I have Autism

[@kellybradburn4301]

So unbelievably proud of my daughter. Please share the hell out of this and leave positive feedback thanks

[@sallakolehmainen4535]

I was diagnosed today at the age of 23. Keep up the good work^^

[@darceylauren]

Salla Kolehmainen amazing! And thank you :)

[@sueworthington6750]

So very proud of my granddaughter Darcey and her friend truly inspiring for anyone suffering from this disability

[@stillaweezerfan]

this was the best thing i've seen all week. i love being autistic. i wish i had a friendship like yours, you are so lucky to have each other and be fully authentic.

[@jedsanford7879]

Provisionally diagnosed at 38 by my LCSW. Thanks for this. videos like these made me really see how much of a spectrum it is.

[@chrissame]

Wow! Great vid guys! Get that info out! A fellow female Aspie here! So many people see us and say "Oh but you dont look Autistic!" So sick of that. keep on spreading awareness! I subbed!

[@darceylauren]

Through the Telescope! Thank you!! X

[@carole-annejones8949]

Loved it girls! Especially the "bloopers"! Get that message out there! So bloody well done! xxx

[@darceylauren]

carole-anne jones thank you! X

[@sr6154]

Well done girls! I was diagnosed in May of this year - at age 65!

[@Alessandra.Rezende]

Loved your video girls. So authentic. Yes, we need to share this information around the world, I am close to 50 and recently learned I might seriously be an aspie, I’ve lived my live untill here quite normally to other people’s eyes. Energy ups and downs and hypocrisie and social lies and incoherences are unbearable to me and I’ve always felt something might have been wrong in me and not in the majority, but now I actually love my integrity and authenticity and now I stand up for my right to be who I am, and I am proud to be part of the aspies team, and not forgetting we are so smart and open heart, and that is a divine gift that comes with it😃 I am an empath too and I do believe all aspies are in different levels. Thank you beautiful souls

[@TheDawnFox]

Hey, I just discovered the channel, I’m really happy to see other aspergers sharing their thoughts and experiences about this particular condition. I am 24 and I am aspergers too, I discovered it around a year ago and I can tell you it’s been a complete relief, It answered a lot of questions I had when I was young; I always felt like I was not a normal person, some behaviors were not normal according to my family but we never got the proper answer for it till a year ago. Keep it up girls, let’s share the world we exist. Have a good day 👍

[@HenrysAdventures]

Interesting video! As a guy who has aspergers it was interesting to hear about it from a girls point of view. I never say I have at and on the odd occasion I do people often don't believe me unless I boar them by talking about trains!

[@elianayocheved770]

Cool video. I too am an Aspie - diagnosed and all. I'm 23, was diagnosed at 16/17, and I still mask. It's exhausting and I hate doing it a lot because people oftentimes don't believe that I have it, and therefore have higher expectations for me when it comes to socialising.

[@jackyalty3590]

Thankful to see this video. It is necessary for this information to be shared...I have a son with high functioning Asperger's (who masks a great deal too) but I have friends and family (females) who are affected and haven't been diagnosed formally - sadly have and continue to suffer with the expectations placed on them as they journey through life. Keep on sharing whatever insights you have in order that we can help the experiences of others. x

[@wronglayerbutok]

I got diagnosed at 17 (yikes), and I would have probably been diagnosed waaay sooner if the differences between girls with ASD and boys with ASD were acknowledged in the diagnostic criteria etc. It is a spectrum, and it isn't being represented as such. I'm a woman, I'm not obsessed with trains and I barely passed math, I basically only see the opposite of me being represented in the media. Thank you for the video. Thinking about making a video about it myself actually, but heh, executive dysfunction stops me every time.

[@darceylauren]

enxvictoria yeah they told me I was mild but that was because the criteria for girls is completely different to boys and I hide it very well! And you should deffo make a video if you want to as it’ll spread more awareness...it took us days to film this cos of our slow thought processing haha but with editing it’s fine I guess :)

[@The_Kestrel]

Well, I learnt something. Good going! Liked, Shared and all that good stuff. Interesting discussion.

[@thatrunningirl]

Me too, late diagnosis in my 30s, life is sooo much better since knowing 😅😅😅 sending love and understanding 💙💙

[@jurisprudentiapublishing6462]

Brilliant Video!!!!! Please share more and more of these videos....It gives so much hope and inspiration to all of us who have or know someone with aspergers!!!! It is fantastic to see both of you so happy and laughing in the video!!!!! Well done to both of you and to your families who have obviously done a fantastic job raising both of you!!!!!!!!!

[@darceylauren]

Jurisprudentia Publishing thank you so much!

[@BlogdoBenOliveira]

Nice video! Thanks

[@FMA12Gage]

Excellent video :)

[@diannajohnston5737]

Thank you for this video. We have started the diagnostic process for my daughter, she is 11.

[@darceylauren]

That’s great! Hopefully your daughter will get some sort of diagnosis or explanation! It always helps to be given an answer for everything :)

[@curtisthacker6803]

First of all, great video, it's interesting to know how similar some girls with Asperger's are to me, as it seems I actually relate more to your experiences with it than most guys that have Asperger's. I have Asperger's as well, but unlike a lot of guys with Asperger's it's not necessarily obvious to most people because as I've gotten older I don't display the obvious traits as much. The obvious downside of that is that unless you've told someone you have it, they don't always know how you're going to perceive some situations and interactions differently. Like even though I've known some of my best friends at university for over a year now, there are still (admittedly quite funny) moments, where they genuinely start to doubt that I have Asperger's. Also, I really do agree that education on people with ASD is too centred on boys with very severe and obvious traits. Unfortunately it is likely one of the reasons why support and understanding for adults and teenagers past school leaving age is much worse in general, as nobody gets educated about the rest of the spectrum.... One final note: I actually feel really bad for laughing as much as I did about you expecting ice cream and getting CAMHS...

[@darceylauren]

Curtis Thacker hahaha thanks! And yeah I think we realised after making the video that boys can also display similar traits and hide it too. Considering Asperger’s was discovered quite a long time ago, its still not understood well! Hopefully things will change soon :)

[@a8lg6p]

I'm like this too; I relate to the "female" pattern a lot. I always knew something was wrong with my brain, but I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD-PI until I was 21, because I have a high IQ, so I had no trouble with school. Teachers just thought I was shy. I saw psychologists/psychiatrists and have an MA in psych, but never would have a clue I could actually literally have Asperger's/ASD if it weren't for KZbin. Finally realized it at 37. I put SO much effort into trying to improve my social skills... It's been my #1 "special interest". I should be freaking Rasputin by now. Instead I think I just seem often seem like a confident, outgoing guy, but a bit aloof, self-absorbed, etc.

[@artfulsaladdodger]

You're so much braver than me. I was diagnosed at 16 even though both my parents were special needs teachers. The ed psychs said my parents were seeing their work in their home life. I'm 34 now and i can honestly say that I have never met two people with AS that were exactly the same. Have you read "Coping" by Mark Segar?

[@darceylauren]

TheTheartfulsaladdod I haven’t read that book but I’ll have a look for it. And yeah, I know a few other people with it but haven’t stayed in contact through differences so yes we are quite lucky. However it was through our clinician that we met each other!

[@fnicole9437]

proud af💖

[@kellymolenaar530]

I use to collect… children 😂 thanks for the video! I was diagnosed late, age 26 (this year). Grew up with one communal narc parent, who still to this day blames my autistic traits on my diet, sleep, not “thinking positive” etc and belittles my sensory overload “oh get over it” “you need to learn to not be so sensitive”, the other parent was totally absent, but now I have been diagnosed I have the tools to create a safe, stable life for myself, thanks to videos like this my reality is finally being validated, I’m DYING to be my authentic autistic self! But I have a lot of work ahead of me trying to tear down the walls I’ve put up to protect myself… regardless it’s a path I’m happy to be on 😊

[@darceylauren]

So glad to hear this! And great that you’ve been diagnosed now and progressing in life 😊 thanks for your comment!

[@welcome12ization]

Really enjoyed this and I hope to buy the book and read it ASAP. I was diagnosed age 21, which I understand is not unusual for girls (10 years ago now). I had social interaction problems all through my schooling, and did not integrate into groups. I had 1 friend at primary, but that was not until the last few years, and we often broke up because I could not ''share'' friends. At secondary, I actively began to mask, and made one friend, but she said I was too clingy and unfriended me. The next friend unfriended me because I did not speak enough. I had a lot of anxiety and developed OCD. I was also very interested in Kate Winslet and babies (to point of obsession), but no one knew at school as kept it hidden. Primary got me assessed age 9, and they identified an uneven skills profile, interaction problems, huge discrepancies in skill, motor problems, etc. But that was the 90s - autism knowledge was sparse. I was on the SEN register in year 6/7/8, but then came off it, despite still struggling. No one seemed to care that I had no friends. My parents helped me with everything school related - camouflaged the issues I faced. Was only when my OCD made me almost housebound that I got my diagnosis after I asked for referral at CMHT (my parents suspected Asperger's since age 12, but I was in denial and they were wary about labels, but that was because there was no knowledge, and these days they wish I was diagnosed earlier, as do I).

[@darceylauren]

Autism's individual thanks for sharing your story :) sounds like it was a tough process, but at least you’ve been diagnosed now!

[@tonywilcock3392]

Simply brilliant

[@MrRailjunkie]

I was diagnosed at 14 in 97 which even for a male like me back then wasn't that late as there was much less known back then & harder to even suspect autism in someone.

[@icklesquish89]

Well done ladies! I used to work with Fiona and she's lovely

[@diannajohnston5737]

What are the things or issues that you dealt with when you went home?

[@darceylauren]

What do you mean?

[@diannajohnston5737]

@@darceylauren Milly mentioned she was having struggles at home, I’m just wondering what kind of struggles? What sorts of things do you think I could do to help my daughter at home? She masks very well at school, but come home exhausted. As a result she’s short tempered and angry at home. Just wondering what your home life experience was like?

[@darceylauren]

Dianna Johnston yes that was the same with me back at school which we never knew was part of my autism until later. Any problems at home for me were usually due to spontaneous plans, family communicating with me when I don’t want to or hugging or touching me in general, and when I’ve had too much social interaction. Some ways to help your daughter that help me even today is that when I feel overwhelmed or I’ve had days of socialising, i tell my parents I’m in “recharge mode” and they know to leave me alone. I think it’s just about establishing boundaries, like after her school if she feels too overwhelmed and angry, she could let you guys know in some way and then everyone knows to leave her alone until she’s ready. Making plans ahead of time is also good :)

[@darceylauren]

Dianna Johnston When you’ve been masking and socialising all day long and putting on an “act” for others to then come home to more socialising with your family, dinner at the table (if you do that) and no time to recharge is what usually makes us angry and distressed, so that’s why it could be good for your daughter to either put a sign on her door to say she’s recharging or needs time alone, or any other type of way she can let you know

[@diannajohnston5737]

@@darceylauren the sign for her door is a fantastic idea! Thank you!!

[@dynamicdigi1678]

how come you're clothes changed?

[@darceylauren]

dynamic digi1 took two days to film lol