Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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, access to the Discord server, and more:
patreon.com/imautisticnowwhat
🐌 If you want to learn more about the Patreon & Discord community, I have a video tour! 🐌: youtu.be/ClgG_9J9cTE
💛WATCH NEXT💛:
Does TikTok Think You're Autistic?: youtu.be/3mXB-xF78_M
The Best Theory of Autism you've probably NEVER heard of...:
youtu.be/3mBbOOzhoGQ
And we had a 'secret' mid-week video this week!:
youtu.be/7WkRHnYuY3A
📹 My Videos mentioned 📹:
The Theory of Monotropism.:
youtu.be/3mBbOOzhoGQ
📒 Sources 📒:
DSM-5 Criteria:
cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html
Mental health issues emerge with shifts in autism traits across childhood:
spectrumnews.org/news/mental-health-issues-emerge-with-shifts-in-autism-traits-across-childhood/?utm_source=Spectrum+Newsletters&utm_campaign=16b4ab58d2-DAILY+20230927+WEDNESDAY+%28SEVERITY%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_529db1161f-16b4ab58d2-169149038
Changes in the severity of autism symptom domains are related to mental health challenges during middle childhood: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37691349
ABA Therapy Autism Speaks:
autismspeaks.org/applied-behavior-analysis
Screams, Slaps, and Love: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/autismhistoryproject/archive/screams-slaps-and-love-a-surprising-shocking-treatment-helps-far-gone-mental-cripples-1965/
SOME GENERALIZATION AND FOLLOW-UP MEASURES ON AUTISTIC CHILDREN IN BEHAVIOR THERAPY:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1310815
Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3571656
Restricted and Repetitive Behaviour in Persons with Autism (Ages 0-18): An Integrative Review of Treatment Related to Occupational Therapy:
researchgate.net/publication/320436478_Restricted_and_Repetitive_Behaviour_in_Persons_with_Autism_Ages_0-18_An_Integrative_Review_of_Treatment_Related_to_Occupational_Therapy
Reduction of restricted repetitive behavior by environmental enrichment: Potential neurobiological mechanisms: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763423002609#:~:text=The%20few%20studies%20examining%20neurobiological,plasticity%20within%20basal%20ganglia%20nuclei.
“It feels like holding back something you need to say”: Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults accounts of sensory experiences and stimming:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750946721001392
Preventing burnout: autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/professional-practice/autistic-burnout
👀 Apparently I have Instagram Now... 👀
instagram.com/imautisticnowwhat
00:00 When did you stop stimming?
05:29 Why are autistic children mentally ill?
09:05 Stimming MAKES you anxious??
11:20 The disgusting history of ABA
15:50 How we're STILL Hurting Autistic children
18:20 Autistic children are ZOO animals?
19:20 Why you SHOULD stim
21:10 We're all in ABA Therapy?
25:39 The BEST autism theory
📖 *Books I'd Recommend about Autism 📖 :
Aspergirls by Rudy Simone:
amzn.to/3xSZ6Mg
Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):
amzn.to/40fKx2m
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price:
amzn.to/3LhMV3j
*These are affiliate links. The channel will receive a small commission if you buy anything on Amazon after clicking through with this link. There's no extra cost to you; any money will go towards putting out more content. I'd love to post twice a week and put more time into research for these videos. Thank you so much - I really appreciate every like and comment!
DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.
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, access to the Discord server, and more:
patreon.com/imautisticnowwhat
🐌 If you want to learn more about the Patreon & Discord community, I have a video tour! 🐌: youtu.be/ClgG_9J9cTE
💛WATCH NEXT💛:
Does TikTok Think You're Autistic?: youtu.be/3mXB-xF78_M
The Best Theory of Autism you've probably NEVER heard of...:
youtu.be/3mBbOOzhoGQ
And we had a 'secret' mid-week video this week!:
youtu.be/7WkRHnYuY3A
📹 My Videos mentioned 📹:
The Theory of Monotropism.:
youtu.be/3mBbOOzhoGQ
📒 Sources 📒:
DSM-5 Criteria:
cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html
Mental health issues emerge with shifts in autism traits across childhood:
spectrumnews.org/news/mental-health-issues-emerge-with-shifts-in-autism-traits-across-childhood/?utm_source=Spectrum+Newsletters&utm_campaign=16b4ab58d2-DAILY+20230927+WEDNESDAY+%28SEVERITY%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_529db1161f-16b4ab58d2-169149038
Changes in the severity of autism symptom domains are related to mental health challenges during middle childhood: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37691349
ABA Therapy Autism Speaks:
autismspeaks.org/applied-behavior-analysis
Screams, Slaps, and Love: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/autismhistoryproject/archive/screams-slaps-and-love-a-surprising-shocking-treatment-helps-far-gone-mental-cripples-1965/
SOME GENERALIZATION AND FOLLOW-UP MEASURES ON AUTISTIC CHILDREN IN BEHAVIOR THERAPY:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1310815
Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3571656
Restricted and Repetitive Behaviour in Persons with Autism (Ages 0-18): An Integrative Review of Treatment Related to Occupational Therapy:
researchgate.net/publication/320436478_Restricted_and_Repetitive_Behaviour_in_Persons_with_Autism_Ages_0-18_An_Integrative_Review_of_Treatment_Related_to_Occupational_Therapy
Reduction of restricted repetitive behavior by environmental enrichment: Potential neurobiological mechanisms: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763423002609#:~:text=The%20few%20studies%20examining%20neurobiological,plasticity%20within%20basal%20ganglia%20nuclei.
“It feels like holding back something you need to say”: Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults accounts of sensory experiences and stimming:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750946721001392
Preventing burnout: autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/professional-practice/autistic-burnout
👀 Apparently I have Instagram Now... 👀
instagram.com/imautisticnowwhat
00:00 When did you stop stimming?
05:29 Why are autistic children mentally ill?
09:05 Stimming MAKES you anxious??
11:20 The disgusting history of ABA
15:50 How we're STILL Hurting Autistic children
18:20 Autistic children are ZOO animals?
19:20 Why you SHOULD stim
21:10 We're all in ABA Therapy?
25:39 The BEST autism theory
📖 *Books I'd Recommend about Autism 📖 :
Aspergirls by Rudy Simone:
amzn.to/3xSZ6Mg
Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):
amzn.to/40fKx2m
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price:
amzn.to/3LhMV3j
*These are affiliate links. The channel will receive a small commission if you buy anything on Amazon after clicking through with this link. There's no extra cost to you; any money will go towards putting out more content. I'd love to post twice a week and put more time into research for these videos. Thank you so much - I really appreciate every like and comment!
DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.
