great conversation

Seems like a balanced view.

This was so well done and helpful. Thank you.

i wish there were more resources for women over fifty

My son was diagnosed with Autism he is 24 years. We are having difficulty finding the right therapy for him

Thank you and congratulations on finding AANE. I'm glad I got the opportunity to find and subscribe to your KZbin channel via the AANE site. I am new to AANE, I was diagnosed at age 10 with Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism. Unfortunately, the term "Asperger's" is rarely used anymore, but I checked out AANE and I may be interested in some of the social groups, such as Art Club, Creative Writers', Game Nights, and Trivia. I'm mostly trying to stay virtual, but I think this will give me an opportunity to make friends & build relationships through things I enjoy :) I look forward to talking to you soon :)

No offense, but I’m very curious to know if your child is going to a public or private school. At no point in my educational experience even today in college have I ever seen any acceptance or understanding towards my Asperger‘s. In fact, I’ve been kicked out of classes. I’ve been kicked out of schools because no one quite understands who I am so I’m a little bit offended because sounds like your daughter is going to our private school and most of us can’t afford that. Especially can’t afford to send our children to Europe.!!!!😒

Thank you for being here!!!! I have Asperger’s. I am 43 and have always felt like a mix of Sheldon Cooper and Forest Gump round in to one. Despite my intelligence and talent, I am unemployable. I had a great career in IT but F’ed it up. I had a great career in Web development but again, am locked out. Now, I can’t even get a job at a gas station. I NEED ALL THE FREE HELP I CAN GET!!!!😢😢😢😢

I wish everyone would watch this, everyone.

From one ABA practitioner to anther - Thank you for reminding me. Bravo

Thanks for allowing me to use the word trauma for repeated exclusion overthe years, without one big traumatic event at the root of it all

I was diagnosed 6 years ago and now 65.I don't think people realize we're out here.

Be aware ....it's Not cheap .... When you do the intake part and then the 1st month of care ( once a week for 4 weeks ) . It's $923.00 .... $137 an hour....

I'm Canadian,but may still benefit from the info.

Also have Aspergers.Diagnised 6 years ago.I am 65.

Can't watch this due to technical issues, sorry. Liv's microphone wasn't working so I had to turn my volume all the way up to hear, then I got blasted by Ariel who was 10 times as loud. (Same as the other person.) And the video was barely working, only one frame every few seconds.

I would love to hear on autism and kink!

I wish I tried kidney instead of meds. They messed me up unnecessarily. My issue with the life net is are the people doing it actually effective or do they just talk sweet and have a degree but can’t manage their own lives. I called AANE and they gave me advice to avoid family events for rest, but that was in my case the opposite of what I should have done.

22:40, CBT/cognitive behavioral therapy isn’t a help for asd persons. It’s not therapy, at all, but is a form of abuse. What other disability, present from birth, is handled in that way? Not one.

It’s been miserable and lonely and I wish I never met this person.. he’s stolen so much joy from me

Listening is great advice! A book about intersectionality I like is How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

I so appreciate them both sharing that vulnerable experience. That all must have been frightening at the time. She reached out for help and was successfully treated, thankfully. I hope the other issues also work out.

Should treatment be the only option for depression? It can be lifelong and reoccurring, with brutal symptoms. We have a right to dignity. My body, my choice.

I'm looking for a place for my son he's getting out of hospital and he needs a apartment for wheelchair asap

Imagine this with having CPTSD from narcissistic parents, being an HSP, I experienced SA at the age of 12, various narcissistc/abusive partners, raising two children ( Inhad at 21 and 23) totally on my own while working in a physically hard job while having Fibromyalgia. I was depressed and suicidal since I was a teenager, pregnant with my first son at the age of 15.... A certain situation about two months ago made me have weird meltdowns which differed from my trauma related problems which I've healed almost fully from, since making changes in my life. I came across neurodivergence and back to where I was about 15 years ago, when being in a relationship with a "typical autistic man". I hit much higher on any test than he did, but I never considered to be autistic. Now I do, being 52, desperately trying to get a diagnosis because without it, I can't join the self-help group in my town

Thank you for having services for adults!

Love the website 🎉

1:12:13 don’t go into long monologs; keep discussions short

50:06 Meds to help with anxiety, OCD etc

Thank you so much for this perspective and the way you express it, really helpful! ❤

Nobody thinks I'm worth helping

I give up

I've built resentment for my mom because I didn't understand growing up and I really don't know how to resolve my feelings of trauma it caused emotionally. Do you have any advice?

Thanks

THANK YOU!

"She had to make the very hard decision to reduce contact with them"...I love how she said this, because it's is truly very hard, but necessary. I had to do it for a while. It's important to go slow and build boundaries. The meditation book called 30 Days to Stop Obsessing by Harper Daniels was a great for me.

After masking subconsciously for 55 years, I found out what it was here on KZbin. I actually remember when I was 4 years old, deciding I shouldn't flap my hands because no one else did. I mark that as the time I started trying to fit in. I'd like to be myself now, but whenever there's another human present, I automatically go into survival mode. I don't feel safe because I wasn't most of my life.

I thank God for people like you trying to make the world a better place for us all. I didn't know I was autistic until I was 51. My own mom just started trying to understand me when I was 59. Better late than never, I suppose. 😊

I can see how much Dr. Hendrickx understands autism and autistic people's needs. However, it's very frustrating to watch this hour-and-a-half long presentation and actually apply anything to reality. My reality here in Canada is that I need to get whatever is available while I can, or I starve to death. I get a job, burn out, spend months recovering, run out of money, get another terrible job, rinse, repeat. As for getting a job, it's the hardest part for me. Once I'm in everybody loves me because I'm intelligent, responsible, hard-working and incredibly reliable. But who cares? If you're a neurotypical HR manager I'm just a problem.

I am really resonating with almost all of the topics and points being made. Will share to help others see autism in a more positive light.

Good work guyz

at least she got help... I can't afford that, and my life in my country is not ideal. all that makes me depressed. I can't change my reality

Hey hey Olive!!! I found you, your hair is the best ❤❤❤ cant wait to see you guys at the next meet up online! Sorry I missed this last weekend ❤

So important. Thank you!

I had thought to be alone but at 57 I read the symptoms and said yeas to all. AANE let me understand that there are many of us. AANE has also supported my work as an artist and several of my paintings have been sold from the AANE Gallery. Living now in Canterbury, N.H. I can not attend meetings regularly but I still keep in touch. When at the first Aspie art show I saw others such as me and i said, " What Brave New World That Has Such People In It."

This helped a lot. Thank you.

I wanted to listen to this so much because of the content and experience of the speakers but the sound quality was so awful I couldn’t bear it. Read the room.

Love the Willie shirt!

This is a good message. My PCP doctor also told me this. I have moderate support needs and will never be independent by American standards. It is good to remember that we are all interdependent.