4 hrs 31 mins | PSYCHOLOGYAutism – that’s being able to count matches really fast and knowing that 7 August 1984 was a Tuesday, right? Well, no. In this book, Bianca Toeps explains in great detail what life is like when you’re autistic.
She does this by looking at what science says about autism (and why some theories can go straight in the bin), but also by telling her own story and interviewing other autistics. Bianca talks in a refreshing and sometimes hilarious way about different situations autistic people encounter in daily life. She has some useful tips for non-autistic people too: what you should do if some...
Autism – that’s being able to count matches really fast and knowing that 7 August 1984 was a Tuesday, right? Well, no. In this book, Bianca Toeps explains in great detail what life is like when you’re autistic.
She does this by looking at what science says about autism (and why some theories can go straight in the bin), but also by telling her own story and interviewing other autistics. Bianca talks in a refreshing and sometimes hilarious way about different situations autistic people encounter in daily life. She has some useful tips for non-autistic people too: what you should do if someone prefers not to look you in the eye, why it is sometimes better to communicate by email, and, most important of all, why it is not a compliment if you say: “But you don’t look autistic at all!”
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 0.0 Opening Credits |
0 mins 13 secs |
| 2. | 0.1 Preface |
1 mins 26 secs |
| 3. | 0.2 Intro: Invisibly different |
2 mins 21 secs |
| 4. | 1.0 An alien in Tokyo |
1 mins 20 secs |
| 5. | 1.1 Circus horse |
2 mins 02 secs |
| 6. | 1.2 Autism according to the DSM-5 |
6 mins 06 secs |
| 7. | 1.3 The Theory of Mind |
6 mins 30 secs |
| 8. | 1.4 A double empathy problem |
3 mins 47 secs |
| 9. | 1.5 The Intense World Theory |
5 mins 37 secs |
| 10. | 2.0 The DSM and I |
0 mins 19 secs |
| 11. | 2.1 Social stuff |
0 mins 16 secs |
| 12. | 2.1.1 Is everything alright |
5 mins 32 secs |
| 13. | 2.1.2 Look at me when I'm talking to you! |
4 mins 53 secs |
| 14. | 2.1.3 I'm not here to make friends |
5 mins 23 secs |
| 15. | 2.2 Behaviour and overstimulation |
0 mins 23 secs |
| 16. | 2.2.1 Echo! Echo! |
2 mins 18 secs |
| 17. | 2.2.2 Rituals and patterns |
5 mins 02 secs |
| 18. | 2.2.3 Trains vs ponies |
3 mins 17 secs |
| 19. | 2.2.4 Stimuli |
1 mins 18 secs |
| 20. | 2.2.4.1 A list of sensory stimuli |
9 mins 16 secs |
| 21. | 2.2.4.2 Thoughts |
3 mins 15 secs |
| 22. | 2.2.4.3 Understimulation |
1 mins 45 secs |
| 23. | 2.2.5 Executive functions |
5 mins 12 secs |
| 24. | 2.3 Masking and the autistic burn-out |
3 mins 13 secs |
| 25. | 2.4 Significant limitations |
0 mins 58 secs |
| 26. | 2.5 It's not secretly something else |
0 mins 43 secs |
| 27. | 3.0 Let's get chronological |
0 mins 10 secs |
| 28. | 3.1 The Pink Tower |
7 mins 49 secs |
| 29. | 3.2 From first grade to Disneyland |
11 mins 18 secs |
| 30. | 3.3 Toeps the accountant |
7 mins 49 secs |
| 31. | 3.4 The eating disorder era |
5 mins 34 secs |
| 32. | 3.5 Take two |
3 mins 15 secs |
| 33. | 3.6 A conversation with my father |
8 mins 38 secs |
| 34. | 3.7 Toeps the fashion photographer |
11 mins 08 secs |
| 35. | 4.0 The diagnosis |
0 mins 09 secs |
| 36. | 4.1 Out of a cereal box |
2 mins 20 secs |
| 37. | 4.2 The questionable history of Dr Asperger |
6 mins 58 secs |
| 38. | 4.3 After the diagnosis |
2 mins 48 secs |
| 39. | 4.4 Danielle's story - a late diagnosis |
7 mins 04 secs |
| 40. | 4.5 Sander's story - looking for help |
5 mins 47 secs |
| 41. | 4.6 Ups and downs |
3 mins 11 secs |
| 42. | 5.0 Boundaries and limitations |
1 mins 25 secs |
| 43. | 5.1 Melissa's story |
3 mins 15 secs |
| 44. | 5.2 Pushing boundaries |
5 mins 32 secs |
| 45. | 5.3 Plans versus options |
4 mins 20 secs |
| 46. | 5.4 Stomach aches |
4 mins 40 secs |
| 47. | 5.5 According to the norm |
7 mins 42 secs |
| 48. | 5.6 About coaching |
21 mins 02 secs |
| 49. | 6.0 Nothing about us, without us |
0 mins 57 secs |
| 50. | 6.1 Autism mums |
8 mins 48 secs |
| 51. | 6.2 #ActuallyAutistic |
6 mins 24 secs |
| 52. | 6.3 Zjos' story |
2 mins 40 secs |
| 53. | 6.4 Christina's story |
4 mins 26 secs |
| 54. | 7.0 Eight things we don't want to hear anymore |
0 mins 32 secs |
| 55. | 7.1 But you don't look autistic at all |
4 mins 27 secs |
| 56. | 7.2 Are you sure you're not an Indigo child |
3 mins 44 secs |
| 57. | 7.3 Didn't your mother love you enough |
2 mins 21 secs |
| 58. | 7.4 I always colour coordinate the shirts in my closet |
1 mins 29 secs |
| 59. | 7.5 Everybody wants a label nowadays |
4 mins 02 secs |
| 60. | 7.6 I don't believe in labels, you're just you |
2 mins 43 secs |
| 61. | 7.7 You're not autistic, you have au-tis-m |
3 mins 37 secs |
| 62. | 7.8 It's probably because of the vaccinations |
0 mins 12 secs |
| 63. | 8.0 Epilogue |
5 mins 40 secs |
| 64. | 9.0 End Credits |
0 mins 15 secs |
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