I understood that so well that the video Actually made me cry, and I had to call My best friend. Like, every time I watch certain videos, I cried. She's like, oh, gosh. But I kind of just wanted to hear some outside opinions about if stemming is something, what do you do, and how do you kind of stop yourself from doing it if it is something that you do?
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 3:51
But anyway, I wanted to bring my revelation as a comment, which is, I just realized that there's so many conversations about autism, signs, awareness, et cetera, as it relates to children. But then as you were speaking, I was like, wait a minute, she's an adult with autism, which means, of course, hello. This is going to sound probably ignorant, but I'm being open. Hello
Nouvelle Love
@Nouvelle · 4:50
But when it comes to the resources for adults, the only way a true adult who is autistic can get help and can get resources is if they're on a lower end of the spectrum, like if they have down syndrome or some sort of something like that where the imperative portion is visible. Not much so in the educational department, but they feel like if you have a particular look to you, more so and they can identify it right off the back. Oh, that's down syndrome
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Because when I leave the home, I always have my earbuds in partially to limit the noise, but also to sort of shape frame my sensory experience when I'm going out. And so it's easier to explain someone's behavior away if they're listening to music while they're doing it. Apparently playing games can be stimming. So I play, I don't even remember what it's called, one of those phone apps with candy