Helping Parents and Therapists Cope with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Susan Sherkow | TEDxYouth@LFNY

See you go backwards spending more time on how it happened. It’s here. It’s now. Please put down the microphone and hand it to a real person.

Get the best remedy to improve your child’s autistic condition from doctor Oyalo as his herbs have helped my child improve in speech and social skill very well.

Never heard such rubbish in my life

My child was so playful and verv interactive since 1year of using doctor Oyalo herbs ….and now he is verbal and also improve in social skills, he can now communicate, recite alphabets and numbers..he started reading out alphabets and nmbers correctly

you are seeing these kids from your nuero type mind.
we do not work that way.
sorry.

My whole family disowned me for being Autistic.

This may describe SOME presentations of autism, but definitely not the full range of possibilities. Not all autistic kids are aversive toward physical connection and affection. They are super loving, sweet, clingy, and have very close bonds with their mothers. These are the ones who have difficulty separating for going to school, have difficulty making friends bc they expect the same physical and emotional affection from kids that they get from their mothers. They think peers don't like them if they don't receive the attention and affection from peers that they get from their mother. So they live in a constant perceived state of rejection by peers, when it's not actually peer rejection, it's the autistic child's inflexibility and errent social expectations.

A psychiatrist would naturally have this bias, as these are the ones who are "problematic" at home and come to her office for help.

Am Judy from Kenya qualified caregiver with children with special needs

This is nonsense.

Wow! Really out of date!

I got this herbal remedy from Doctor Apala and the herbs herbs have helped my child improve in terms of speech, he called papa/mama, he has eye contact now up to 80%, he now respond to name when called. There is a massive improvement in him and I’m happy............................................

my opinion on the explanation is: It is not an underdevelopment, IT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY UPDATE

To people who like to vent about how much your autistic children, students, or patients drive you insane and make you miserable: You have NO idea how much anxiety, frustration, self-loathing, loneliness, and sadness many of us have to go through nearly every single day, partially because of how you talk about us when we aren’t around. Believe it or not, most of us on the spectrum are fully aware of how much of a “handful” we can be for you, and we feel deeply ashamed and guilty as a result. We care about your hardship and suffering as much as you care about ours (the people who claim we are generally incapable of empathy or feeling the pain of others are full of s%;t). If we could stop doing the things that stress you out so much, we absolutely would. But just like a man with severe paralysis can’t simply get off his wheelchair to lessen the burden of those taking care of him, we simply cannot “stop being autistic” as much as we would love to make things much easier for you. If it’s wrong to complain about having to look after someone with physical disabilities, then it’s also wrong to complain about caring for people with developmental disabilities as if you are the true victim. Yes you are dealing with A LOT, you are being pushed to your limits, your patience and resilience is being out to the test; but if you truly and genuinely care about us and not want us to feel like worthless parasites, then stop talking about us as if we are a constant source of pain and stress and headaches. We may not be there when you talk about us like that, but we can hear you. And it not only hurts us A LOT, but it completely contradicts you telling us that we are “fully loved and embraced for who we are” and are “not a burden in the slightest.”

WTF is wrong with this title?? Its as if autism is a detriment to everyone except the autistic themself. Resources should go to autistics directly; or else they will not create sustainable support structures. Too bad the industry is so busy preying on desperate parents of autistics and would rather disabled kids be seen not heard.

The one thing I wish I that I could see my male 18 year old Autistic actions, emotions, interactions from my mom’s, my 2 best friends, my friends parents, who absolutely love me, perspectives. That’s all I want. And I try with my own mom but it feels impossible. I can’t tell you how many arguments we’ve had and it’s always ended with her saying, “You’re acting Autistic again.”
And I tell ya, being an Autistic kid who’s just trying, and failing, to help you see his point of view, I guarantee you that I will never feel as angry as I did in those moments. Being reminded you’re different is not the right thing to say in even the best situations. I feel so lost.

Thank God for the relationship and bond me and my five yr old son have. Hes non verbal autistic and some things are hard but hes affectionate and loving and our bond is so strong.

You guys are blessed that Max can talk.

Great info. Speaker is stimming from side to side as she delivers this awesome speech.

I work in childcare and I never caught the signs of autism in my now turning 7 year old son, but my colleagues at work did. The diagnosis shook me but it answered so many questions to his behaviour. Delayed language, some difficulty in emotional regulation and processing some social situations and fixation in spinning things. But on the other side, he loves connecting with people, loves hugs and cuddles, loves his Pokémon, Anna and Elsa, his soft toys and his trains and marble mazes and processes new things quite quickly. He’s considered on the lower end of the spectrum but the support of his OT and SP during his Telehealth sessions really really help and having understanding teachers also help. I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world.

Neurotypical people be like: “Autism doesn’t allow people to develop.” me: and who made you the expert on people you no nothing about?! Let me guess another neurotypical person who agrees with the “I am autism” video that autism speaks made? In the words of "ASD to ASD” “the real experts on autism ARE autistic”

Does anyone know what can help reduce that high pitch buzz/ringing when the video is playing? (Windows)

I am so depress before pregnancy...and now it's worse and I have an autistic toddler to raise ....

How about how to help the autistic person herself huh? We are the first who have to adapt to a world that's not made for us....

I find it offensive that you think parents and therapists have to 'cope' with us. Are we so intolerable that this kind of negative, pathologizing language is necessary? The Double Empathy bind indeed.

My son has been diagnosed with mild to moderate Autism. Now that I'm back in his life I intend to do the best for my son in terms of his social & educational development. Let's see what happens. Chin up.💪😇

Just found out today my son has asd.

It's been hard to find good content on understanding autism. So much of it is rambling on about whatever but this was good, thank you.

I have PTSD, a son with ASD and ADHD. And on top of that I have a thyroid condition that affects my emotions in random ways.
Stress makes my health worse, my health affects my ability to regulate my mood, my mood affects my ability to manage my son's autism. I feel so alone in my situation with no support, no one to notice that I need help too.
I feel so lost as a mother and a person 😩

this did not help me much. i have a non verbal toddler. anyone have recommendations of any other video

It’s so hard

I am proud to be autistic and I know it it is a gift 🎁 😊 (true quote)

Susan sounded so out of breath during this talk, it gave me anxiety more than teach anything 😣 Felt like I was out of breath at the end of this video from listening to her breathing

I hope she no longer calls it ASD as it's not a spectrum or a disorder. It's just autism.

The stress and anxiety made me sick…😢😢😢😢😢 My family don’t care… What advice do you have for mothers that have health issues and trying to raise autistic child?

i feel when you use the word disorder you make it sound like some things wrong with them

Watching this crying bc I'm a mother of a 5yr old autism son.

I have 2 boys 19 and 22 who both have been diagnosed with autism. My youngest has gone manic to the point of not going to sleep for 2 or 3 days then will crash for a couple of hours then wakes up once again. Both my kids are non verbal. Can anyone offer advice?

first of all keep these little pukes off the internet

I am 22 years old and autistic. My parents are strict. Parents of autistic children, stop yelling at your special needs child! That is verbal abuse. Police will stop you.

I have multiple children on the spectrum and felt like I finally understood my kindergartner today and how she has been introducing herself and saying that today is her first day of kindergarten all year.