I am a parent of an autistic 8 year old and one of the stage managers on HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO. Sydney, I only now discovered you and your online content. I am a mere two videos into your library and I feel like I am taking a master class. Thank you for your honesty and straightforward commentary. I look forward to watching everything you have posted. If you come back to see OHIO before we close (February 11 😢), I hope our paths cross. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Aaaaaargh. I am only just now seeing your reply about coming back to see OHIO. Sorry our paths did not cross at the time. Wishing you the best in everything. @@disabled.autistic.lesbian
I'm 27 and only for the last half year or so been slowly realising about my own neurodivergence and how certain addictions I had built up over the years were only just there as a way to mask. So many things falling in place and seeing everything in a new perspective, it's probably been the most overwhelming and exhausting time of my life. I've been on the waiting list for an official diagnosis for months now...
I think I had a similar experience connecting with a book. Mine was The Giver by Lois Lowry, which is kind of the opposite in terms of plot... it's a kid growing up in a world where emotion doesn't exist and diversity has been eradicated. He's the only one who starts to experience the world differently. He's the only one who knows what love feels like, what pain feels like, what colors look like, and he suffers because his experience of life diverges so much from everyone else that he can't relate to anyone anymore. I cried so much at the end of that book I felt sick.
WAIT! I didn't know Anne of green gables was textbook autism! 😱 I loved watching the movies and still have the book on my read list but I still love it
Considering like what I’ve learned by a BA in the 1980s. I am so grateful that I was raised by ND parents who instinctively knew how to keep me safe and happy.
Your content is brilliant, Sydney - I'm so glad I found it and I hope you get more subscribers :). I'm 39 and very possibly about to be diagnosed with ASD later this year so it's been very helpful to have so much insight from people on UA-cam who talk so openly and honestly about it. Thank you :).
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I am a parent of an autistic 8 year old and one of the stage managers on HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO. Sydney, I only now discovered you and your online content. I am a mere two videos into your library and I feel like I am taking a master class. Thank you for your honesty and straightforward commentary. I look forward to watching everything you have posted. If you come back to see OHIO before we close (February 11 😢), I hope our paths cross.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Ah this is so kind!! So glad to have you. Also I will be back this coming weekend so I will try to see if I can find the booth :)
Aaaaaargh. I am only just now seeing your reply about coming back to see OHIO. Sorry our paths did not cross at the time. Wishing you the best in everything. @@disabled.autistic.lesbian
I'm 27 and only for the last half year or so been slowly realising about my own neurodivergence and how certain addictions I had built up over the years were only just there as a way to mask. So many things falling in place and seeing everything in a new perspective, it's probably been the most overwhelming and exhausting time of my life. I've been on the waiting list for an official diagnosis for months now...
The process of figuring out all that stuff is both the absolute best and absolute worst feeling in the world. I wish you much luck on your journey :)
I think I had a similar experience connecting with a book. Mine was The Giver by Lois Lowry, which is kind of the opposite in terms of plot... it's a kid growing up in a world where emotion doesn't exist and diversity has been eradicated. He's the only one who starts to experience the world differently. He's the only one who knows what love feels like, what pain feels like, what colors look like, and he suffers because his experience of life diverges so much from everyone else that he can't relate to anyone anymore. I cried so much at the end of that book I felt sick.
Wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing your story and for being you. I am going to work my way through your playlist!
Its helpful to have authentic, informative videos like this. Thanks for sharing this.
WAIT! I didn't know Anne of green gables was textbook autism! 😱
I loved watching the movies and still have the book on my read list but I still love it
Considering like what I’ve learned by a BA in the 1980s. I am so grateful that I was raised by ND parents who instinctively knew how to keep me safe and happy.
Your content is brilliant, Sydney - I'm so glad I found it and I hope you get more subscribers :). I'm 39 and very possibly about to be diagnosed with ASD later this year so it's been very helpful to have so much insight from people on UA-cam who talk so openly and honestly about it. Thank you :).
07:40 TRUE!
00:07 did you say you are in a cult?
hahaha "gay and a college student" but that really took me a second