I'm 12 and just got diagnosed with Asperger's. At first I didn't believe it, because I could go to a normal school and live my daily life normally. I can relate very well to Connor and his symptons.

thanks for this video. I'm high functioning like Connor and have all the same traits as him. I'm also usually mistaken for a normal kid due to my work and academic process being great, even though my motor skills have declined, and my social skills non existent. So, I can feel you guys.

Thank you for this video. As a parent of a toddler that is "borderline on the spectrum". Watching your family brings alot of positivity and awareness.

I was trained not to stim (rocking), how to not speak in a monotone manner; and periodically look at people's eyes (I look at their mouths, nose, and foreheads). All of the hiding traits is helpful for the people around us, but it causes anxiety. Masking is needed to move around in society, but it is at a cost of internal stress.

My daughter is a lot like Connor. The toe walking has improved, but she often ignores kids at school, and prefers to play alone. Being an autistic girl looks a little different as well and often gets missed. Thanks for your videos.

My nephew is very high functioning. He's VERY similar to your son. Thankfully we noticed early and taught him that it's ok to be you. We've been blessed to find a great school (public school, in regular classes) that he now thrives in. Thank you for putting putting these videos out to educate people in such a thorough way.

Love this video Even my son's special education teacher labels my son as something other than autism because he is very high functioning. The ignorance even extends to medical health professionals, teachers, therapist, etc. Very insightful video. Thanks for sharing!

Eye contact is like kissing a stranger..please don't force it.

Wow this is fascinating … I used to do so many of these things growing up & it’s only now I tested myself to see if I could be Autistic. I used to constantly fidget with my hands I remember training myself to stop & once flapping my arms around in a panic attack, always sensitive to noises & things. I really did teach myself to mask - everything. It’s strange how I remember walking around tip toes. I always had poor circulation & bad gut troubles which developed into autoimmunity, I struggled to read without feeling nauseous! Things started improving when I changed my diet… and then when I looked to reverse autoimmunity & heal my gut. I did 4 years of research & wrote some books - all symbolic so I could remember & see clearer how things work. I was astonished I was able to read books , and became less anxious. Trauma set of more stress in my body so learning to destress & feel safe was valuable & I came across this book which just confirmed more things I already learnt in other books. Gut & Phycology syndrome by Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride It’s a great book as the woman who wrote her son had Asperger’s. I thought it was a great view point.

You two are such wonderful loving parents.

I am so thankful for you. A blessing to the world. It can be so lonely and highlights our insecurities… as parents etc.

Thank you for educating people about the spectrum.

Appreciate your honesty … your a great dad!

I feel so sad that Connor feels he needs to mask. He doesn’t. There’s millions of people out there who would literally not even bat an eye if he was stimming. As someone with sensory issues and severe OCD that manifests physically into misophonia and repeated physical ritual behaviors, I know the torture of trying to mask stimming… it’s literal torture and I just with Connor knew he didn’t need to inflict that torture upon himself, especially not because of other people…

The off and on again thing makes sense, I really only avoid eye contact if I'm already upset or stressed and it's probably common

Eye contact is overrated. I am 50 & still avoid eye contact. When it is forced, it was distressing. Looking in the general direction is enough if want to give the impression that listening. I actually listen better if don't make eye contact & doodle.

Thank you so much for sharing ❤ your kids are amazing!!!

Hi Autism Family! My name is Hadley Elizabeth, and I'm a 12 year old female on the spectrum. Throughout most of my life I had meltdowns every day after school, had no friends and avoided being around other people. I used to have big stims when I was alone but did my best to hide them at school and in public. Because I was a girl I was just written off as "shy." Now, I've been diagnosed with low support need autism and I am so grateful to have found this channel. Thank you so much for all of your videos. I love you guys, and I hope everything is still going well.

I am so grateful for your videos. Thank you Connor, I appreciate your sharing your life and thoughts about Asperger's. My son is 33 years old and has dealt with bullying and cyberbullying throughout his life. Our greatest challenge has been in helping him with discernment. He takes everyone at face value and assumes they all have his best interest at heart. Unfortunately, being "gullible" seems to attract into his/our lives people with malicious and even criminal intent. We have worked through the stemming, twitching, looking away to avoid eye contact, and shirts inside out - these actions are not "bad" but different. Society pushes for sameness by ostracizing those who are different. And yet, it is our differences that make who we are so special.

Thank you for sharing.

0:23 if anyone said that to me, I wouldn’t even know how I’d react. Keep up the amazing parenting of your amazing children ❤

Hes finding a way to overcome certain problems he recognizes.

Very helpful

I liked how the way Ian was singing

“Rolling”….I love that answer! Lol

Thanks for the video. How did you work on the language? My 4 year old son is also diagnosed with Asperger's and he is way behind in language compared to his peers.

What a sweet family.

Im not the parent, but i find the term Masking, to implie hiding.

This is exactly like my son. Still havent got a diagnosis yet but he does alot of these things daily. Mostly hand flapping and not interacting with his classmates. Most people dismiss me when i tell them i think he has asd. They don't see what we see at home. He is struggling a bit in school though and the teacher has noticed walking on tip toes. He is very talkative at times and his construction skills are awesome.

I've had people think I'm retarded, but I have high functioning autism, and I can do a lot of things.

I have autism and I tend to be klutzy too. Its like i trip over everything

I stub my toes semi-regularly and I still can't tie shoe lances at the age of 18. I really like this channel and I commented on lots of your videos.

People with Autism hid it to fell safe for many reson and for me i think it to stay clam then break down.

My girl hides it and people really misunderstand her. I, as her mom, really worry about her.

Thank you❤

I used to masked in middle school until when I started a new school I felt comfortable of who I was

I would recommend getting feet braces, it will definitely help the toe walking. Just maybe go to your local paediatrician or the doctor and see if you can get any or talk to any therapist and just see if it's the right fit!!💞

I have been shouted at for not responding to teachers in school and i never talk unless i am on a discord call with a person and i HATE eye contact and evern tho people have been trying to make it better including me is staying the same. Ive had to leave my classes quite offen because the volume gets to over welmbing and i am 14 right now and my spelling age is 6 and my readying age is 7 so quite bad apparently but i lesrn stuf quicker than most people apparently for egsampl my mums friend introdused me to a game with over 200 rules and stuf you need to do and i rememberd all of it after 1 game a we didnt p.ay it agwin until a month later and i ended up getting double his score and hes Played alot more thwn me 😅 keep the good videos up and idm if you only upload 1 video a month as long as the chwnnle dosnt die i am ok

Stimming is NOT doing something wrong.

I have autism I need blue tack to help me with my hand

connor is the cutest kid

❤️💙

How old is Connor now? Did he have speech delay? I think my son is HF he’s 8 now in mainstream school and had dramatic improvement too initially diagnosed moderate but he also has global developmental delay dx plus in the pandemics he didn’t have speech therapy 😢hope he can get as good as Connor.

When I was bored as a kid I would walk my hand across a table with two fingers. When something was loud enough to cause anyone hearing damage over long periods of time, I would cover my ears. This is all it took to get me diagnosed with Autism. I don't want it. I want the diagnosis revoked. I have ZERO ANYONE to relate to about this.

i pretend my fingers are spiders and when it was i think 2020 i used to do it when i was 8 or 9 and also i used to hand flap but now its just when im exited i jump up and down and hand flap and also i used to stand on my toes and used to say im taller and when im choosing what breakfast i want i stand on my toes to this day Edit: in school i hit my leg if im upset or really exited or at random times and i dont make eye contact 2nd Edit: and also i think i mask cause most people dont know or see 3rd Edit: i have meltdowns sometimes 4th Edit: i hate really bright lights and also i have black ear defenders cause i hate loud noises

I have the same kind of autism as Conner

Nice video how old is Connor how are his academics in class some autistic can be above average does he do good at math or science

Hey my name is Bethany I have a autism to

I have 2 questions to ask you from your enlightenment about this disorder ..So can someone get off the spectrum? Also this is a social disorder when does individuality, confidence factor in?

Notice a lot of fast food.

Sweep under what rug

0:27 they do

I hate my family. Everyone of them laughed at me for autism side. There's add in there with odd because of the raw 90s comedy. Comedy Central and my stupid family should get married.

Dam... Im afraid that i may got autism

I can’t stand that scream 😞

Bro really out here grilling his kids like a talk show host

Pleaaaas we neeed tradition with arabic