I'd love to post more frequently on this channel because I have WAY too many ideas! To make the possible, I've started a Patreon. If you join, you'll get get 2 exclusive videos a month and access to the Discord server, even on the lowest tier: https://www.patreon.com/imautisticnowwhat 🐌 If you want to learn more about the Patreon & Discord community, I have a video tour! 🐌: https://youtu.be/ClgG_9J9cTE The monotropic mind theory of autism might help you explain autism to your friends and family. Discovering monotropism was like finding out I am autistic all over again! 💛WATCH NEXT💛: You are NOT Lazy: 12 Tips to Succeed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): https://youtu.be/JoXIJhnFAdI Could you actually have Dyspraxia (DCD)?: https://youtu.be/8dYz6pCjEy8 TikTok Explains Why your Masking SUCKS | Actually Autistic TikToks: https://youtu.be/KyXtGGMtiK8 📹 My Videos mentioned 📹: 10 Signs you have Pathological Demand Avoidance: https://youtu.be/1Uq1n8UQ3hc What masking feels like from the Inside: https://youtu.be/H4vcMWB7fuQ Autistic Special Interests are NOT what you think...: https://youtu.be/yaZ10mYCQsM Do YOU Have Pathological Demand Avoidance?: https://youtu.be/XTdx_oSjLBs 14 Signs You Actually Have Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): https://youtu.be/bO6Nua9jkBQ Could you actually have Dyspraxia (DCD)?: https://youtu.be/8dYz6pCjEy8 You are NOT Lazy: 12 Tips to Succeed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): https://youtu.be/JoXIJhnFAdI 📒 Sources 📒: DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.tricare-west.com/content/dam/hnfs/tw/prov/resources/pdf/forms/dsm-5-diagnostic-checklist.pdf Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire: https://osf.io/ft73y/ Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1362361305051398 A Productive Irritant: A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Dinah Murray: https://neuroclastic.com/a-productive-irritant-a-celebration-of-the-life-of-dr-dinah-murray/ Dinah Murray, researcher into autism who developed the novel theory of ‘monotropism’ – obituary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/08/16/dinah-murray-researcher-autism-developed-novel-theory-monotropism/ Stories from the Spectrum: Wenn Lawson: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/stories/stories-from-the-spectrum-wenn-lawson TikTok on Monotropism: https://www.tiktok.com/@nd_psych/video/7256607960254713106?q=monotropism&t=1695985562939 Autism isn't an Illness: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/what-is-autism/#:~:text=Autism%20is%20not%20an%20illness&text=Signs%20of%20autism%20might%20be,help%20them%20with%20certain%20things. Wikipedia Pathological Demand Avoidance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_demand_avoidance Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/me-and-monotropism-unified-theory-autism Monotropism.org: https://monotropism.org/2023/mq/ Interoception: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/professional-practice/interoception-wellbeing Idioms list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_idioms Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Anxiety: https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/resources/role-of-intolerance-of-uncertainty-and-anxiety/ Borderline personality disorder (BPD): https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/borderline-personality-disorder-bpd/about-bpd/ NHS Borderline Personality Disorder: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/overview/ Dyspraxia in autism: association with motor, social, and communicative deficits: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00734.x Specificity of dyspraxia in children with autism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22288405/ Monotropic Split: https://monotropism.org/wellbeing/ 00:00 What is autism? 03:09 How to explain it? 04:26 Why do we hate Eye Contact? Language stuff 10:50 Why do we have Sensory Differences? 12:55 Why do we Stim? 15:13 Why do we have Special Interests? 18:20 Why do we need Routine and Control? 20:57 Why do we think Literally? 22:40 Why do we get Stuck and HATE interruptions? 24:30 Why Pathological Demand Avoidance? 26:28 Why do we have Intense Relationships? 29:05 Why do we have Dyspraxia? 30:25 Why do we have Meltdowns, Shutdowns and burnout? 33:00 Why are we all so Different? 📖 *Books I'd Recommend about Autism 📖 : Aspergirls by Rudy Simone: https://amzn.to/3xSZ6Mg Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry): https://amzn.to/40fKx2m Unmasking Autism by Devon Price: https://amzn.to/3LhMV3j *These are affiliate links.