Autism Teen Meltdowns Explained

Ian explains the meltdowns he has, what they feel like, and how he deals with them. As his parents, we couldn't be more proud of the way he wishes to help people dealing with similar issues. Thank you for understanding more about autism and spreading awareness.
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[@michael8170]

Look at your oldest son Ian, he is certainly full of knowledge about his autism. He has great eye contact while on video. Well explained about punishment Ian, he sure had great points about what he talked out. My cousin melt downs only happened when he was asked to do something by his mom. Ian, you have all this knowledge about your meltdowns and you know a lot about how to control them.😊😊😊

[@IzayoiArwena]

I had meltdowns when I was asked to do something I didnt want to and when someone wasnt doing what I wanted. Its kinda understandable

[@davef2975]

For me, the best tool I have in dealing with life as an Autistic is "self-awareness." If I know who I am, what are my triggers, and what are my challenges, then there is much I can do to help myself and those around me can help me.

[@tudormiller887]

Great video by Ian. Really informative. I'm an adult seeking diagnosis for Autism.

[@shiny6123]

Thanks Ian for sharing this great information on melt downs you did a great job.

[@Swilliams498]

My son is having more anxiety meltdowns now. It’s like he’s regressed emotionally, more tantrums. He just completed 5th grade. I know puberty and teen years are kicking in. It’s difficult to distinguish what’s autism vs. what’s just typical puberty hormonal causes. Not to mention having a upcoming teen boy, I’m a single mom trying to teach a boy with autism about all the puberty changes. I need resources and support.

[@davef2975]

Adult Meltdowns: Just because we get older does not mean we no longer have meltdowns. As a Senior Adult, I have had learned what are my major challenges and triggers. There are some things I can now adjust to or compensate for, but some things I just have to deal with. Most people think meltdowns are the stereotypical “screaming fit.” Meltdowns show any may different ways, and many times it is trigger specific. Sometimes one type of meltdown can evolve (elevate) into a different meltdown response. Personally, I can experience total shutdown (non-talking, non-responsive). I may become very easily agitated and quickly move into high anxiety. I may become so overly stimulated to the point (as one person that “mentors me observed) where I “physically look like a frightened animal ready to dash to safety.” And yes, even as a Senior, I have had the screaming fit level of meltdown! As an ASD Level-1, I surround myself with people who have been educated as to my specific Autism challenges, what to look for, when to step in, and what to do to help. However, they are not around me all the time. Their intervention may be as simple as to pending/approaching chaos or high noise. On the extreme, they know how to quickly get me to an isolated are and what aid they can provide to help me through a severe meltdown. But they cannot be around me all the time, so it is on me to educate/guide others when needed. In Arizona in 2017, there was an incident where a Police Officer on patrol spotted a teen in a park and the Officer thought the boy was “acting strange.” The Officer immediately assumed the boy was on drugs and stopped. When the teen was asked what he was doing he responded “stimming.” The Officer was clueless and asked for ID. When the boy got frightened, to Officer tackled the boy. The boy freaked out and the Offer put him to the ground (as in tackled him) and handcuffed the teen. (The teen ended up with a broken ankle.) Most Police and First Responders have little training on Autism or how to interact with an Autistic. I learned a very important lesson after learning of the Arizona incident. If we are alone and experience high stress of a meltdown, things can get very dangerous quickly. It is crucial that Autistics have some form of identification and, more importantly, something identifying their Autism. I wear a plate on my watch that identifies I am Autistic and EXTREMELY sensitive to sound and chaos. (My biggest triggers.) In my wallet I have a card, so if I am confronted my Police, I can show them the card that both identifies my Autism and alerts them how best to communicate with me. On the back side is contact information and phone number(s) of persons they can call if needed. They otherwise will not know that my potential stimming or different speech/behavior is not a result of “being under the influence.” If I am alone and going to be in an area where I may be faced with triggers, I wear another bracelet that further identifies my specific challenges. On the reverse are clear instructions on how to help me if I am in distress. Now, whenever I meet a family with an Autistic family member, I stress the importance of having something on them that clearly identifies their Autism and has contact info. It can be a Dog Tag (around the neck), a clip on the shoe, or a bracelet or a card in your wallet. The reason for this ling comment is Ian is correct on meltdowns can be different with all of us. Sadly, it is on us, as Autistics, to supply clear information as to our needs so people do not overreact. Thank You Ian for sharing your comments. Many talk “about us”, most do not get to hear what an Autistic person experiences or how we process a meltdown.

[@BenKlassen1]

Thanks for sharing your unique perspective on meltdowns Ian! We all need to understand meltdowns better and you, as a sufferer of autism, know better than anyone what they are like. Cheers.

[@Owen2131_]

3:00 I understand that, Me and my friend group, we all have autism/aspergers and anxiety, so our arguments can be a bit heated sometimes when we hang out to where our parents have to step in, but its gotten better over the years but we still have our fair share of them. Btw, you are amazing ian! And the rest of the autism family too! Hope yall are having a great day!

[@Durnell5]

Fantastic! This will help me understand my little boy with his meltdowns. We do breathing exercises to help him calm down. It helps a lot. I also try to help him by paying attention to his sensory triggers. Thank you brave young man! ❤

[@LuchoPiastri]

Very well done 👏 I think Ian is taking some notes from his dad on how to talk to the camera, that’s great!

[@atiflutwyche423]

I have autism and moderate learning disability, remember if you have autism that mainly means that you learn in a different way to other neurotypical peers, You’re doing well proud of you, Hi from Birmingham UK, I’m currently 17 and I just got my provisional driving license so I’m looking for a driver instructor that can specialise with autistic people so I can get the best level of support, I can stay home alone, use the oven and stove tops unattended, I can even use knives safely unattended, and even use lighters alone, I can now also travel around my area and catch buses and trains by myself so I’m typically high functioning now, I’m not saying “oh I’m cool I can do this” this is just my experience with autism and I hope that one day you can become able to do stuff independently but yeah wish you the best and I hope you do what’s best for you.

[@unknownentity7964]

Hi I am from Birmingham too! Well, just in the edge of Birmingham, I couldn't live in the middle of the city, that would be overwhelming too much. I have a twin sister, we both have autism but she needs a lot more support. We have the same genetic syndrome, it causes a lot of problems for us. My organs have more damage and but her brain is more damaged so even though we are twins, our disease affects us very different. Do you have PIP or DLA disability benefits? If you do, you may qualify for a motability car. This could end up being you don't have to pay anything for the car, including insurance. There is also funding for free driving lessons if you're disabled, they are very good at teaching how to use hand controls (if the Disabilty affects the body like if they can't use foot pedals) and they are also trained to help people with brains who work differently, like if you have trouble remembering directions or learn differently or get really anxious they know how to help you through that so you can learn to drive!! I can find you the link to where to find it if you want If you get a motability car, you can actually drive 1 Year early when you're 16 (in England), if you're disabled. This really helps because if the disability affects the person like using public transport, it means they can drive themselves instead! I am not independent because of my autism but also not independent mostly from my physical Disabilty. Nearly all my muscles are damaged or gone so I have to use an electric wheelchair. My insides are affected a lot too. I have a lot of things in my body like tubes and IV lines to keep me alive. My autism means I get too overwhelmed trying to look after all my medical needs. I forget even easy (for most people) things like to put deodorant or brush teeth so I have no hope to remember more complicated things like all my medications schedules or when to empty my catheter. I have carers who help me with those problems from my autism. Often I go non verbal too if I get overwhelmed or anything so when that happens I need a lot more help. I wish I could be better at independent things so I only needed help with my medical needs not from my autism. I feel embarrassed because I can function in some ways like I went to university and got a degree (I needed a lot of help from carers and nurses for daily living things like doing my laundry washing and helping me to get dressed and my medical stuff) I did all the studying part myself though, I didn't need extra help except if the lecturer explained things confusing like with a metaphor and I had someone to write for me because I cannot hold a pen and if I tried to type notes then my brain got overwhelmed trying to listen to the new things the lecturer said and type up the last thing they said too. The person wrote the notes for me but I still did the work, they didn't think of the answer, I did all the thinking. Someone teased me that my degree doesn't count because I had a scribe to write my notes. They said I was too autistic to be able to do a hard degree like that and they said that I must have cheated and that it wasn't really me who answered the questions and did the exams and coursework. This hurt me a lot and it made me feel sad that they thought that because of my autism, I must not be intelligent enough to have done my degree. I feel embarrassed when I cannot do basic things like be able to go round a shop without becoming overwhelmed and having a meltdown. Or not able to go round a shop because I cannot remember what things I need to buy and I get too stressed over what you're supposed to do when you go to pay for your things and worry about if I am doing it right. So it feel embarrassing I can't do those things, but somehow I got a university degree. I feel like a child sometimes because even a child can be more independent than I am, so I understand why people think I couldn't have done my degree. I am proud I did it but then I get ashamed that I can't do basic normal things. I think I wrote too much sorry, I struggle to know how much is ok to write in a message because sometimes KZbin comments are very long but usually they are short. I hope my writing about the car and driving helped, I can help you more if you want because I feel really happy when I find something I can help people with because usually people only help me, not often happens a situation where I can help others. I really like to help people but I don't often get a chance to do it. Would you like to be friends maybe? I don't have any friends at the moment because in my high school, I had a group of friends. We made friends because we all had some kind of special needs and we met in the student support classroom. But after we all finished our A levels (my high school did high school and A levels), we struggled to stay friends. I get too anxious to message people first so I wait until they text me, but all my high school friends were the same so we all were waiting for the other person to text first but all got too anxious so we couldn't stay friends after we left school. In university I didn't make any friends which was really really sad for me. No one would talk to me because I think my wheelchair scared them off. Or they thought I was too weird because sometimes I would rock or stim. I thought I would mask perfectly so no one could tell I had autism but someone told me that my masking didn't work at all and everyone would be able to spot immediately that I had autism and special needs. Now I left university, I don't have any times or places to meet people and make friends. I would like more friends like my friends in high school who have special needs or autism too because we all understood what it was like if one of us had to stim or was upset, no one judged each other and we helped support each other because we knew how it felt and knew what made us feel better so we could do that to make our friends feel better too. You don't have to make friends with me, only if you want to. I hope you don't find this message is too long, thank you for reading it, bye

[@unknownentity7964]

Hi I am from Birmingham too! Well, just in the edge of Birmingham, I couldn't live in the middle of the city, that would be overwhelming too much. I have a twin sister, we both have autism but she needs a lot more support. We have the same genetic syndrome, it causes a lot of problems for us. My organs have more damage and but her brain is more damaged so even though we are twins, our disease affects us very different. Do you have PIP or DLA disability benefits? If you do, you may qualify for a motability car. This could end up being you don't have to pay anything for the car, including insurance. There is also funding for free driving lessons if you're disabled, they are very good at teaching how to use hand controls (if the Disabilty affects the body like if they can't use foot pedals) and they are also trained to help people with brains who work differently, like if you have trouble remembering directions or learn differently or get really anxious they know how to help you through that so you can learn to drive!! I can find you the link to where to find it if you want If you get a motability car, you can actually drive 1 Year early when you're 16 (in England), if you're disabled. This really helps because if the disability affects the person like using public transport, it means they can drive themselves instead! I am not independent because of my autism but also not independent mostly from my physical Disabilty. Nearly all my muscles are damaged or gone so I have to use an electric wheelchair. My insides are affected a lot too. I have a lot of things in my body like tubes and IV lines to keep me alive. My autism means I get too overwhelmed trying to look after all my medical needs. I forget even easy (for most people) things like to put deodorant or brush teeth so I have no hope to remember more complicated things like all my medications schedules or when to empty my catheter. I have carers who help me with those problems from my autism. Often I go non verbal too if I get overwhelmed or anything so when that happens I need a lot more help. I wish I could be better at independent things so I only needed help with my medical needs not from my autism. I feel embarrassed because I can function in some ways like I went to university and got a degree (I needed a lot of help from carers and nurses for daily living things like doing my laundry washing and helping me to get dressed and my medical stuff) I did all the studying part myself though, I didn't need extra help except if the lecturer explained things confusing like with a metaphor and I had someone to write for me because I cannot hold a pen and if I tried to type notes then my brain got overwhelmed trying to listen to the new things the lecturer said and type up the last thing they said too. The person wrote the notes for me but I still did the work, they didn't think of the answer, I did all the thinking. Someone teased me that my degree doesn't count because I had a scribe to write my notes. They said I was too autistic to be able to do a hard degree like that and they said that I must have cheated and that it wasn't really me who answered the questions and did the exams and coursework. This hurt me a lot and it made me feel sad that they thought that because of my autism, I must not be intelligent enough to have done my degree. I feel embarrassed when I cannot do basic things like be able to go round a shop without becoming overwhelmed and having a meltdown. Or not able to go round a shop because I cannot remember what things I need to buy and I get too stressed over what you're supposed to do when you go to pay for your things and worry about if I am doing it right. So it feel embarrassing I can't do those things, but somehow I got a university degree. I feel like a child sometimes because even a child can be more independent than I am, so I understand why people think I couldn't have done my degree. I am proud I did it but then I get ashamed that I can't do basic normal things. I think I wrote too much sorry, I struggle to know how much is ok to write in a message because sometimes KZbin comments are very long but usually they are short. I hope my writing about the car and driving helped, I can help you more if you want because I feel really happy when I find something I can help people with because usually people only help me, not often happens a situation where I can help others. I really like to help people but I don't often get a chance to do it. Would you like to be friends maybe? I don't have any friends at the moment because in my high school, I had a group of friends. We made friends because we all had some kind of special needs and we met in the student support classroom. But after we all finished our A levels (my high school did high school and A levels), we struggled to stay friends. I get too anxious to message people first so I wait until they text me, but all my high school friends were the same so we all were waiting for the other person to text first but all got too anxious so we couldn't stay friends after we left school. In university I didn't make any friends which was really really sad for me. No one would talk to me because I think my wheelchair scared them off. Or they thought I was too weird because sometimes I would rock or stim. I thought I would mask perfectly so no one could tell I had autism but someone told me that my masking didn't work at all and everyone would be able to spot immediately that I had autism and special needs. Now I left university, I don't have any times or places to meet people and make friends. I would like more friends like my friends in high school who have special needs or autism too because we all understood what it was like if one of us had to stim or was upset, no one judged each other and we helped support each other because we knew how it felt and knew what made us feel better so we could do that to make our friends feel better too. You don't have to make friends with me, only if you want to. I hope you don't find this message is too long, thank you for reading it, bye

[@atiflutwyche423]

@@unknownentity7964 it’s ok you don’t need to be sorry for writing a long comment, but yeah I forgive you and I’m happy that I even got a provisional license, for me it was hard but I completely stopped stimming when I was 12 but I absolutely hate my tone of voice, I have a monotone voice and I get bullied about it but I’m still proud of my skills that I learned, I now attend a special needs vocational college and I felt like I’m in a good college but yeah I mean do what’s best for you

[@hqgirl567]

Honestly I love how he explains each category’s of meltdowns and it’s detailed! I definitely can relate to most of them. Ian I hate chores too. It get me really mad as well but my parents want me to do it. Also I have a meltdown when I loose my phone and can’t find it.

[@knitterscheidt]

Great job Ian! It's important to try to understand others and their challenges. I'm glad things are going good for you now. Please keep wanting to help others.

[@Java-D]

Thank you for explaining these, Ian.

[@nathanjw940]

Ian you are an amazing person. I just want you to know that. You are so much more emotionally intelligent than most adults.

[@GoAndrewKuiken]

Great to hear Ian’s thoughts on this. Mondays are when I do chores and I always get lazy by pushing it back to the afternoon hours to do them instead of the morning. It feels good to get them done every week though.

[@LeoDamascusVG]

Meltdowns every day as a little boy... that sounds like absolute hell! I'm so happy he's gotten those down

[@nathanjw940]

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[@princessakashia12]

I had a meltdown today and the other day. Thank you Ian for explaining meltdowns. I love you when you guys videos.❤❤😊

[@NathanDuabanTheSonicEnthusiast]

Great to see you upload and I'm happy to see that Ian had came such a long way and as an autistic myself, I'm happy to stumble across your channel and meltdowns are no joke. But as time progresses, I've learned to embrace my autism but I prefer to speak about with either my parents, my fellow autistic best friend, and my best friends from both high school and beauty school

[@paranamanna]

We love your family so much and this is the only channel that covers all topics about autism. Your sons are so lucky to have parents like you. We want to see your sons improve day by day. thank you so much.

[@neltivana1975]

This is really helpful Ian! I'm just recently diagnosed by my therapist with ASD like 4 months ago and i was so confused. I'm almost 23 and a woman so it has been difficult to face the stigmas myself and also start to really know myself better.

[@daniellyons-kl3ru]

You must face a different kind of struggle as a women, I imagine your masking affects you in another way also (like the pros/cons aspect).. but none the less it is a daily struggle at least some of the time (most of the time in clicky groups of people who all have something to lose from standing out from their "extraneous and honestly fucking bizarre seemingly pathological NEED to protect their social standing within their (imagined) little "tribe" LOL. Just laugh. For all of the struggle.. take solace in the way you just see through social constructs as an ancient human instinct hereditarily designed to ensure the survival and self sustainability of the tribe may continue and on a personal level, your genes may also continue (by following the unwritten social rules set by the sixth-sense of "group mentality" LOL. We are no longer a tribal species. This is a global world now. This ancient aspect of what makes non-autistic people tick is no longer nessesary. We have evolved a higher morality, based in empathy YES - of course 😊 but coming from our ability to step back after processing all of the emotions and THINKING pragmatically and altruistically for the GREATER GOOD. SURELY RIGHT? Or is that just an autism thing? At 37 years old, undiagnosed but very successful in life (without any qualifications), having gained many true friends over the years and changed certain people's lives for the better with a unique perspective only somebody with an alternate neurology could approach their troubles from.. I can honestly say that I am very PROUD to be DIFFERENT. And I embrace those moments of being socially "shunned" to the others in the 'tribe' (who usually side with the one who is picked on and not the misguided and ignorant, tribalist-minded moron/bully) lol Ps. You mentioned understanding.. Ever considered you may also have a degree of something known as Alexithymia? I certainly do along with my autism/Asperger's - who knows what they'll rename it to next lol. The same people who say true eidetic memory doesn't exist in adults. HAHAHHAHA ohhh where to start.. if that was the case I wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am in life. Despite my reasonably decent IQ of 137 (which in the field I work in (medical scientific research is pretty common - I am surrounded by people who possess mind faster and broader than I could ever dream of. This is brilliant.. it means I can learn how to think in a different way.. like I have always done myself.. never got on with school/training/etc.. always autodidactic and thinking in abstract ways...anyways off topic. I am sorry if you are.still.with me 😔 Zzzzzz lol TLDR: Alexithymia.. in high functioning autistics like myself and many others, THIS alone is the reason you struggle to 'read the room' or naturally read people's feeligns and energy without kinda having to almost briefly but intentionally look at them to study their face etc.. Neurotypical people it seems to me are puzzled.by this although all it really is in one layer of what makes up.a.human mind that is either missing entirely or present still but somewhat impaired and slower. (Depending on the person with autism) Unfortunately NT people often attribute this to the autistic person having no 'sense of self' as psychology calls it IE right/wrong/personal boundaries/limits etc.. (which can actually be true in the most severe cases and this is unfortunately not TOO dissimilar to psychopathy.) HOWEVER... a person with Alexithymia may have absolutely NO malevolent intent or malice or desire to con and manipulate someone at all.. NONE. But to an NT they just see that lacking of sense of self, that empty space and really sadly and unfortunately for us, they tend to fill it with the worst things.they can imagine. I guess in their eyes, if it were them who lacked those automatic feelings of disgust and contempt and anger and happiness and connection to others IE emotional empathy (100%.of the time I might add - my Alexithymia comes.and goes so I do see.this from.both sides even as an Autistic person) - anyways in their eyes that must be someone who is so deeply unlikable and harbours such evil within themselves or even fucking worst yet sexually predatory behaviour that they have lost all.of their human side to them IE NO self respect (perceived lack of sense of self) and NO connection to others (perceived lack of empathy). This is unfortunately a tragic common occurrence in otherwise well adjusted, mildly autistic people who also have Alexithymia. When in reality none of those things are the case.. they just don't have an emotional "sense of self" that naturally radiates through their own sense of empathy and facial/micro expressions etc. This doesn't mean it isn't there buried deep deep down, or that they are in fact WITHOUT a sense of self... NO. Please stop with this NTs.. they are dissociated deeply from their outward emotional world because they have autism and likely due to combination of constant invalidation by ignorant NT adults during their early childhood and also a NATURALLY HIGHTENED level of empathy (affective empathy/emotional contagion). That burns them out so quickly so they learn to dissociate from their true emotions and develop secondary Alexithymia. Hope somebody sees this.. although I told my own story above. It will ring true for many other too who have been misunderstood their entire lives (by most people) I cherish the ones who see through me to my good soul. Love them 😊❤️

[@jeanetterichardson7378]

It was great to hear from you Ian. You described things very well. Great information 😀

[@dianemckay9750]

Thank you, Ian. I learned so much from you. You are awesome and brave. I'm trying to learn as much as I can as I believe my 2-year-old grandbaby has autism and will be tested this month. Watching your family and listening to you all has been a lot of help to me. God bless you all and thank you.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you Ian! Appreciate you sharing your experience and your knowledge with us!!!

[@katiehill6434]

So in love with your channel. Your family is absolutely amazing. I love how you shed light on Autism and are transparent about your, as well as your family member’s experiences with it. I truly feel like there’s a stigma when it comes to Autism, and you, as well as your family are helping bring light to this condition. Autism is a broad spectrum, and it is nothing to fear. Thank you to you and your family for being so positive and informative ❤️

[@SamdEh]

I’m always so impressed by Ian. His progress makes me very happy and I loved the way he explained. It makes me feel like I’m not alone experiencing certain feelings and I’m sure he will make others feel the same

[@donia1]

I love this so much. This helps me to help my 12 year old son. I appreciate Ian so much. He did so well at explaining, and I love the way he tells us the facts. This gives me hope!

[@marjanvermeulen9753]

Hi Ian! Well done! You explain it so well. I can tell somerhing about my meltdown's, but not so good as you can. I can tell you as an adult with autism and having meltdown's, it will be never over. I learn a lot about meltdown's, because of you. I follow the channel for many years. Thanks, Ian. A big hug from the Netherlands. 🇳🇱😃❤️🇺🇲

[@saraht4973]

This is a super talk Ian, congratulations to you. And be thankful for your parents

[@ThatPaintingLass]

Great job Ian! I it was really nice to hear a breakdown of the different meltdown’s, and hearing what you love about autism and don’t love so much

[@archiedeeandtherv4060]

Ian! You did so good making this video!! 🎉 I love watching, I have a grandson who has autism You and you family give me hope! ❤ thank you! 😊

[@mjrose6606]

Thanks Ian! That was super clear, helped me get clearer on my meltdown triggers.

[@berglettemom6045]

Thank you, Ian. You did a great job explaining this.

[@user-eg8ht4im6x]

Ian, thank you for this, it’s really helpful. You have explained how all these different things so well.

[@trisor01]

Hello to all , I really want to thank you for all the video and help from you, for the hope and for the wonderful way you are , I have a 4 year old kid with autism,watching , listening you is a hope for us . Thank you so much

[@shykat9188]

Thank you for your knowledge. Best wishes in all your ventures.

[@darkchipz3016]

After I started watch your channel since last year, I found that I'm masking all the time, you guys do a really good job for take care of your kids, all of you are amazing I'm agree what Ian said in this video, he is such an amazing person

[@_SHa2024]

Thank you for sharing Ian! You're fantastic, well done! :) This helps us understand others.

[@josettejoy6003]

When he said "Anxiety Meltdowns", it got me thinking about my experience. I've had Anxiety for pretty much my whole life and, because I'm on the higher end of the spectrum, I would typically have shutdowns instead of meltdowns. (A shutdown is where you shut yourself off from the world and retreat into your mind to try and stop yourself from having a meltdown.) Because I'm more prone to shutdowns, it made it hard for me to know if I really was on the spectrum. Could you possibly make a video about shutdowns?

[@AutismFamilyChannel]

Ian has only shutdown a couple of times in his life so we may be able to talk about it but don't have any real footage of it I think.

[@lisapreston2715]

Your son explains him issues very well. His eye contact is great as well. Great job!!😊

[@Link32831]

Oh my gosh! Ian! You’ve grown up so much! I’m so proud! ❤

[@zorbax-treme7021]

This is amazing! Speechless at that matter! Ian's really grown up and I can't believe he's doing this video and making great eye contact!

[@diamondheart9268]

Wow! I’m so proud of you Ian! Listening to your explanation really brought so much knowledge to me about not just Autism, but also gave me ways to help me through my anxiety. It’s something so hard to deal with and even harder to explain to others in my family who have no understanding and think it’s just made up or for attention. I’m trying to work through this so THANK YOU for your amazing vlog. 🙏 Prayers and blessings sent your way.

[@fern1416]

He explained it in a way I've never been able too. Thanks Iain 👌

[@lilybethblair94]

Thank you Ian! This helps me to understand my little son better.

[@ninasunny4159]

What a fantastic video! I really enjoyed watching and getting all the helpful information. Thanks, Ian! When I was younger, I experienced meltdowns every day, too. That was exhausting. I know how helpful a good medication is and I like how you reasonably talk about it! I also like your plans for the future- go for it! I also recall every single skill I ever learned. Lots of love to all of you!

[@windwhisprz]

That was great Ian. Thank you for helping me understand. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and experiences, its important stuff for us to learn. I look forward to your next video! (Btw cool shirt!)

[@angelaking2008]

You are such an inspiration! Love your attitude! You give me hope for my grandson thank you!

[@busygardenmama]

Thank you Ian, this was very helpful!

[@GoldenSun1986]

Ian did this sooo well! What a helpful and well-explained video! Thank you, Ian! I will keep your information in my mind when my son is having a hard time. ❤

[@lizzonthego7069]

He taught me more than other videos! I love it It helped me understand my 9 yr old son i felt lost but now i feel i understand more. ❤thank you

[@wilM26]

Very much appreciated 😊 Thanks Ian 💖

[@jubileekitsune]

Wow this was amazing. Thank you Ian

[@schizochic2828]

I am so proud of your son doing this video. He has much strength. It’s nice to hear about autism from a person with autism to hear from a first person experience. My grandchild was just diagnosed with autism, and I didn’t know about it as thoroughly until I came across this channel. Thank all of y’all in your family!

[@schizochic2828]

@SADIQ IBRAHIM🇬🇧 Thank you. I will check it out. I really like natural medicine , like a lot of people.

[@beanj580]

I just love Ian! Thanks for sharing buddy!,

[@kilIstation]

Ian, this is a very impressive video! You did a great job at explaining autism meltdowns!

[@IslandVibesLife]

Thankyou Ian and your parents❤

[@lindazerstegen8479]

thank you so much its realy good to hear this from you and hear how you feel

[@morningcam6]

Awesome Job Ian 🤩 This video was very informational thank you! 🙏🏽💙

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

Thank you for sharing, Ian. It's really helful to hear about autism from someone who has autism.

[@shoukifong]

Well done Ian. Nice and detailed information. It would help people understand more about Autism. Great work

[@alexanderblueheart5999]

I want to say thank you for making these videos I have autism and I am 19 years old and this has taught me so much more about what autism is and it has also taught me that everyone is unique in their own way😁

[@kathymacellis9478]

Very informative ! Thank you, Ian !

[@catifyfilms2226]

I was hoping to find a good video about teen autism meltdown, and here it is lol. thanks so much for creating thing. i am also a teen and have autism meltdowns.

[@topicsaboutlife7324]

Awwww poor Ian i feel really bad for him 😞 😭 🙏🏻 💕

[@Spikymuah]

Well done Ian. Thx for the Video!

[@princessakashia12]

And I love Ian’s way of how to calm down

[@steffiec6805]

I love how he explains why he loves his autism and im super jealous. I've never been able to just know what I wanted to do. With autism they know exactly what they are interested in and what they want to do until they become absolute experts. I love that!!! I appreciate this video so much! My 6 yr old is level 2, and I'm so excited for his future! Life can be tough, but the strength and resilience these kids have to conquer the world just amazes me! Good job!

[@kathyneff2042]

That was very interesting and informative Ian. You did a very good job concentrating with all that information. I was surprised to hear you call one of the meltdown types as a 'tantrum' meltdown. I've thought that's what I might be seeing sometimes in a person I know, but wasn't sure. Have a great year! And Thank You for doing this video.

[@irenelowe9739]

Great video, very informative, love this channel!

[@bradyholmok8124]

Awesome video! Thank you Ian

[@muklukPL]

Great job mr. Ian Owen. Today i will show this to my son.

[@supercurioTube]

I'm learning about all things neurodivergence after realizing how I also am different and that was really informative and insightful, great video 🙏

[@user-kf1st7vg4q]

I love this video. Please thank Ian for explaining his feelings. It ie very useful. X

[@larapollock2648]

Wow can’t believe how big your boys have gotten and have come along way love from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@carlatroncoso1821]

Ian you are awesome 👏 ❤ thank you so much for sharing this valuable information

[@victoriaswift8822]

Thank you! I can distinguish this with my son, his temper tantrum vs his sensory or anxiety meltdowns. Temper tantrums he receives consequences for, the other two his does not. It's hard to explain this though to others who are not around us constantly. Great explanations!

[@donagaleta]

Young Ian is helping me a lot to understand myself, althought I'm a 54 years old woman recently diagnosed and I am "high functioning". I suffer sensory meltdowns sometimes, because of loud and repetitive noises, crowds... Thank you, Ian. ❤️

[@Slyarno2795]

This can help me with anxiety issues and I have autism and I get these anxiety issues I get annoyed and upset sometimes meltdowns and I try to calm down with help from my parents and have personal space where I can relax thank you ian for the advise it really means a lot to me.

[@sublimegrl72155]

Thanks for the tips Ian!

[@ariajane8695]

Thanks for sharing, Ian! My meltdowns, I get cranky about things because I get worried about something that'll NOT happen but once I get to it, I'm alright

[@hqgirl567]

I’m like that too.

[@christiannielsen3863]

Well done Ian. I am glad you are doing good. You will become a fantastic mechanic I think.

[@siennaprice1351]

Losing things, that definitely causes me some stress. Especially being that I’m blind. I’m totally blind, and autistic. It does affect my autism a little bit, but it mainly affects the blindness more than anything. I also do have a fear of losing people, but I’m really working on this one. The things that calm my meltdowns are my weighted blanket, breathing, music, whether it be me listening to music or me playing music. I also love going outside, and I love swinging. Swinging really helps me a lot. I’ve also been working on going for more walks, and I really enjoy going on walks. I love the nature, a lot. One of my ways of coping is stuffing my emotions down, fighting them, rejecting them, and trying to pretend like they’re not there. People have told me that this is an unhealthy coping mechanism, and I get what they mean, but I guess in other ways I disagree. I think that’s because I found peace and happiness along my journey of healing, my complex PTSD, so I love happiness to the point where I hate struggling. So I pretty much self cope, and I don’t allow myself to feel my emotions. It’s mainly because I’ve embraced happiness and joy and peace.

[@siennaprice1351]

@SADIQ IBRAHIM🇬🇧 does it help with blindness? Does it help with PTSD? Please reply if it does.

[@siennaprice1351]

I also want to point out that my autism is caused by Septo Optic Dysplasia, this also caused my blindness. SOD caused me to be totally blind and autistic. Some of my meltdowns weren’t just because of autism or CPTSD. They were also caused by certain things because of being blind. Like I said above, losing things did cause me to have them, and it’s because I’m so used to having things put a certain way, and if they do get out of place, I do tend to either think it’s gone forever, or that someone stole it.

[@pfister23]

Wow Ian, you’re great in explaining everything 🏅. Your mind is so intelligent. Keep on learning and you will go far in life. 🤗.

[@donnaperales371]

God Bless you honey thank you for letting us know about these things ❤️💙

[@cosmicclan7394]

to ian im happy that your showing people about it and how to cope with it keep up the good work bud your doing grate you have a bright future a head of you good job 👍

[@Thermelani]

You did it fantastic now i understand a lot more about mi meltdowns, thanks ^^

[@puffinman1138]

Great video, Ian! Lots of good info here.

[@bimmer4755]

As a father of an autistic child. I heavily struggle to understand my 6 year olds autism. I truly command you for how well you handled your self with this. Especially the eye contact. Your a very commendable young man. I love my son to pieces . I just struggle to understand it and trying to better understand it.

[@games_bond7221]

I honestly love how his examples show how much you guys understand his struggles yet implement discipline. I really need correlated punishments (sneaking treats = no treats) instead my parents do Sneaking treats = no phone Not waking up in time = no phone Have a meltdown = no phone Not doing what they say = no phone Not going to sleep at 10pm = no phone And so on. It ends up with me getting frustrated because I cant make any mistakes or I will just lose my phone constantly. And having more meltdowns which lead to more punishments which lead to more meltdowns and so on and so forth.

[@nareeeely]

Thank you so much Ian and your amazing parents. With these videos you are helping so many people around the world please keep it up. I have a question for you about the meltdowns Ian, how long do the meltdowns last? Like could be a small 5 second tantrum be normal or is it considered a meltdown?

[@AutismFamilyChannel]

No they last much longer, from around 10 minutes to hours long

[@fionamoed3556]

Wow, well done Ian!

[@muslimah42]

My son is almost 3 still non verbal. This video gave me a little bit of hope that with therapy my son one day will be able to call me mama ♡ and tell me what he likes and dislikes...just get to know him. Ian you have done an amazing job in this video. I know your parents are religious wich is beautiful, we may not understand the tests and trials God puts us through and we may also feel very sad, angry it happens to me a lot worrying for my sons future. But He sees the entire puzzle, we just se a piece.

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Well done Ian you did really well. Very interesting.

[@hyram3]

Nicely done Ian!

[@starlaroth3751]

Thank you !

[@skdhfjushf]

Oh my god. You are such an adult. Be proud of yourself.

[@jgplayz]

He did amazing for not speaking to the camera like this often

[@RingggoDoom1991]

so proud of you Ian in any disability like you and my salf its not easy my disability is intellectual disability and i hate loud noises and sumtime ill do one thing then end up doing nother thing with out realizing . but im proud of you

[@andreaweaver4943]

Dang I feel him. I'm almost crying.

[@lil_crash_out]

Love this video 🙂

[@derekaldrich4887]

Ian is a good person I support him Connor is awesome

[@gracegoff5209]

Good job, Ian.

[@vipermoon_]

Wow that was amazing!!!!!