork.com/ etc. I would love to refer people to this video, and better sound will be great! If I was more techie, I'd help out.

Hi! I know your post was a year ago, but you ever get diagnosed?

@@meghanwebber4977 Thanks for checking in. I tried to look into it, but money was an issue and then Covid happened. 😆 I plan on doing it someday. Lol.

Did you ever get diagnosed?

Much harder.

I know.

Only hidden racist ppl notice shit like that

danilo osiris Oh, it's one of these people.

ganondorfchampin correct

I am not so good at fitting in either.

Bee Whistler wow! I really like what you said and how you said it. Thank you

Yep 1984 a psychiatrist told me I was 'very immature' when I was actually doing really well keeping safe, keeping a job and having a few friends. Jeans I still wear them they are comfortable. Gender confusion? We develop our sexual interest five to ten years later than typicals hence our confusion. Best lecture I've seen is Prof Tony Attwood Girls and Aspergers. So illuminating for me. Were still here despite everything. Go well. Hx ukposts.info/have/v-deo/r5aAfKSra4Z-p6M.html

Helen Bennett I’m an Aspie woman 38 now not diagnosed until 23 not at all interested in sexual relationships I’d rather have intelligent conversations with guys

Helen Bennett Tony Atwood is legendary in the field

I am just now watching this in 2021 and reading these comments, it's like, you could be me in the 1980's and '90's. I was diagnosed when I was 24 and I am now 53. Back then there was NO help for anyone. Not even our parents, if you were a girl.

Shawn Wolfe, it’s the same for women with heart disease - the symptoms are not the same as men’s, but that has (until more recently) been where the focus was placed. “Second class citizen” may ring a bell for you.

Shawn Wolfe ratio is more 1:1 there are lots of us but either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed because we present differently

@Indeterminate Origin YT is about the only “social media” I subscribe to, and I know you’ll understand that I don’t want to post my email addr here. What helped me was making quiet time to think back to the kind of person I was in elementary school ... what my motives were - never the reactions or responses of others, but what my personal intentions were, whether they turned out well or not. I’m wishing you great success in this rocky journey. You are loved.

Jenny Derksen "because I look normal" stfu

What do you mean with your reaction ? I think we have a miscommunication

Thanks I noticed 😄

I didn't aspies look a certain way. look normal? Wtf does that mean!

Danilo i mean to say , that I don't get any recognition if I tell that I have autism ,, they think that people with autism have to look retarded ,, but the truth is you can't see if a person have autism we all look the same with or without autism .. so most people don't believe I have it

I am half way through and { I'm in my late 50s - Never Diagnosed ASD} thinking 'Wait!! Isn't this how we all Learn to Be In the World???!! My little Grand niece has been diagnosed ASD I believe my deceased Mum may have had it too . . . I appear Normal, have had a successful career . . . if it's not Broke, why fix it?

kate_loves_Christ Yeah exactly

Absolutely. Same thing happened to me. It's not about how you look at all.

***** Everyone has to change themselves to fit in and succeed sometimes. Everyone. And that's okay, because humans are made to be adaptable like that. If you're making yourself sick, if you feel like you're always pretending, I don't think you're really doing it right. I don't think we have to be dishonest to fit in... like I said, I just think we have to learn to communicate in ways other people will understand. They can't be blamed for not understanding, when the normal human manner of communicating is built right into them from birth.

***** Look, I'm not saying that wouldn't be great, I just don't think it's going to happen. You're talking about teaching every single person in the world how to communicate in an autistic way. Who's going to do that? If it happens, that's great, but I don't expect to see anything like that in my lifetime. What I want is to connect with people NOW, in the real world, in my life. So I will learn to reach out to them. And I think if other autistics want the same, they will need to do the same. We can talk about ideals all day, but if you don't learn how to reach for others, don't be surprised when nobody reaches for you.

+GuacamoleKun I agree with you wholeheartedly. You've got a good read on the real-world and how it operates. I get so tired of Aspies insisting that the rest of the world should accommodate them, without them having to meet halfway. Social skills can be learned and can open up so many doors in your life. It's not conforming for conforming's sake. Don't pay any attention to the person who called you "stupid" and "discriminatory". He lost all his credibility when he resorted to name-calling. I must admit that I find it amusing that a man is challenging you and telling you what your attitude should be, especially since this is a video intended for autistic women. Male entitlement in action.

Star Chained Heart Haha thanks. I've definitely run into females with the same opinion though.

I wish more people could understand that. I get teased by other Aspegirls 'cause they feel it's hypocrite to adapt; it's not... at least for me it's necessary and it's the best for my inner peace. Some days I come home exhausted from that much "acting" and thinking of every single thing I do', tha'ts the only "sad" part. But it isn't nearly as bad as it was getting bullied every single day for about ten years straight.

Lo intenté, pero me dijo que el video no lo permite. Escribí hace unos minutos un comentario preguntando si hay forma de hacerlo; igual y me puedes ayudar dándole "me gusta" para que suba y lo note. También me serviría bastante poder compartirlo subtitulado.

We should talk! I'm also a male with SSA and relate highly to these fine ladies.

My girlfriend is one of the women in this video and she felt like that all the time until I started pointing out that that was untrue. It took awhile for her to wrap her head around that.

I have that, I didn't know that I was different at all, I just thought that everyone went through the same things as me, they were just better at hiding it.

@R J Thank you very much for this and all the best!! From a fish who's no longer trying to climb a tree 😜

+Khadijah Brown Yes, they are all 'coming out' at the same time, as it were, in the media. Awareness programs for both are reaching the public at the same time, but there doesn't seem to be any correlation beyond that. Though keep in mind there are Aspies who are transgender. One is not the other, nor are they mutually exclusive.

I am post op transgender of 14 years and recently found I am Aspergers also. Finding that the transgender transition was a huge mistake, and searching for a way to make sense of it all. It seems clear that reverting back to my old life won't work because I do not look at all like it. Hoping to figure out a way to live as neither?

Yes. But then with that considered, my theory is that gender dysphoria is really just a symptom of ASD, and if you’re genderfluid or transgender, you’re probably autistic as well, even if not diagnosed. I say this based on my own personal experience. Just a theory, but I feel it’s representative of many.

You and all who pose their theories in response would benefit from learning about “comorbidities.”

Please don't try to bundle Autism into your list of society destroying millennial bs. Autism has been around for centuries but it is being diagnosed more due to a greater understanding. I bet you think women destroy nations, or that feminism is the devil, give me a break.....

Noam Adelman lol thanks

chupacabra get a referral to a clinical psychologist who specialises in autism spectrum disorders in adults and children and complete psychological testing

Soz, I'm a novice!

Please excuse me for being rude or presumptuous, but who are you to say that the women are not truly autistic after just watching one video? Are you a professional clinician? Conducting an assessment for autism takes HOURS and it is not a one-step process. I grant that some of the accounts may be merely anecdotal. But that may be because autism among females is still a severely understudied topic, because for a long time it was assumed that only males had autism, and the "masculine" profile is the criteria that women are still possibly being judged by. Maybe if more research were funded to this population, we may think differently. There are other points that I would like you to consider: -Autism occurs in a spectrum. This means that there are different levels of severity. Perhaps the women in this video are in the mild end of the spectrum. However, from reading your post you seem to view autism as a disorder that occurs in ONLY ONE extreme manifestation. I do not know if autistic women generally have a milder form of autism than their male counterparts. However, "mild" may be deceiving. People on the mild end of the spectrum still have social skills that are much worse than the average "neurotypical" person, and this IS enough to warrant a diagnosis. This is the case even if their social skills are still not as bad as people with "lower functioning" autism. -Co-morbid diagnoses do occur in autistic people, though certainly not all. Anxiety is one of the most common co-morbid diagnoses among autistic people. If you listened to this video, maybe you would have understood that these women's anxieties worsen because they feel that they must cultivate a self that is not natural to them. I agree with you that all of us need to adapt to surroundings that we may not like. However, the social skills that neurotypical people practice effortlessly are not skills that come naturally to people on the spectrum, and this applies to BOTH genders.. I'm sure that pretending to be someone else can make anybody anxious. It is also said that autistic women often are misdiagnosed as merely suffering from an anxiety disorder or bipolar disorder, though these diagnoses may worsen as a RESULT of cultivating a self that is necessary, but difficult for them. -If anything, autism may be over-diagnosed among males. It is estimated that approximately 10% of children(again often men) who receive an autism diagnosis lose it as they grow older. -Considering the possible stigma that accompanies an autism diagnosis, I seriously doubt anybody would desire to the diagnosis merely to "feel special". I do not know these women personally, but the diagnosis may have been a last resort. for them. -In all honestly, it seems that you are also autistic. I am sorry, but most kids DO NOT react the way you do( or did in your view) to tight clothing, cats, and loud noises. I hope you are aware of this. Like these women, you may have adapted to your surroundings. But you gave yourself a false sense of superiority by isolating yourself from these women, saying that you are not like one of them. What did you accomplish by doing that? Insights like yours are perhaps why women with autism continue to suffer in silence. Have a nice day. Please feel free to reply. I grant that it is difficult to understand autism and how it manifests differently in people.

Oh sorry, what are your qualifications again? All these girls have not functioned just fine, they've been through a lot of trauma. It's sounds like someone might be in denial about themselves and taking it out on us as a whole.

Krista Neckles I didn't read all this cos it's too long. But basically this video is about how autism is different from male autism. So yeah they don't act like the male autism people. That's the point of the video.

embraceable_you I have severe autism and I agree, all I could think through watching this is “is this a joke”!

@@kristaneckles9215 Thank you very much for this!! My thoughts - put here so elaborately. All the best to you!!