I don't know any. Is there anyone worth following? I'm thinking of starting a few social media pages that will bring more attention to autism. I'm thinking of using an SMM panel to help my social media grow. You can visit this link and see what I'm talking about. I think that it might work.
Can't say I like many of them either. Of course people do talk about their own experiences and that can be vastly different to one's own.
I've done some YouTube videos about my own experience with autism/aspergers. I appreciate the difficulty of talking to a camera about what can be a very sensitive topic. Talking to an inanimate object like a camera can be quite intimidating when you are used to normal human conversations, but it does have the advantage that it will not criticise you or try and argue with you.
I am reading a book on ‘masking’ and it says a research study took place using autistic and non autistic volunteers doing a social media style video clip. The audience was not aware of the neurodiversity but preferred the clips of non autistic people, and when pushed to say why, said they were less socially awkward. The study may have been limited in size but it seems to me likely that the results would be reflected in the wider community. Also it is common knowledge that we autistic people are more likely to struggle with making connections to potential friends.
I have watched a few influencers in action and although they may not have been autistic, I couldn’t find anything to make me want to continue watching them talking about what seemed to me like a load of nonsense. I would be sceptical of anything they say because like other forms of entertainment, it is a performance and they may not be behaving authentically. I understand that others have a more positive appreciation of influencers and it is good to have diversity of interests and opinions here.
Me either. I watch a couple autistic youtubers but they don't relate to me at all so I've stopped watching them as much. One is a lot more lower functioning and lives in supported living and the other I watch is the opposite and comes across as snarky if anyone mentioned his autistic traits even though he built his entire channel on being autistic in the first place! The other ones I watch are from a parents perspective of having nonverbal children with autism and prefer them a lot more - but still don't relate to them.
Yes, there is also such I trusted content on YouTube, but some creators are really good. I also like the channel “autistic not alien”. And I watch a channel in German “Tom Harrendorf Autismus und Borderline”. It’s very informative and I trust this channel. Unfortunately it’s only in German without English translation.
I don’t know of many autistic YouTubers unfortunately. But I did check out Dana Andersen as I saw them pop up on a post here. I have really been enjoying their content and finding it relatable
I value content of Paul Micalleff. The others hmmm I’m careful criticizing in this matter, but I see there is a lot of misinformation in social media about mental health conditions generally. Or I also get impression that some of those influencers kind of make fun of the symptoms that make others suffer. I think YouTube delivers more valuable content about this topic than instagram or TikTok but there we also have to be careful.
I have found it helpful to learn from several autistic YouTubers. I would still be struggling with my diagnosis and accepting it if it wasn’t for learning and resonating with others, including those on YouTube. I completely get some people won’t resonate with some creators, everyone has personal taste and choice.
Self-confident, verbally articulate autistics must represent a vanishingly small minority. Nothing would induce me to sit in front of a camera and talk to random people on the internet. The whole concept of performing is quite horrible to me.
I had a panic attack during German courses, because the teacher asked me to say few sentences spontaneously while I had nothing prepared in my head to say, but I had to say it here and now. I got heart palpitations and crying I had to leave the classroom and go out to breathe fresh air and calm down. At that time (a bit more than year ago) I was still suspecting heart issues. Only now I know I have panic disorders and anxiety. And suspected autism.
I posted something similar when I first joined this forum. Some of them don't seem even remotely autistic, although people here did say that could be hidden by editing and reshooting of segments.
we were supposed to mention one thing that no one would know about us. I'm ashamed to say when it came to my turn I completely lost the plot and hysterically dashed out of the room
Well that is one way to keep them in suspense! I bet they are still wondering what it was that was so aweful it had that effect on you.
There's no way I could do what they do. One of my most awful experiences was being in a group that was supposed to help with (social)anxiety. As an icebreaker we were supposed to mention one thing that no one would know about us. I'm ashamed to say when it came to my turn I completely lost the plot and hysterically dashed out of the room.
