As an autistic person myself I agree I have been told I’m useless and not going to grow up to do great things from a family member and I disproved them but it was harder because the world we live in isn’t ment for disabled people
The way I see it is broadening the autism diagnosis means unrelated conditions are being diagnosed as autism. Kids are getting generalized treatment, like speech therapy, rather than a treatment for their specific condition. For example I have a nephew who appears to have a genetic disorder. There is gene therapy and drug therapy for the condition me appears to have, but he just gets speech therapy for an autism diagnosed.
@@ParallaxView111 I think you're missing the point. Autism is a "spectrum"/range of conditions (hence Autistic Spectrum Disorder). Some with ASD will have some distinct conditions where others, also on the spectrum, have others. On top of this there are certain comorbid conditions (PDA and ADHD for example) that further increase the variety of autistics. As to ASD itself (the collection of conditions) are caused by the individual having a different layout, connectivity and arrangement of neurons (which is yet to be fully understood...it'll take a while as we don't even know how a neurotypical brain truly functions yet!) i.e. it is a physiological difference in the brain. It cannot be "cured" as that would require a complete rearrangement of the brain which, even if it were possible, would be tantamount to murder. Gene therapy isn't a magic wand, it can only turn certain functions on or off or alter biochemical behaviour. Autism part of an autistic persons identity, their personality. The only way to prevent it is for the brain to not develop in that direction. Once it has...there is no change.
@@ReiverBlue1971 Modification or adaptation might be conceivable. John Elder Robison has spoken and written about the impact on his interactions with others of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. There is a brief interview with him about his experience on UA-cam that is both compelling and touching. Last night I watched a moderated discussion with Temple Grandin, John Elder Robison, and Steve Silberman at Temple's institute. It gives one a taste of the spectrum with just Temple and John Elder! Very different energies and styles, both unquestioned credentials re: autism. It is in John's third book, Switched On, that he opens up his transformative experience with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. I can't wait to read it!
@@grovermartin6874 Sounds like I have an area to research. I'd heard of TMS but went off in another direction I think. I used to read (as in books rather than PDFs etc)
The issue with Autism Speaks is that they are interested in trying to find a cure but they could be using all that time to figure out where one could get resources
For An Angel Don’t be foolish. Neurotyoical isn’t even a medical term. If I could cure whatever causes my motor delays I would. If there was a cure for my tics I would overwhelmed with joy. If I could cure my cognitive struggles and executive functioning problems, I would. I talk to parents of non verbal children , if they could cure whatever it is that makes the child not speak, they would. Quit being a fool. You, and fake “neurodiversity” are a threat to the most vulnerable people with Autism. I will defend them as Aspie’s try to flood them out. My DISABILITY is not ANYONES identity
There are environmental triggers that cause more negatively viewed responses in some individuals this is documented for a number of health factors although with autism they call it a coincidence. There is nothing wrong with exploring relationships, this is how many coincidences were found to actually be causation. I have never met someone who thought autism was caused by a vaccine other than those who witnessed or knew someones whose autism showed after vaccine. Re-read that. Autism was first noticeable after vaccine. Don't get defensive and fight against that, ask why? Autism wasn't caused by environmental factors but was instead amplified and seen because of it. Why? Was their also damage? No one knows, the study that we have that says MMR didn't cause autism ignores that people are not saying it was only MMR vaccine as the trigger or amp lifer. Basically the study is not done, a biased abstract of an observation is not a study. Vaccines do have a host of adverse reactions and it could be likely that some children are more prone to the negative side effects that can be seen in the raw data that isn't given out at the doctors office but hidden away with biased abstracts that push one agenda or another, while ignoring the unique needs of the individuals that may, by nature, be more sensitive and in need of medical or even moral exemption. There is nothing moral about the lack of information most doctors and nurses have, they should be transparent experts and not end justifies the means propagandists. Is the truth far more messy than the easy to say black and white statements? Absolutely! Ironically, if your thankful for your modern vaccines be thankful to all those who have provided push back against vaccines, government overstepping, and the corporations that have a monopoly on them. Thanks to them we have seen, and will continue to see, massive improvements and improved ethical considerations, medical freedoms, and awareness. Almost no one in the debate actually knows what's going on but their pushes have those actually in power observing and reflecting on everything from the safety of pushing vaccines procured off the fetus of once race onto another race, to safety of preservatives(many that have been recently reduced), to the actual adverse reactions that do happen daily and what leads to them.
Your traits are not a disease. Some of them can be lessened but THAT takes someone who understands autism...and THAT cannot be found within traditional billable by the minute corporate medical model.
@@SRose-vp6ew your supposition doesn't take into account that unvaccinated children are actually diagnosed autistic at a slightly higher rate than vaccinated children...
My son is on the spectrum; he has PDD-NOS. When Mr. Silberman spoke about the hyperfocusing on music and math by some autistic kids and adults, it was as if he was describing my son, who taught himself to read and write music with full notation by the age of 7 when he composed his first concerto. I have saved some of his 1st and 2nd grade essays in which he overwhelmingly chose to write biographical stories about his favorite classical composers, for which he had a deep affection. One essay that he wrote about Edvard Grieg read, "I wish he was still alive so I could live with him in my house", haha! He has an enormous gift for music and it brings him so much joy. The music he still creates now at age 13 brings the rest of our family a lot of joy as well. Raising a child on the autism spectrum has been a challenge for sure, but I wouldn't change him for a second if it meant giving up these profound gifts. He is an amazing person! I am a very lucky mom. :-) ♡
As an autistic, I want to thank you for giving this talk. Autism is not a disease, nor is it an epidemic or a threat to society. Any attempt to cure it is a waste of scientific time and energy. We'd love some help with some of the more difficult symptoms, for sure, but 90% of the problems that ALL autistics face (regardless of 'severity') are steeped in society's inability to adapt and accommodate autism on a daily basis. We need to teach society about the things that make us different--stimming, special interests--and collectively learn how to deeply change what it means to be autistic in today's world. Not the autism itself. Simply how we as a group are treated.
bombygriz Thank you for sharing your point of view; along with the video this is incredible food for thought. It is about time that we stopped categorizing different types of thinking as superior or inferior.
bombygriz As a species we need to more often ask what people can do and how to help them do it to the best of their potential - so much lost potential in all parts of the spectrum of mental states.
Adrian Jenkin Who are you to say that someone who is autistic has 'lost potential'? Not all people are meant to do great things. Some people are happy to be alive and able to take care of themselves.
bombygriz I think Adrian Jenkin is saying that every individual has a difference they can make in the world, a potential that is often wasted because it is overlooked. If we as a society think of people with Autism a being less because it's a different type of thinking we then miss out on the potential there. For example, the speaker mentions that some people with Autism are wonderful in Mathematics and Art--he even suggests that to be great in those fields you "need a dash of Autism" at least. I honestly believe everyone makes a difference unique to each person; whether it is considered big or small is relative to the observer's perspective. On a day that I'm down the right words or a useful invention means the world to me and I know a woman who reconsidered committing suicide because a friend took her out to ice cream.
bombygriz Not what I said at all. I was not even talking about autism specifically. I was talking about giving people the opportunity and support to be their best.
i actually like the jokes about autism,way often they're so wrong,not about autism that it is funny.WHy do i know this,i have aspergers myself.TO explain it lets say someone makes a joke about trees growing cheese,you know it is bs but they don't.WHich makes them dumb to you and exactly that is funny.
@@Feniksds Its dark humor. People make far darker humor than a disorder like autism or aspergers etc. people make dark humor about the darkest of things like countries cultures and their peoples
This video is very interesting. My only criticism is that I believe that this speaker doesn't mention race and gender in autism diagnosis. We're just starting to realize that autism appears in girls differently. Also, there are still many people who believe autism is a "young white boy thing" and because of it, there are many girls and people who aren't white who are misdiagnosed. This video is still very good though. I like that he mentions the neurodiversity movement. Also, he's writing a book much more in depth about this called "Neurotribes". I believe it comes out in August of this year, so if you're interested in this, you might want to check out the book!
Yes. "Racial minorities" (race is not a "real" scientific category) and women (watch this space) are unfairly and unconscionably excluded from diagnosis and assistance. And even they can be subject to the same biases as the NT public.
@@Celestatiune I'm so glad you were specific and wrote NT, I use to think I was autistic because I related a lot with autistic ppl when I was younger. I'm like he just wants to be left alone!! When the autistic boy in my class was stimming. Typicals can be so annoying 😂🤭
Good talk. I think it's great that the Internet has allowed people on the spectrum to get in touch with like minded individuals. Society is still acting wastefully with human potential, not just in the realm of autism. _"Normal"_ itself has arguably become more narrow in the information age, making people worry about minor aberrations in themselves and their children. Many disorders (ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Alzheimer's) were recognized in the past and just went under non-scientific names. Pathologizing them isn't always for the better.
The LostBoys Vaccines *do not cause autism*. They don't, they don't, they diddly don't. Please please *PLEASE* read: www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/yes-autism-rate-rising-vaccines-caused-vaccines/ Even if vaccines had some very minor chance of increasing the risk of developing autism (which again, they don't), not using them has a *definite chance of increasing the risk of infectious diseases.* Again, please read: time.com/27308/4-diseases-making-a-comeback-thanks-to-anti-vaxxers/
***** I would like to know what studies you are speaking of exactly and who was behind funding these studies. If you could provide the names of the documents or reasearch and who they were preformed by and who funded them that would be great. Have you truly done research into the research and can say that said "studies" are not bias?
Absolutely because you get around a group of people or an organization and they have a "Mold" that they expect you to fit in or you are the odd person out. Sadly, I am autistic and I am facing this at my synagogue.
My son received his medical diagnosis of ASD level 3 this week and though I have been working on learning everything I can about ASD, this video really helped me. I needed to hear an actual history. I have saved this and will share with others as a way to educate them as needed. The world needs more of this.
This is a very dark corner of the mental health industry we are starting to see go on under our nose for decades it has consumed countless lives. I love Steve's work and I just made a short video on how society in general, families and the mental health industry have misunderstood autism for schizophrenia.
A better metaphor for the computer operating system would be that even if most computers operate on Windows, other computers which operate on Linux (for example), might not be as user-friendly, but they can be exceptional at other things, like security or server management. And if we all recognize what our built-in software is best at (and if we have the means to go with that route), then we might truly be happy.
i find gnu/linux to be easier to use, especially with tiling window managers and more terminal use than certain desktop environments suggest by default... i am also autistic so there is that.
analogies are supposed to simplify concepts so that the average person can understand. If you said this to the average person they would say "what's an operating system?"
I have so much appreciation for Steve's compassionate, gentle wisdom. He constantly and consistently reaffirms our humanity in the face of so many who would dehumanise us.
I was diagnosed on November 1st, 2019 in Winnipeg. The significance of that date is I had to go through a painful process of self-discovery and acceptance. Ever since I could remember I've struggled with sleep, self-esteem, organization, and making GOOD friends. For years I whispered under my breath "I hate myself", "you're an idiot" because I didn't understand. I didn't understand who I was, why I'm a late bloomer, why am I the way I am? I feel after the diagnosis I am free from the energy of my nightmare ball in an existential crisis. I feel autism is becoming more understood through TV shows with autistic characters. I'd like to see what my future self can become, and stop selling myself short.
My son is 31 and saying he is "done", he says NOBODY understands. He has a driving job and is good at it but he hates his life. I'm his mom and I'm so worried and I KNOW he has struggled his entire life with reading and understanding things. He's a tough guy and fights everyday just to make it thru each day. Many say he is an "old soul" because he connects more with older people, even when he was little, very serious! I asked for school records when looking up graduation papers for a resume for him a few years ago saw something surprising stating he had a "communication disorder" but it was NEVER brought to my attention. He graduated in 2006. I don't even know what a "communication disorder" is. I hope to get him help but where do we start? He's at least telling me how sad he is so I have hope because he is asking for help. I'm looking into help but if you have any advice I'd love to hear it. Thank you.
This is the story that too few people know, and too few understand. We, as humans, prefer simple stories, simple problems and simple solutions. Reality tends not to give us this, and so we cling to the first explanation that does. It's time we gave it up, and realized that the autism spectrum is not something new, and it is not something bad. Autism should not be cured. As he says: We cannot afford to waste a brain.
+The LostBoys How can you not agree with this? These stories are true. The history is true. Vaccines do not cause autism. Why can't you people digest the truth or even be open minded? Why does everyone have to be a "shill" to you people? Why don't you all work hard and do the science and research yourself if you think you have all the answers instead of blabbing about it on blogs and conspiracy sites?
+ManDeeDooPwee Because weirdly enough, the belief that your child was damaged by a vaccine is more desirable than the alternative which is that you child was born autistic and will always have autism. If you believe that they were typically developing and that its some kind of toxic insult on their body which is causing the autism, then in that exists the possibility that if you can detox the damage, the autism will just melt away like unwanted fat. There's a whole industry around 'recovering' autistic children which involves all kinds of intensive, potentially dangerous and expensive treatments. Most parents who go down this road fully expect that their child will become neurotypical and go on to have all American lives complete with obligatory kids and white picket fences. I feel desperately sorry for these families. They put all their resources into this dream, and never truly make peace with or except the child they have.
As someone recently diagnosed with Asperger's, I feel a great sense of relief and freedom from having to try compensating for the unusual behavioral things that make people see me as weird or different. As Popeye says, "I yam who I yam!" and that's what makes me ME. I've begun looking back through my life at all the situations where there were issues with people, and realizing that most of them were predicated on an implied expectation that as a member of society, I would twist myself into contortions to "fit in" and want to "be accepted" in different social groups. I couldn't give a crap about fitting-in or even being a member of anything. Like Groucho Marks like to joke, "Any group that would accept me as a member is not one I'd want to belong to!" Especially when you start to look at the lengths people will go to in order to get you to conform to their ways for the supposed "privilege" of being part of their "gang". People with autism just don't care about that, and that in itself creates a lot of "social stress" in neuro-typical people who cannot understand others who really DON'T CARE. In my experience, this is the biggest source of conflict with others, because they cannot use that to manipulate me they way they do with "normal" people. (Bullies...)
I have always had a suspicion that I was not diagnosed with autism as a child because I had epilepsy. I was born in 1963 and lived in Northumberland and London and autism was not heard of in the 60's 70's and earlier as my mother was a paediatric and general state registered nurse and it did not any of her many medical books as I used to read them as a child. I was only diagnosed at the age of 51 (still diagnosed with epilepsy) in 2014. As a child in the 70's, I would go to a child guidance clinic in Stratford in East London but never was told why.
I'm autistic, and it's true that i have a pretty good memory, I still have a lot of memories about me before I even entered school, I'm 20 and I can still easily recall memories, information and details from any time of my 20 years of life...
My earliest memory is from around the age of four, only one from that age tho. And I tend to remember weirdly specific details or odd memories instead of actually useful or impactful ones haha.
I was born in 1951 and had many years of treatment which didn’t help . I finally was helped by naturopath in 1980s One of my sisters helped me get autism diagnoses when I was 40 It was like being forgiven I have Kanner type autism I have sensory issues and I personify objects Growing up personifying objects was treated as if it was really bad
Excellent talk. We do certainly need "all hands on deck". I have found in too many school districts that administrators are literally paid to pull services and deem kids "no longer autistic" simply for the sake of saving the districts money. Too many of these administrators care nothing about the students they are responsible for serving and have another agenda. What ends up happening is teachers and other personnel who are untrained and uneducated about the unique learning styles and needs of children with autism end up unable to provide the proper education. The trend in schools to pull services just for the sake of saving money has got to stop. We have to continue to invest in research and training so these kids can get the education they deserve and reach their full potential.
So it's suggested that it isn't viewed as an illness anymore but a diverse functionality, affecting behavior, focus, positive talents and disabilities. Einstein was very slow to speak as a child but could continue a thought process deep and for a long time without quitting.
There's so much stuff like that which goes unnoticed or untecognized. Maladaptive daydreaming is one of my favourite examples. At the time I suffered from it, it didn't even have a name... so noone knew how to help, nor could they properly diagnose me.
Blaming vaccines for autism seems weird when the skyrocketing of autism began in the 90's. If vaccines were doing it, why wouldn't the generations of the 50's and 60's where vaccines were coming online be the beginning of that skyrocketing curve ... i.e. why would that curve not be shifted back 30 years?
justgivemethetruth in the 50s and 60s, the amount of vaccines given shortly after birth were much less than the amount that are given today, almost three times more.
Lord Vivec Thanks for that clarification. Of the children that did not get vaccinated, I wonder if anyone did any studies as to whether they had lesser frequencies of autism? That would be another way to get some objective data on the subject.
justgivemethetruth Denmark studied millions of children in the 90s-00s to see if more autistic children showed up in the vaccinated group. Turns out, nope, there was no correlation between being vaccinated and being autistic. If you want more studies, search UA-cam for Healthcare Triage's episode about vaccines and autism.
I'm not going to get into the political/social nature of this talk but I will say that my TED Talk is titled, "An Autistic Genius Discusses How Differences Make Us Special." I'm grateful for my gifts and hope everyone with autism, their parents and their classmates can embrace these differences as well. The diagnosis keeps changing but we need to keep living, loving and thriving!!!
Hi, I'm an autistic person who studies human behavior. These have been my observations of wbat is autism based on my own experiences and speaking to other autistic persons. Autism is a different way the brain can be "wired". Some observations may lead an outside observer to think one way, but without the rest of the context it can be very misleading. People with autism take in more information from their surroundings. While doing some activity the neurotypical person (not autistic) may take some time to process said activity and some of their surroundings, an autistic person takes in everything around them that is going on while doing an activity. Take eating lunch in cafeteria for example; while sitting with their friends a neurotypical person will be eating food, talking with their friends, and listening to what they are saying while an autistic person will be doing the same while taking in every sound difference in their friends voice, eye movement, body language, and doing all of these things with anything they also see and hear. Because of that a delay in time to respond may occur as they are taking in and processing more information before they can respond. A lot of autistic people also have Sensory Processing Disorder, which is a disorder that manifest itself in such a way that the individual with it processes their senses either more dramatically or less. For example, take the cafeteria example again; the autistic may be hearing every noise and conversation at once in that room and the lights may be fine for some people and so bright for an autistic person it is physically painful. This can get overwhelming as all of this stimulus can be too much. Stimulus is any information gathered by any of your 7 primary senses: sight, touch, hearing, smell, taste, proprioceptive (sense of where you are in space and movement), and vestibular (sense of balance). While these are external stimuli, internal stimuli can affect an autistic person in the same way; internal stimulus being things such as stress or anxiety to name a few. It is important to let an autistic person know how they live and process information is normal and fine, there is nothing wrong with them. They are perfectly normal people, just with a nerotype that isn't typical. Too much can cause a meltdown sometimes, or a shutdown. A shutdown is straightforward as they just shutdown like a computer and need to rebute away from all that stimulus. A meltdown is when the autistic person goes into a fight or flight response, where they will act accordingly as does anyone when their subconscious feels threatened. Keep in mind, too much stimulus is painful, and be drastically so. You could say that a shutdown is when the fight or flight response goes so extreme they freeze. To combat all of this stimulus an autistic person needs to do one of two things, and may sometimes need help doing them: 1.) Remove the negative stimulus, say like going somewhere darker or quieter 2.) Stim. Stimming can be with any of the 7 primary senses as it replaces bad information, or stimulus, with good. This may be repeating some sound, rocking back or forth, touching some textured object, or hand flapping. These are just a tiny few examples of stimming. Stimming is good stimulus, so an autistic person may stim sometimes just because it feels good to do so with no other reason or maybe to express themselves as is natural and feels good to them. Sometimes when an autistic person has too much negative stimulus they may become nonverbal, or in other words may not be able to talk or use their words. Sometimes they may still be able to make sounds, write, or communicate in some other alternative fashion. Some autistic people take in more stimulus than other autistic people, and can be prone to experiencing more meltdowns and being nonverbal. Nonverbal occurs when the mind and body has to divert resources to dealing with other tasks. An autistic person may normally not be nonverbal but become so during a meltdown or when overwhelmed. Sometimes instead of being nonverbal, there might be a stutter instead. An autistic person has a certain amount of “spoons” they have for every day. Spoons the resources (mentally, emotionally, physically) you can use to do some task. Some days you may have more spoons, and other days you may feel like you none. Getting up out of bed cost spoons, dressing oneself cost spoons, brushing your teeth, showering, eating breakfast, going to work, going to class, anything you do cost some amount of spoons; with little resources of spoons available, you may only be able to accomplish only a few tasks, and that is perfectly okay. Sometimes a task can cost a lot of spoons, and sometimes the same task may cost more spoons than other times. Sometimes looking at a person's face or communicating with someone can be difficult. Communication is like a dance, and can be very difficult to follow. There are 3 ways of communication: what is said, how it is said, and body language. A person's face goes through a lot of changes over a short period of time to reflect how they are feeling, and looking at a person while talking can take a lot of spoons at time. It can be very overwhelming to try to pick up on a lot of cues people have in any form of communication. A lot of times an autistic person may only focus on one form of communication, if any, to be able to communicate. Communication in of itself (talking, listening, changes in subject) yet alone looking at some, taking in all the noise, and light, among some many things happening at once can be too much. If things feel that way, that everything is overwhelming, it is okay to remove yourself from that situation or choose not to be there in the first place. There is nothing wrong in taking care of yourself.
Great talk. Unfortunately evidence of Aspergers sending children of to die has surfaced since this upload so I wouldn't hold his name up high. Also the understanding of autism continues to broaden
Abby Hagle I’m afraid no alternative communication device would be of any use if the child’s receptive language and expressive language are severely impacted. Most non verbal people are low functioning due to their inability to understand any language verbal and non verbal.
Thank you so much!! I am doing a presentation on autism and this helped a lot in differentiating fact from fiction. I hope I can help educate my classmate. Fingers crossed 🤞🤞
Where is the help for those of us who were diagnosed, misdiagnosed as children? Where is the accountability for all the doctors who insisted I had ADD, ADHD, Depression, Thyroid disorder? Where are the chargebacks into their bank accounts for all the fraudulent advice they gave?
For anyone who has recently had a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Hurry and listen to this whole talk. You can save a lot of mental and emotional energies if you hear what Steve has to say. He gives you a historical map that will quickly place you in the here and now. More parents and teachers need to see this video to clarify their ideas around autism.
I would like to see someone do a study on the number of kids who haven't been vaccinated, but who have been diagnosed with autism. Has anyone crunched those numbers? The results would be very telling. If the number of unvaccinated kids with autism is statistically on par with the number of vaccinated kids with autism, then that would be strong evidence that vaccinations do not cause autism. Conversely, if the number of unvaccinated autistic is lower than the general population, that would be a significant finding.
Would be interesting. I'm not convinced that autism has always been this common. I don't recall knowing so many parents with children with autism like I have these last 20 years. In the last 10 years it seems to be getting even more common. I'm not saying its the vaccines but something has to be causing the raise. I think it may be a combination of many things. Too me a lot of gen z seems to have some level of autism. They even joke about it.
Brilliant, unfortunately none of the resources you mention seem to be available in Pembrokeshire U.K.We are still to get support and my son is 28 as soon as he finished his appalling abusive schooling no support was given
Steve mentions "Rain Man", but I think that movie also did a lot of harm to the autistic community. It still frames many people's perceptions of what an autistic person should look like. As he said, autism is a spectrum, so many people don't fit that mold. When autistic people don't fit that mold, they are often dismissed or ignored.
Thanks for bringing this information to light. "His little professors." You can tell Dr. Asperger truly loved and admired these children, and realized that they held so much potential, and only needed the opportunity to flourish
@@courtney5581 terrible things happened back then. But your comment only tells half of the truth. Dr. Asperger was forced to do this, since the National Socialistic German Party threatened his institution and the people working there. Since trough genealogy the NSDAP wanted to get the perfect Aric Human. (Yes i oversimplified a bit since the comment is already long enough.)
It is simply more recognised now. Years ago asylums were filled with children who had mental problems. There was no name for it. There was no diagnosis for the various types of autism. It existed but was thought to be schizophrenia, epilepsy, brain damage and so on. Many were loved but not understood. In the day, it was all they could do. Now, we have understanding and information. I have a 5-year-old grandson with Asperger's. He's smart, reads like a high-schooler, knows complex math and loves music. He's not mentally disabled, he's just a little different and this syndrome goes back millennia. Stop blaming vaccines. Grow up and accept that this is just one of those things that occur in the complex physiology that makes up human beings and diagnosis is far easier and more recognised nowadays.
My bio is out Hello ,Stranger My Life on the Autism Spectrum by Barbara Moran as told to Karl Williams available on Amazon both paper and E book formats
Honestly I almost cried when he spoke about Asperger and his more humanized approach.... His book Neurotribes and this video are my first assignment for my ASD Specialization track (I'm a grad student for SLP and also on the spectrum - originally diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder, now known as ASD-Mild). I would be interested to see what he would say now with much of the newer research and attitudes. For instance, within the past couple years, "Person-Before-Disorder" language has become much more mainstream. It's to reinforce the humanity of patients and to avoid limiting their identities to a diagnosis. So for instance, I am a "woman with Autism," not "an Autistic woman." Personally I think this little change makes a HUGE difference for how people with a myriad of diagnoses are perceived and treated, both in clinical and social settings. Additionally, research has been published that highlights the socioeconomic and racial inequities in the diagnostic process. Children of color (particularly African American/Black boys) in the US are more likely to be diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder than their white counterparts who exhibit similar symptoms but are diagnosed with Autism. This systemic racism affects the services these children are provided, our societal perception of these disorders, and more. Very interesting! Thank you for your work!
@@buttercxpdraws8101 *shrugs* It's how i felt at the time with the info i had, but i see which points struck you. At the time I wasn't aware of Hans Asperger's involvement with the Nazis, how he benefitted from their regime (even though he wasn't technically part of the party), and his actual practices. Also I've done more research regarding identity language within my community and understand it's different with ASD as opposed to other diagnoses. It's just what happens with time I suppose
The "Autistic gene" in my family comes from an illegitimate daughter of Jasper Tudor, the uncle of Henry VII … who settled in Suffolk. I was identified as having "Autistic traits" in 1957. I have, so I've been told, a 160+ IQ (whatever that means!). There are scores of high IQ people with autism (many don't realise that they are Autistic) in my extended family … distributed around the world. One if them travels around meeting up with education officials in numerous countries encouraging them to set up tuition facilities for high IQ young people. (her primary occupation is as one of the UK's top mathematicians).
Steve, I your wording on "Human Operating Systems," is very similar to my words for people with autism who learn how to do things that one on the spectrum can do and not what they can't.
ThereforeAliens yea i am not a climate scientist either, but... or an evolutionary biologist, for that matter. educating oneself based on what the experts in a field have to say is not the same as claiming to be an expert in any of those fields -but to be well-informed.
Julian Walker Someone does not understand sarcasm - admittedly the lowest form of wit. The idea that levels have increased due to better diagnostic levels is overtly obvious and too outlined in his speech.
ThereforeAliens ah i knew it was sarcasm but the implication was not yet clear.... :) yea perhaps obvious, but i hadn't watched the talk yet and was just responding to the question in the title. now if you had said "thank you dr obvious..."
I'm skeptical of the way the guy made Leo Kanner a villain and Hans Asperger a hero. I'm curious if that was actually called for. Sounds like he's playing fast and loose with the truth for the sake of storytelling.
Sure, we can find something people with autism are good at. Fine. But saying that employers and society should adapt to disabled people is wishful thinking. He could have phrased it in a much better way like "we should find a way to make people with autism as profitable as the average human slave who works for the average company".
I would say that all employers is unrealistic but there those who you can educate along with those who do care. The best thing to do would be to educate and train these employees. As for the autistics with the skills it's best for them to learn how to sell their work and get into the back door. However, these kids need to be taught social skills for the job long before hand.
It is not complicated to adapt.It's not like adapting to people with wheelchairs, which costs a fortune, it's just a question of being more open minded in homes, schools and workplaces. Such adaptation just need ideas, so to speak, which are basically free
The LostBoys Yes there are vaccination complications. Yes there are people who got sick after been vaccinated. Yes there are vaccines that turned out to be unsafe. But, and that's a reasonably big but, whatever illness you look at. If vaccinated against sufficiently cases of that illness drop until extinct. Your argument is like saying, "oh someone broke his collarbone while using a seatbelt. let's ban seatbelts", totally ignoring the fact that seatbelts have saved countless lives before.
I never said there cannot be complications. But they are rare. And yes, _taking one for the team_ is pretty much how it works. Addendum: Or, to quote Spock: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
The LostBoys I'm not belittling anything. I am actually sorry for your inability to google and tell credible sources from not credible ones. Because UA-cam eats comments with links I will have to encode this one: www (dot) autismsciencefoundation (dot) org (slash) autismandvaccines (dot) html Addendum: Oh and that is all. I'm bored with you.
I always noticed that idea of someone with autism making a recovery seems to trigger a lot of people and causes a great deal of anger, it always seemed really odd to me
Who "recovers" from a neurotype? That's like wondering why people get angry at the discussion of people "recovering" from being gay.... it's part of who we are.
@@liam.4454 from being gay? Or from being autistic? Because chances are you are calling "recovery" what is known as masking. It leads to autistic burn out and meltdowns. You are literally why people get angry... Also, don't lump in things like developmental and speech delays as the only things that make up autism.
I couldn’t help but notice in his speech that he said Leo kanner and Asperger first noticed autism but I read a article to know more about this and it said that it was also named sakhareva syndrome after the lady who first discovered it so I wonder if he didn’t know about her discovering It?
I don't believe vaccines 'cause' autism. There is, however, a link between autism and autoimmunity, and vaccines and autoimmunity. It doesn't seem possible for a vaccine to change your whole neurotype since that's such a profound part of a person, but if certain vaccines can increase the level of inflammation in the body (which some sources suggest is possible), the stress this causes to the body might make it harder to 'pass' as neurotypical if you were already autistic. Autistic people often have very sensitive immune systems, so it's more likely a vaccine would affect us adversely anyway. Ongoing inflammation can really drain your energy, and autistic people who are burnt out/lack energy don't have as much capacity to tolerate sensations we find grating, so the signs of autism are more visible. It sucks that there's such a stigma that goes along with being neurodiverse - it makes it near impossible to have a nuanced conversation about a topic like this. Vaccines are already a divisive topic without adding mainstream, pathologised ideas about autistic people into the mix.
I agree with you. The case with vaccines is more complex than many think. They are so scared of diseases that were once common, they ignore the real side of effects of vaccines. They don't take many things in to account like most people today live more cleaner and healthier than the days when measles killed people. Even in those days most children survived it. Also I believe its more the chemical toxins in vaccines, medicines, food that might be the cause. The reason I believe this is because my daughter and I have autism and when I started to eat more organic food and stay away from as much chemical toxins has I could. I noticed our symptoms got better. My view with autism is not as positive as this guys but that doesn't mean I'm ashamed of myself or my daughter. But I still see autism more of a disadvantage its not normal and doesn't feel right.
Great talk, especially about the need for diversity. I wonder what the world would look like if Autism were the norm. I wonder what therapies would be in place for the not normal.
The LostBoys In order to make them more normal....to make people without the benefit of Autism more Autistic like. I wonder what the abnormal would be called? Perhaps after the name of the person who first identified it....Perhaps the Silberman Syndrome. What do you think?
The LostBoys I dont dislike people because they are different or agree with making a child deaf ....I am saying the opposite. That we should appreciate people the way they are and learn and benefit from differences rather than feeling compelled to make everyone the same. Much is lost in communicating over the internet.
I will be making a commentary video on my channel, but this literally explains everything I try to explain to my neurotypical peers, & I am also trying to bring this msg to the hispanic community that is really behind on information and very Very misinformed. 😉
I want to understand autism completely. I will be honest, I'm struggling to understand what it is exactly. My son is 3 and he is non verbal. He is going to start w.e.a.p (Wisconsin Early Autism Project) I want to learn everything I can for my son, but I am struggling
It would make no difference. They like their narrative because it offers the potential for a cure. Excepting that your child's autism is genetic and intrinsic to who they are means that they'd have no choice but to accept their child as they were (which would not suit their vanity or ego). Interestingly, if it were ever to be conclusively proven that vaccines do not cause autism, I believe there would be a significant rise in the number of parents relinquishing their parental responsibilities and putting their severely autistic child into state care.
It had no actual information. It was one of the two popular bias putting together a few stories to create one version of reality that isn't a lie, but it also isn't the whole truth. It was black and white fluff. I am not pro or anti vaccine but the doctors and parents who quietly choose not to vaccinate often have stronger reasons than what this man accused them of and those in full awareness who vaccinate are not foolish enough to think their are no risks. He was painting a story about those who don't agree with him and took people on an emotional ride with some creative story telling. It's what politicians do to the simple minded, no the busy and overwhelmed, the average people who are just looking for reassurance that they aren't wrong as they make an otherwise difficult choice. He proved nothing and instead argued against a narrative for the other side that he accused them of as the simple issue but that was more of a creation of the issue as the real issues are not often discussed. If you want to know what the real vaccine debate is listen to those who discuss the raw data and share similar concerns over all the many gray areas. Vaccines are improving, they are improving because they needed to be improved upon. The real debate is not if vaccines are perfect or not but can the government force medical injections or deny 14th amendment rights as they are in California. If MMR can be forced, what is next? These are the things people should talk about.
In the Norse Pantheon, the God Heimdall, a son of Odin, is a very gifted warrior; his five basic senses are all enhanced to such a degree that he can see, hear, even feel just about everything in the universe. But unfortunately, Heimdall's mind is so overtaken by his mind's senses that he can't connect personally with his fellow Asgardians and spends every moment of his life alone on the rainbow bridge stand guard, sometimes so perfect still it's like he's not alive. But he already knew if anyone was coming even if they were eons away; Heimdall is already prepared for an onslaught.
The answer of what’s autism and where it comes from is: we need to listen to earth… Why is she doing human beings like us? We all autism people have a mission every idea rising in your head in your mind is a signal or task send by her. I have actually found my mission in this world while I was wondering why is this even possible or what are the clues I was missing. Wish I could talk to experts in biology, history, psychology, logical, and environment. Since it’s all related 😊
I have worked with a lot of moderate to high functioning autistic children and they can describe it quite eloquently. It's like playing a game where everyone else knows the rules of the game apart from you. You're always playing catch up, what seems fair to you is completely unfair to everyone else.its confusing and irritating and annoying. What rules you learn the previous day sometimes don't matter or work the next day. However many of the children once they're a bit older and have knowledge of their condition can manage it and educate others.
The age of parents has had a dramatic change sense 1985， has anyone considered the fact that the age of the mother correlates with the risk of developing autism. Also when a child is born they will have this disability it's you don't realize it until later on， people in china believe they will develop it later on, like around 3, some TV shows had adults who were afraid of developing autism.
Bio can be bought on Amazon both paper and e book format I grew up when autistic people who could talk were seen as having schizophrenia I spent years in psych institution Diagnosed autistic at 40 like being forgiven
I love this man. He doesn't think autism should be ashamed of. Autism has strengths but doesn't disregard there can be challenges.
As an autistic person myself I agree I have been told I’m useless and not going to grow up to do great things from a family member and I disproved them but it was harder because the world we live in isn’t ment for disabled people
The way I see it is broadening the autism diagnosis means unrelated conditions are being diagnosed as autism. Kids are getting generalized treatment, like speech therapy, rather than a treatment for their specific condition. For example I have a nephew who appears to have a genetic disorder. There is gene therapy and drug therapy for the condition me appears to have, but he just gets speech therapy for an autism diagnosed.
@@ParallaxView111 I think you're missing the point. Autism is a "spectrum"/range of conditions (hence Autistic Spectrum Disorder). Some with ASD will have some distinct conditions where others, also on the spectrum, have others. On top of this there are certain comorbid conditions (PDA and ADHD for example) that further increase the variety of autistics. As to ASD itself (the collection of conditions) are caused by the individual having a different layout, connectivity and arrangement of neurons (which is yet to be fully understood...it'll take a while as we don't even know how a neurotypical brain truly functions yet!) i.e. it is a physiological difference in the brain. It cannot be "cured" as that would require a complete rearrangement of the brain which, even if it were possible, would be tantamount to murder. Gene therapy isn't a magic wand, it can only turn certain functions on or off or alter biochemical behaviour. Autism part of an autistic persons identity, their personality. The only way to prevent it is for the brain to not develop in that direction. Once it has...there is no change.
@@ReiverBlue1971 Modification or adaptation might be conceivable. John Elder Robison has spoken and written about the impact on his interactions with others of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. There is a brief interview with him about his experience on UA-cam that is both compelling and touching.
Last night I watched a moderated discussion with Temple Grandin, John Elder Robison, and Steve Silberman at Temple's institute. It gives one a taste of the spectrum with just Temple and John Elder! Very different energies and styles, both unquestioned credentials re: autism.
It is in John's third book, Switched On, that he opens up his transformative experience with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. I can't wait to read it!
@@grovermartin6874 Sounds like I have an area to research. I'd heard of TMS but went off in another direction I think. I used to read (as in books rather than PDFs etc)
The issue with Autism Speaks is that they are interested in trying to find a cure but they could be using all that time to figure out where one could get resources
@@YxYzYxThere is no cure for your traits because your traits are not a disease. Ask your neurotypical friends if there is a cure for their traits.
For An Angel Don’t be foolish. Neurotyoical isn’t even a medical term. If I could cure whatever causes my motor delays I would. If there was a cure for my tics I would overwhelmed with joy. If I could cure my cognitive struggles and executive functioning problems, I would. I talk to parents of non verbal children , if they could cure whatever it is that makes the child not speak, they would. Quit being a fool. You, and fake “neurodiversity” are a threat to the most vulnerable people with Autism. I will defend them as Aspie’s try to flood them out. My DISABILITY is not ANYONES identity
There are environmental triggers that cause more negatively viewed responses in some individuals this is documented for a number of health factors although with autism they call it a coincidence. There is nothing wrong with exploring relationships, this is how many coincidences were found to actually be causation. I have never met someone who thought autism was caused by a vaccine other than those who witnessed or knew someones whose autism showed after vaccine. Re-read that. Autism was first noticeable after vaccine. Don't get defensive and fight against that, ask why? Autism wasn't caused by environmental factors but was instead amplified and seen because of it. Why? Was their also damage? No one knows, the study that we have that says MMR didn't cause autism ignores that people are not saying it was only MMR vaccine as the trigger or amp lifer. Basically the study is not done, a biased abstract of an observation is not a study. Vaccines do have a host of adverse reactions and it could be likely that some children are more prone to the negative side effects that can be seen in the raw data that isn't given out at the doctors office but hidden away with biased abstracts that push one agenda or another, while ignoring the unique needs of the individuals that may, by nature, be more sensitive and in need of medical or even moral exemption. There is nothing moral about the lack of information most doctors and nurses have, they should be transparent experts and not end justifies the means propagandists. Is the truth far more messy than the easy to say black and white statements? Absolutely! Ironically, if your thankful for your modern vaccines be thankful to all those who have provided push back against vaccines, government overstepping, and the corporations that have a monopoly on them. Thanks to them we have seen, and will continue to see, massive improvements and improved ethical considerations, medical freedoms, and awareness. Almost no one in the debate actually knows what's going on but their pushes have those actually in power observing and reflecting on everything from the safety of pushing vaccines procured off the fetus of once race onto another race, to safety of preservatives(many that have been recently reduced), to the actual adverse reactions that do happen daily and what leads to them.
Your traits are not a disease. Some of them can be lessened but THAT takes someone who understands autism...and THAT cannot be found within traditional billable by the minute corporate medical model.
@@SRose-vp6ew your supposition doesn't take into account that unvaccinated children are actually diagnosed autistic at a slightly higher rate than vaccinated children...
This deserves more views than it has.
***** The video just has been released...
I have an idea. This video will be promoted on twitter and my vlogs more often.
He's over 100,000 viewers right now.
Everyone should read Mr. Silberman's book titled Neuro Tribes. The talk he gave are excerpts from this insightful book.
My son is on the spectrum; he has PDD-NOS. When Mr. Silberman spoke about the hyperfocusing on music and math by some autistic kids and adults, it was as if he was describing my son, who taught himself to read and write music with full notation by the age of 7 when he composed his first concerto. I have saved some of his 1st and 2nd grade essays in which he overwhelmingly chose to write biographical stories about his favorite classical composers, for which he had a deep affection. One essay that he wrote about Edvard Grieg read, "I wish he was still alive so I could live with him in my house", haha! He has an enormous gift for music and it brings him so much joy. The music he still creates now at age 13 brings the rest of our family a lot of joy as well.
Raising a child on the autism spectrum has been a challenge for sure, but I wouldn't change him for a second if it meant giving up these profound gifts. He is an amazing person! I am a very lucky mom. :-) ♡
+April Shattuck Saving his work is a good thing because he can create a portfolio and sell his work.
Hope his teenage years weren't too painful
As an autistic, I want to thank you for giving this talk.
Autism is not a disease, nor is it an epidemic or a threat to society. Any attempt to cure it is a waste of scientific time and energy. We'd love some help with some of the more difficult symptoms, for sure, but 90% of the problems that ALL autistics face (regardless of 'severity') are steeped in society's inability to adapt and accommodate autism on a daily basis.
We need to teach society about the things that make us different--stimming, special interests--and collectively learn how to deeply change what it means to be autistic in today's world. Not the autism itself. Simply how we as a group are treated.
bombygriz Thank you for sharing your point of view; along with the video this is incredible food for thought. It is about time that we stopped categorizing different types of thinking as superior or inferior.
bombygriz As a species we need to more often ask what people can do and how to help them do it to the best of their potential - so much lost potential in all parts of the spectrum of mental states.
Adrian Jenkin Who are you to say that someone who is autistic has 'lost potential'? Not all people are meant to do great things. Some people are happy to be alive and able to take care of themselves.
bombygriz I think Adrian Jenkin is saying that every individual has a difference they can make in the world, a potential that is often wasted because it is overlooked. If we as a society think of people with Autism a being less because it's a different type of thinking we then miss out on the potential there.
For example, the speaker mentions that some people with Autism are wonderful in Mathematics and Art--he even suggests that to be great in those fields you "need a dash of Autism" at least.
I honestly believe everyone makes a difference unique to each person; whether it is considered big or small is relative to the observer's perspective. On a day that I'm down the right words or a useful invention means the world to me and I know a woman who reconsidered committing suicide because a friend took her out to ice cream.
bombygriz Not what I said at all. I was not even talking about autism specifically. I was talking about giving people the opportunity and support to be their best.
Rest in peace Steve. You've done some wonderful work and informed a lot of people about things that they never knew.
Wait wut this guy died?
The more I learn about autism the more I hate those kind of people on the Internet who make fun of it.
Yeah but this is the internet and people think it's fun and hysterical to get away with trolling other people.
I've been diagnosed as Aspie and I joke about it.
Humour is good, it's different if it's just blatant insults.
i actually like the jokes about autism,way often they're so wrong,not about autism that it is funny.WHy do i know this,i have aspergers myself.TO explain it lets say someone makes a joke about trees growing cheese,you know it is bs but they don't.WHich makes them dumb to you and exactly that is funny.
@@MiyahSundermeyer it really is though :D
@@Feniksds Its dark humor. People make far darker humor than a disorder like autism or aspergers etc. people make dark humor about the darkest of things like countries cultures and their peoples
This video is very interesting. My only criticism is that I believe that this speaker doesn't mention race and gender in autism diagnosis. We're just starting to realize that autism appears in girls differently. Also, there are still many people who believe autism is a "young white boy thing" and because of it, there are many girls and people who aren't white who are misdiagnosed. This video is still very good though. I like that he mentions the neurodiversity movement.
Also, he's writing a book much more in depth about this called "Neurotribes". I believe it comes out in August of this year, so if you're interested in this, you might want to check out the book!
Silberman has mentioned race and gender in other talks and his writings. There's only so much he can say in 13 minutes.
Yes. "Racial minorities" (race is not a "real" scientific category) and women (watch this space) are unfairly and unconscionably excluded from diagnosis and assistance. And even they can be subject to the same biases as the NT public.
@@Celestatiune I'm so glad you were specific and wrote NT, I use to think I was autistic because I related a lot with autistic ppl when I was younger. I'm like he just wants to be left alone!! When the autistic boy in my class was stimming. Typicals can be so annoying 😂🤭
I have Asperger's but I don't suffer from it - IT suffers from ME. Splendid talk.
Good talk. I think it's great that the Internet has allowed people on the spectrum to get in touch with like minded individuals. Society is still acting wastefully with human potential, not just in the realm of autism. _"Normal"_ itself has arguably become more narrow in the information age, making people worry about minor aberrations in themselves and their children. Many disorders (ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Alzheimer's) were recognized in the past and just went under non-scientific names. Pathologizing them isn't always for the better.
Adrian Couldn't have said it better.
The LostBoys Vaccines *do not cause autism*. They don't, they don't, they diddly don't. Please please *PLEASE* read: www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/yes-autism-rate-rising-vaccines-caused-vaccines/
Even if vaccines had some very minor chance of increasing the risk of developing autism (which again, they don't), not using them has a *definite chance of increasing the risk of infectious diseases.* Again, please read: time.com/27308/4-diseases-making-a-comeback-thanks-to-anti-vaxxers/
***** I would like to know what studies you are speaking of exactly and who was behind funding these studies. If you could provide the names of the documents or reasearch and who they were preformed by and who funded them that would be great. Have you truly done research into the research and can say that said "studies" are not bias?
Absolutely because you get around a group of people or an organization and they have a "Mold" that they expect you to fit in or you are the odd person out. Sadly, I am autistic and I am facing this at my synagogue.
Indeed😊😊😊😊
My son received his medical diagnosis of ASD level 3 this week and though I have been working on learning everything I can about ASD, this video really helped me. I needed to hear an actual history. I have saved this and will share with others as a way to educate them as needed. The world needs more of this.
I hope by now you have read his book, Neurotribes. It’s a beaut.
This is a very dark corner of the mental health industry we are starting to see go on under our nose for decades it has consumed countless lives.
I love Steve's work and I just made a short video on how society in general, families and the mental health industry have misunderstood autism for schizophrenia.
nice
Autism + cptsd comorbidity is extremely common.
The clinical presentation is nearly identical to schizoaffective disorder.
They're all dark corners
A better metaphor for the computer operating system would be that even if most computers operate on Windows, other computers which operate on Linux (for example), might not be as user-friendly, but they can be exceptional at other things, like security or server management. And if we all recognize what our built-in software is best at (and if we have the means to go with that route), then we might truly be happy.
itai alter That was a nice way of putting it.
i find gnu/linux to be easier to use, especially with tiling window managers and more terminal use than certain desktop environments suggest by default... i am also autistic so there is that.
Using a reference like that would likely be too convoluted for the layman. Seems like an inefficient way to get the point across.
analogies are supposed to simplify concepts so that the average person can understand. If you said this to the average person they would say "what's an operating system?"
@@TommyLikeTom Define "average person".
I have so much appreciation for Steve's compassionate, gentle wisdom. He constantly and consistently reaffirms our humanity in the face of so many who would dehumanise us.
I was diagnosed on November 1st, 2019 in Winnipeg. The significance of that date is I had to go through a painful process of self-discovery and acceptance. Ever since I could remember I've struggled with sleep, self-esteem, organization, and making GOOD friends. For years I whispered under my breath "I hate myself", "you're an idiot" because I didn't understand. I didn't understand who I was, why I'm a late bloomer, why am I the way I am? I feel after the diagnosis I am free from the energy of my nightmare ball in an existential crisis. I feel autism is becoming more understood through TV shows with autistic characters. I'd like to see what my future self can become, and stop selling myself short.
My son is 31 and saying he is "done", he says NOBODY understands. He has a driving job and is good at it but he hates his life. I'm his mom and I'm so worried and I KNOW he has struggled his entire life with reading and understanding things. He's a tough guy and fights everyday just to make it thru each day. Many say he is an "old soul" because he connects more with older people, even when he was little, very serious! I asked for school records when looking up graduation papers for a resume for him a few years ago saw something surprising stating he had a "communication disorder" but it was NEVER brought to my attention. He graduated in 2006. I don't even know what a "communication disorder" is. I hope to get him help but where do we start? He's at least telling me how sad he is so I have hope because he is asking for help. I'm looking into help but if you have any advice I'd love to hear it. Thank you.
This is the story that too few people know, and too few understand. We, as humans, prefer simple stories, simple problems and simple solutions. Reality tends not to give us this, and so we cling to the first explanation that does.
It's time we gave it up, and realized that the autism spectrum is not something new, and it is not something bad.
Autism should not be cured. As he says: We cannot afford to waste a brain.
+The LostBoys How can you not agree with this? These stories are true. The history is true. Vaccines do not cause autism. Why can't you people digest the truth or even be open minded? Why does everyone have to be a "shill" to you people? Why don't you all work hard and do the science and research yourself if you think you have all the answers instead of blabbing about it on blogs and conspiracy sites?
The LostBoys Got polio?
+ManDeeDooPwee Because weirdly enough, the belief that your child was damaged by a vaccine is more desirable than the alternative which is that you child was born autistic and will always have autism. If you believe that they were typically developing and that its some kind of toxic insult on their body which is causing the autism, then in that exists the possibility that if you can detox the damage, the autism will just melt away like unwanted fat. There's a whole industry around 'recovering' autistic children which involves all kinds of intensive, potentially dangerous and expensive treatments. Most parents who go down this road fully expect that their child will become neurotypical and go on to have all American lives complete with obligatory kids and white picket fences. I feel desperately sorry for these families. They put all their resources into this dream, and never truly make peace with or except the child they have.
ikr and i'm autistic and i am here to get the facts from these vids
i saw the whole vid and this vid is the entire truth man
Im happy to see so many intelligent people watching this presentation. He is correct in his speech.
Excellent and important Talk, Steve! As a teacher, I believe this is essential viewing. Thanks for your time and effort. Big hugs, friend.
As someone recently diagnosed with Asperger's, I feel a great sense of relief and freedom from having to try compensating for the unusual behavioral things that make people see me as weird or different. As Popeye says, "I yam who I yam!" and that's what makes me ME. I've begun looking back through my life at all the situations where there were issues with people, and realizing that most of them were predicated on an implied expectation that as a member of society, I would twist myself into contortions to "fit in" and want to "be accepted" in different social groups. I couldn't give a crap about fitting-in or even being a member of anything. Like Groucho Marks like to joke, "Any group that would accept me as a member is not one I'd want to belong to!" Especially when you start to look at the lengths people will go to in order to get you to conform to their ways for the supposed "privilege" of being part of their "gang". People with autism just don't care about that, and that in itself creates a lot of "social stress" in neuro-typical people who cannot understand others who really DON'T CARE. In my experience, this is the biggest source of conflict with others, because they cannot use that to manipulate me they way they do with "normal" people. (Bullies...)
I have always had a suspicion that I was not diagnosed with autism as a child because I had epilepsy. I was born in 1963 and lived in Northumberland and London and autism was not heard of in the 60's 70's and earlier as my mother was a paediatric and general state registered nurse and it did not any of her many medical books as I used to read them as a child. I was only diagnosed at the age of 51 (still diagnosed with epilepsy) in 2014. As a child in the 70's, I would go to a child guidance clinic in Stratford in East London but never was told why.
I'm autistic, and it's true that i have a pretty good memory, I still have a lot of memories about me before I even entered school, I'm 20 and I can still easily recall memories, information and details from any time of my 20 years of life...
My earliest memory is from around the age of four, only one from that age tho. And I tend to remember weirdly specific details or odd memories instead of actually useful or impactful ones haha.
Me too I've been thinking where I can direct this kind of strength to
I was born in 1951 and had many years of treatment which didn’t help . I finally was helped by naturopath in 1980s One of my sisters helped me get autism diagnoses when I was 40 It was like being forgiven I have Kanner type autism I have sensory issues and I personify objects
Growing up personifying objects was treated as if it was really bad
Excellent talk. We do certainly need "all hands on deck". I have found in too many school districts that administrators are literally paid to pull services and deem kids "no longer autistic" simply for the sake of saving the districts money. Too many of these administrators care nothing about the students they are responsible for serving and have another agenda. What ends up happening is teachers and other personnel who are untrained and uneducated about the unique learning styles and needs of children with autism end up unable to provide the proper education. The trend in schools to pull services just for the sake of saving money has got to stop. We have to continue to invest in research and training so these kids can get the education they deserve and reach their full potential.
this was really touching and made me feel better I wish people were more accommodating
He is so right that neurotypical people constantly need distractions and look at a peaceful man minding his business as crazy. This has to change
So it's suggested that it isn't viewed as an illness anymore but a diverse functionality, affecting behavior, focus, positive talents and disabilities. Einstein was very slow to speak as a child but could continue a thought process deep and for a long time without quitting.
There's so much stuff like that which goes unnoticed or untecognized. Maladaptive daydreaming is one of my favourite examples. At the time I suffered from it, it didn't even have a name... so noone knew how to help, nor could they properly diagnose me.
Saw Steve in a Grateful Dead documentary and wanted to learn more about him. This was a fantastic and informative presentation!
Blaming vaccines for autism seems weird when the skyrocketing of autism began in the 90's. If vaccines were doing it, why wouldn't the generations of the 50's and 60's where vaccines were coming online be the beginning of that skyrocketing curve ... i.e. why would that curve not be shifted back 30 years?
justgivemethetruth Not that I agree with them, but I think they're saying that we started putting "dangerous chemicals" in vaccines around that time.
Lord Vivec No, they blame the change of the vaccine schedule and the amount of vaccines given at once or in a short period.
justgivemethetruth in the 50s and 60s, the amount of vaccines given shortly after birth were much less than the amount that are given today, almost three times more.
Lord Vivec Thanks for that clarification. Of the children that did not get vaccinated, I wonder if anyone did any studies as to whether they had lesser frequencies of autism? That would be another way to get some objective data on the subject.
justgivemethetruth Denmark studied millions of children in the 90s-00s to see if more autistic children showed up in the vaccinated group. Turns out, nope, there was no correlation between being vaccinated and being autistic. If you want more studies, search UA-cam for Healthcare Triage's episode about vaccines and autism.
I'm not going to get into the political/social nature of this talk but I will say that my TED Talk is titled, "An Autistic Genius Discusses How Differences Make Us Special." I'm grateful for my gifts and hope everyone with autism, their parents and their classmates can embrace these differences as well. The diagnosis keeps changing but we need to keep living, loving and thriving!!!
Hi, I'm an autistic person who studies human behavior. These have been my observations of wbat is autism based on my own experiences and speaking to other autistic persons.
Autism is a different way the brain can be "wired". Some observations may lead an outside observer to think one way, but without the rest of the context it can be very misleading. People with autism take in more information from their surroundings. While doing some activity the neurotypical person (not autistic) may take some time to process said activity and some of their surroundings, an autistic person takes in everything around them that is going on while doing an activity. Take eating lunch in cafeteria for example; while sitting with their friends a neurotypical person will be eating food, talking with their friends, and listening to what they are saying while an autistic person will be doing the same while taking in every sound difference in their friends voice, eye movement, body language, and doing all of these things with anything they also see and hear. Because of that a delay in time to respond may occur as they are taking in and processing more information before they can respond. A lot of autistic people also have Sensory Processing Disorder, which is a disorder that manifest itself in such a way that the individual with it processes their senses either more dramatically or less. For example, take the cafeteria example again; the autistic may be hearing every noise and conversation at once in that room and the lights may be fine for some people and so bright for an autistic person it is physically painful. This can get overwhelming as all of this stimulus can be too much. Stimulus is any information gathered by any of your 7 primary senses: sight, touch, hearing, smell, taste, proprioceptive (sense of where you are in space and movement), and vestibular (sense of balance). While these are external stimuli, internal stimuli can affect an autistic person in the same way; internal stimulus being things such as stress or anxiety to name a few. It is important to let an autistic person know how they live and process information is normal and fine, there is nothing wrong with them. They are perfectly normal people, just with a nerotype that isn't typical. Too much can cause a meltdown sometimes, or a shutdown. A shutdown is straightforward as they just shutdown like a computer and need to rebute away from all that stimulus. A meltdown is when the autistic person goes into a fight or flight response, where they will act accordingly as does anyone when their subconscious feels threatened. Keep in mind, too much stimulus is painful, and be drastically so. You could say that a shutdown is when the fight or flight response goes so extreme they freeze. To combat all of this stimulus an autistic person needs to do one of two things, and may sometimes need help doing them: 1.) Remove the negative stimulus, say like going somewhere darker or quieter 2.) Stim. Stimming can be with any of the 7 primary senses as it replaces bad information, or stimulus, with good. This may be repeating some sound, rocking back or forth, touching some textured object, or hand flapping. These are just a tiny few examples of stimming. Stimming is good stimulus, so an autistic person may stim sometimes just because it feels good to do so with no other reason or maybe to express themselves as is natural and feels good to them. Sometimes when an autistic person has too much negative stimulus they may become nonverbal, or in other words may not be able to talk or use their words. Sometimes they may still be able to make sounds, write, or communicate in some other alternative fashion. Some autistic people take in more stimulus than other autistic people, and can be prone to experiencing more meltdowns and being nonverbal. Nonverbal occurs when the mind and body has to divert resources to dealing with other tasks. An autistic person may normally not be nonverbal but become so during a meltdown or when overwhelmed. Sometimes instead of being nonverbal, there might be a stutter instead. An autistic person has a certain amount of “spoons” they have for every day. Spoons the resources (mentally, emotionally, physically) you can use to do some task. Some days you may have more spoons, and other days you may feel like you none. Getting up out of bed cost spoons, dressing oneself cost spoons, brushing your teeth, showering, eating breakfast, going to work, going to class, anything you do cost some amount of spoons; with little resources of spoons available, you may only be able to accomplish only a few tasks, and that is perfectly okay. Sometimes a task can cost a lot of spoons, and sometimes the same task may cost more spoons than other times. Sometimes looking at a person's face or communicating with someone can be difficult. Communication is like a dance, and can be very difficult to follow. There are 3 ways of communication: what is said, how it is said, and body language. A person's face goes through a lot of changes over a short period of time to reflect how they are feeling, and looking at a person while talking can take a lot of spoons at time. It can be very overwhelming to try to pick up on a lot of cues people have in any form of communication. A lot of times an autistic person may only focus on one form of communication, if any, to be able to communicate. Communication in of itself (talking, listening, changes in subject) yet alone looking at some, taking in all the noise, and light, among some many things happening at once can be too much. If things feel that way, that everything is overwhelming, it is okay to remove yourself from that situation or choose not to be there in the first place. There is nothing wrong in taking care of yourself.
Great talk. Unfortunately evidence of Aspergers sending children of to die has surfaced since this upload so I wouldn't hold his name up high. Also the understanding of autism continues to broaden
I enjoy Steve Siberman's presentation style a lot. It is straightforward but still engaging. I am very much looking forward to reading Neurotribes.
Brilliant talk. Thank you Mr. Silberman.
my oldest is high functioning, but my youngest is completely unreachable atm...what good is an operating system that no-one can interface with.
dudabar2 Have you tried alternative communication like sign languages (ASL, BSL, LSF, LSI, etc) or AAC communication?
Abby Hagle I’m afraid no alternative communication device would be of any use if the child’s receptive language and expressive language are severely impacted. Most non verbal people are low functioning due to their inability to understand any language verbal and non verbal.
Mr. Silberman has written the best book on Autism and in particular Asperger's Syndrome. It is titled Neuro Tribes and is a must read!
Thank you so much!! I am doing a presentation on autism and this helped a lot in differentiating fact from fiction. I hope I can help educate my classmate. Fingers crossed 🤞🤞
Where is the help for those of us who were diagnosed, misdiagnosed as children? Where is the accountability for all the doctors who insisted I had ADD, ADHD, Depression, Thyroid disorder? Where are the chargebacks into their bank accounts for all the fraudulent advice they gave?
This is a very good talk.
This needs to be shared more
For anyone who has recently had a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Hurry and listen to this whole talk. You can save a lot of mental and emotional energies if you hear what Steve has to say. He gives you a historical map that will quickly place you in the here and now. More parents and teachers need to see this video to clarify their ideas around autism.
Anishka Nosek And Autistic people also need to see it too.
I would like to see someone do a study on the number of kids who haven't been vaccinated, but who have been diagnosed with autism. Has anyone crunched those numbers? The results would be very telling.
If the number of unvaccinated kids with autism is statistically on par with the number of vaccinated kids with autism, then that would be strong evidence that vaccinations do not cause autism.
Conversely, if the number of unvaccinated autistic is lower than the general population, that would be a significant finding.
Would be interesting. I'm not convinced that autism has always been this common. I don't recall knowing so many parents with children with autism like I have these last 20 years. In the last 10 years it seems to be getting even more common. I'm not saying its the vaccines but something has to be causing the raise. I think it may be a combination of many things. Too me a lot of gen z seems to have some level of autism. They even joke about it.
This was a beautifully informative speech with a lot of facts neatly delivered in a short time. I will take this with me into my career
Brilliant, unfortunately none of the resources you mention seem to be available in Pembrokeshire U.K.We are still to get support and my son is 28 as soon as he finished his appalling abusive schooling no support was given
sounds interesting can you give more info please.
thankyou
This Guy. This guy knows what he's talking about.
Steve mentions "Rain Man", but I think that movie also did a lot of harm to the autistic community. It still frames many people's perceptions of what an autistic person should look like. As he said, autism is a spectrum, so many people don't fit that mold. When autistic people don't fit that mold, they are often dismissed or ignored.
Thanks for bringing this information to light. "His little professors." You can tell Dr. Asperger truly loved and admired these children, and realized that they held so much potential, and only needed the opportunity to flourish
......hans aspergers literally sent disabled kids to concentration camps for experimentation and eventual extermination
@@courtney5581 terrible things happened back then. But your comment only tells half of the truth. Dr. Asperger was forced to do this, since the National Socialistic German Party threatened his institution and the people working there. Since trough genealogy the NSDAP wanted to get the perfect Aric Human. (Yes i oversimplified a bit since the comment is already long enough.)
This is very interesting. I love how human kind has really bekond into a far far better place
It is simply more recognised now. Years ago asylums were filled with children who had mental problems. There was no name for it. There was no diagnosis for the various types of autism. It existed but was thought to be schizophrenia, epilepsy, brain damage and so on. Many were loved but not understood. In the day, it was all they could do. Now, we have understanding and information. I have a 5-year-old grandson with Asperger's. He's smart, reads like a high-schooler, knows complex math and loves music. He's not mentally disabled, he's just a little different and this syndrome goes back millennia. Stop blaming vaccines. Grow up and accept that this is just one of those things that occur in the complex physiology that makes up human beings and diagnosis is far easier and more recognised nowadays.
I grew up in institution spent almost 7 years there
My bio is out Hello ,Stranger My Life on the Autism Spectrum by Barbara Moran as told to Karl
Williams available on Amazon both paper and E book formats
Honestly I almost cried when he spoke about Asperger and his more humanized approach....
His book Neurotribes and this video are my first assignment for my ASD Specialization track (I'm a grad student for SLP and also on the spectrum - originally diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder, now known as ASD-Mild). I would be interested to see what he would say now with much of the newer research and attitudes. For instance, within the past couple years, "Person-Before-Disorder" language has become much more mainstream. It's to reinforce the humanity of patients and to avoid limiting their identities to a diagnosis. So for instance, I am a "woman with Autism," not "an Autistic woman." Personally I think this little change makes a HUGE difference for how people with a myriad of diagnoses are perceived and treated, both in clinical and social settings. Additionally, research has been published that highlights the socioeconomic and racial inequities in the diagnostic process. Children of color (particularly African American/Black boys) in the US are more likely to be diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder than their white counterparts who exhibit similar symptoms but are diagnosed with Autism. This systemic racism affects the services these children are provided, our societal perception of these disorders, and more.
Very interesting! Thank you for your work!
Well this comment hasn’t aged well 😳
@@buttercxpdraws8101 *shrugs* It's how i felt at the time with the info i had, but i see which points struck you. At the time I wasn't aware of Hans Asperger's involvement with the Nazis, how he benefitted from their regime (even though he wasn't technically part of the party), and his actual practices. Also I've done more research regarding identity language within my community and understand it's different with ASD as opposed to other diagnoses. It's just what happens with time I suppose
The "Autistic gene" in my family comes from an illegitimate daughter of Jasper Tudor, the uncle of Henry VII … who settled in Suffolk. I was identified as having "Autistic traits" in 1957. I have, so I've been told, a 160+ IQ (whatever that means!). There are scores of high IQ people with autism (many don't realise that they are Autistic) in my extended family … distributed around the world. One if them travels around meeting up with education officials in numerous countries encouraging them to set up tuition facilities for high IQ young people. (her primary occupation is as one of the UK's top mathematicians).
Hmmm.... I am also descended of Owen Tudor and Henry III - and am autistic. Interesting. Henry III was also suspected as being autistic.
Steve, I your wording on "Human Operating Systems," is very similar to my words for people with autism who learn how to do things that one on the spectrum can do and not what they can't.
RIP to friend and ally Steve Silberman💔
before watching the video. what caused the steep rise? improved diagnostic methods.
Julian Walker Improved diagnostic methods, or diagnostic flavor of the month?
Julian Walker thank you dr walker
ThereforeAliens yea i am not a climate scientist either, but...
or an evolutionary biologist, for that matter.
educating oneself based on what the experts in a field have to say is not the same as claiming to be an expert in any of those fields -but to be well-informed.
Julian Walker Someone does not understand sarcasm - admittedly the lowest form of wit. The idea that levels have increased due to better diagnostic levels is overtly obvious and too outlined in his speech.
ThereforeAliens ah i knew it was sarcasm but the implication was not yet clear.... :)
yea perhaps obvious, but i hadn't watched the talk yet and was just responding to the question in the title.
now if you had said "thank you dr obvious..."
A great book to read is Aspergirls by Rudy Simone, about this topic.
I'm skeptical of the way the guy made Leo Kanner a villain and Hans Asperger a hero. I'm curious if that was actually called for. Sounds like he's playing fast and loose with the truth for the sake of storytelling.
This Ted Talk of Steve Silberman is excerpts from this wonderful book Neuro Tribes.
I read his book, but didn't recognize his name until the end. I'd definitely recommend Neurotribes
Just cause a PC doesn’t run on windows doesn’t mean it is broken.
… woah, Bro!
RIP Steve Silberman
Very Interesring!
Parents are right to be concerned. My life being constantly alone is no kind of life.
Sure, we can find something people with autism are good at. Fine. But saying that employers and society should adapt to disabled people is wishful thinking. He could have phrased it in a much better way like "we should find a way to make people with autism as profitable as the average human slave who works for the average company".
I would say that all employers is unrealistic but there those who you can educate along with those who do care. The best thing to do would be to educate and train these employees. As for the autistics with the skills it's best for them to learn how to sell their work and get into the back door. However, these kids need to be taught social skills for the job long before hand.
I agree. Society and employers will not, nor do they have to, cater to the those in the spectrum. Reality is not a lab - It’s survival of the fittest.
It is not complicated to adapt.It's not like adapting to people with wheelchairs, which costs a fortune, it's just a question of being more open minded in homes, schools and workplaces. Such adaptation just need ideas, so to speak, which are basically free
Very well constructed overview! Thanks, Silberman!
Anti-Vaccers should be accused and charged of child abuse.
The LostBoys _You are aware that *measles* do have horrible effects...such as...complete brain damage, paralyzed and even death...yeah?_
TFTFY
The LostBoys Yes there are vaccination complications. Yes there are people who got sick after been vaccinated. Yes there are vaccines that turned out to be unsafe. But, and that's a reasonably big but, whatever illness you look at. If vaccinated against sufficiently cases of that illness drop until extinct.
Your argument is like saying, "oh someone broke his collarbone while using a seatbelt. let's ban seatbelts", totally ignoring the fact that seatbelts have saved countless lives before.
I never said there cannot be complications. But they are rare. And yes, _taking one for the team_ is pretty much how it works.
Addendum: Or, to quote Spock: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
The LostBoys Oh yes, and if the theory of a teapot orbiting Saturn is true then Cassini might bring us some nice pictures of it.
The LostBoys I'm not belittling anything. I am actually sorry for your inability to google and tell credible sources from not credible ones. Because UA-cam eats comments with links I will have to encode this one:
www (dot) autismsciencefoundation (dot) org (slash) autismandvaccines (dot) html
Addendum: Oh and that is all. I'm bored with you.
I work with people with special needs and autists, great video. Very interesting! :)
The lost boys? I haven't seen your movie in ages
I always noticed that idea of someone with autism making a recovery seems to trigger a lot of people and causes a great deal of anger, it always seemed really odd to me
Who "recovers" from a neurotype?
That's like wondering why people get angry at the discussion of people "recovering" from being gay.... it's part of who we are.
You’re the sort of person I’m talking about, people do recover,
@@liam.4454 from being gay? Or from being autistic?
Because chances are you are calling "recovery" what is known as masking. It leads to autistic burn out and meltdowns.
You are literally why people get angry...
Also, don't lump in things like developmental and speech delays as the only things that make up autism.
There is no recovering. Yes, symptoms can get better but it doesn't change the fact that your mind functions differently to begin with.
@@Victoria-fp8nc I respect your opinion but I disagree
I couldn’t help but notice in his speech that he said Leo kanner and Asperger first noticed autism but I read a article to know more about this and it said that it was also named sakhareva syndrome after the lady who first discovered it so I wonder if he didn’t know about her discovering It?
A lot of secrets remained hidden in plain sight, recorded in Austrian for anyone to translate. Thankfully Sheffer’s research took a closer look.
Don't forget about the wacky hippie in the tie-dyed T-shirt. That is a very good speech. I agree with everything that you said.
I don't believe vaccines 'cause' autism. There is, however, a link between autism and autoimmunity, and vaccines and autoimmunity. It doesn't seem possible for a vaccine to change your whole neurotype since that's such a profound part of a person, but if certain vaccines can increase the level of inflammation in the body (which some sources suggest is possible), the stress this causes to the body might make it harder to 'pass' as neurotypical if you were already autistic. Autistic people often have very sensitive immune systems, so it's more likely a vaccine would affect us adversely anyway. Ongoing inflammation can really drain your energy, and autistic people who are burnt out/lack energy don't have as much capacity to tolerate sensations we find grating, so the signs of autism are more visible. It sucks that there's such a stigma that goes along with being neurodiverse - it makes it near impossible to have a nuanced conversation about a topic like this. Vaccines are already a divisive topic without adding mainstream, pathologised ideas about autistic people into the mix.
I agree with you. The case with vaccines is more complex than many think. They are so scared of diseases that were once common, they ignore the real side of effects of vaccines. They don't take many things in to account like most people today live more cleaner and healthier than the days when measles killed people. Even in those days most children survived it. Also I believe its more the chemical toxins in vaccines, medicines, food that might be the cause. The reason I believe this is because my daughter and I have autism and when I started to eat more organic food and stay away from as much chemical toxins has I could. I noticed our symptoms got better. My view with autism is not as positive as this guys but that doesn't mean I'm ashamed of myself or my daughter. But I still see autism more of a disadvantage its not normal and doesn't feel right.
What? Then why did Asperger put some many of these children to death?
Great talk! Very informative!
Genio!!! Emocionante!!! Muchas gracias!!!
Good work sir, nice talk.
Great talk, especially about the need for diversity.
I wonder what the world would look like if Autism were the norm. I wonder what therapies would be in place for the not normal.
The LostBoys
In order to make them more normal....to make people without the benefit of Autism more Autistic like. I wonder what the abnormal would be called? Perhaps after the name of the person who first identified it....Perhaps the Silberman Syndrome. What do you think?
The LostBoys
I dont dislike people because they are different or agree with making a child deaf ....I am saying the opposite. That we should appreciate people the way they are and learn and benefit from differences rather than feeling compelled to make everyone the same. Much is lost in communicating over the internet.
Impossible. Society is based upon complex social interaction, therefore if everyone had autism it would simply collapse.
And another would emerge...
Tobla Howell Yeah, one without humans.
Sensacional! Quanta informação de qualidade.
I will be making a commentary video on my channel, but this literally explains everything I try to explain to my neurotypical peers, & I am also trying to bring this msg to the hispanic community that is really behind on information and very Very misinformed. 😉
Good talk, my sisters autistic so that makes this even more interesting to me.
Maybe we shouldn't be using mercury as a preservative in vaccines. That might help curtail some of peoples fears
They no longer use thimerisol (ethyl Mercury compound) in childhood vaccines.
Mercury compounds have been dramatically reduced since the vaccines of the 50-60's. However this has nothing to do with autisim.
I want to understand autism completely. I will be honest, I'm struggling to understand what it is exactly. My son is 3 and he is non verbal. He is going to start w.e.a.p (Wisconsin Early Autism Project) I want to learn everything I can for my son, but I am struggling
fabulous talk
Beautiful. Thank you
Thoughts on MRNA steve?
Every anti-vaxer needs to see this.
It would make no difference. They like their narrative because it offers the potential for a cure. Excepting that your child's autism is genetic and intrinsic to who they are means that they'd have no choice but to accept their child as they were (which would not suit their vanity or ego). Interestingly, if it were ever to be conclusively proven that vaccines do not cause autism, I believe there would be a significant rise in the number of parents relinquishing their parental responsibilities and putting their severely autistic child into state care.
I think so too because Silderman is pretty sharp,
I will second that
It had no actual information. It was one of the two popular bias putting together a few stories to create one version of reality that isn't a lie, but it also isn't the whole truth. It was black and white fluff. I am not pro or anti vaccine but the doctors and parents who quietly choose not to vaccinate often have stronger reasons than what this man accused them of and those in full awareness who vaccinate are not foolish enough to think their are no risks. He was painting a story about those who don't agree with him and took people on an emotional ride with some creative story telling. It's what politicians do to the simple minded, no the busy and overwhelmed, the average people who are just looking for reassurance that they aren't wrong as they make an otherwise difficult choice. He proved nothing and instead argued against a narrative for the other side that he accused them of as the simple issue but that was more of a creation of the issue as the real issues are not often discussed. If you want to know what the real vaccine debate is listen to those who discuss the raw data and share similar concerns over all the many gray areas. Vaccines are improving, they are improving because they needed to be improved upon. The real debate is not if vaccines are perfect or not but can the government force medical injections or deny 14th amendment rights as they are in California. If MMR can be forced, what is next? These are the things people should talk about.
S. Rose Thank you so much. Could you, please, copy your comment and place it in the main comment section.
This is pure beauty
Luckily between 2020 & 2021 the vaccine issue was finally solved and never became a continuous subject ever again.
In the Norse Pantheon, the God Heimdall, a son of Odin, is a very gifted warrior; his five basic senses are all enhanced to such a degree that he can see, hear, even feel just about everything in the universe. But unfortunately, Heimdall's mind is so overtaken by his mind's senses that he can't connect personally with his fellow Asgardians and spends every moment of his life alone on the rainbow bridge stand guard, sometimes so perfect still it's like he's not alive. But he already knew if anyone was coming even if they were eons away; Heimdall is already prepared for an onslaught.
I commend your use of that music stand. I'll suggest it to people who wish to give speeches
Deferent races. Deferent colors. Deferent operating systems. Humankind is more diverse than we thought .
The answer of what’s autism and where it comes from is: we need to listen to earth…
Why is she doing human beings like us?
We all autism people have a mission every idea rising in your head in your mind is a signal or task send by her.
I have actually found my mission in this world while I was wondering why is this even possible or what are the clues I was missing.
Wish I could talk to experts in biology, history, psychology, logical, and environment. Since it’s all related 😊
I have worked with a lot of moderate to high functioning autistic children and they can describe it quite eloquently. It's like playing a game where everyone else knows the rules of the game apart from you. You're always playing catch up, what seems fair to you is completely unfair to everyone else.its confusing and irritating and annoying. What rules you learn the previous day sometimes don't matter or work the next day. However many of the children once they're a bit older and have knowledge of their condition can manage it and educate others.
"Autism Is The New Normal"~ Copyright (c) 2016 by PE CHANDLER. All Rights Reserved. Film coming Summer 2017.
Wow, this one is a great one!
Rest in Peace.
The information is excellent , but the way he presented it was a bit boring . But good job !
The age of parents has had a dramatic change sense 1985， has anyone considered the fact that the age of the mother correlates with the risk of developing autism. Also when a child is born they will have this disability it's you don't realize it until later on， people in china believe they will develop it later on, like around 3, some TV shows had adults who were afraid of developing autism.
Bio can be bought on Amazon both paper and e book format I grew up when autistic people who could talk were seen as having schizophrenia I spent years in psych institution Diagnosed autistic at 40 like being forgiven
I’m so sorry you had such horrific experience
Awesome talk!
He forgot to include Temple Garden.
wait, did he just call me a macintosh computer?
Nicholas Boudreau lol
Temple Grandon, Anyone interested in Autism should look up her books & lectures.