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AlexWelshman
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01 Oct 2011, 1:36 pm

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01 Oct 2011, 2:10 pm

Mild to moderate to me.

I speak quite differently to that, but we're all different. But I think the ''Autistic level'' he is on is probably around mild or moderate - in other words, high-functioning.

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01 Oct 2011, 2:45 pm

i think its probably Aspergers so mild autism.

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01 Oct 2011, 4:24 pm

Joe90 wrote:

Mild to moderate to me.

I speak quite differently to that, but we're all different. But I think the ''Autistic level'' he is on is probably around mild or moderate - in other words, high-functioning.

What do you mean when you say "I speak quite differently to that"?

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01 Oct 2011, 6:27 pm

Is that a video of you AlexWelshman?

I think it was great and came across well. I would be really scared speaking to a lot of people.

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02 Oct 2011, 3:14 am

AlexWelshman wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

Mild to moderate to me.

I speak quite differently to that, but we're all different. But I think the ''Autistic level'' he is on is probably around mild or moderate - in other words, high-functioning.

What do you mean when you say "I speak quite differently to that"?

I only watched tiny bits of it at first and so didn't quite take in and only judged him by that. But after watching the whole video, I realised that if I didn't know any better I wouldn't have even suspected Autism throughout the video as a whole.

That's a lesson to NTs - never judge a book by it's cover.

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02 Oct 2011, 5:54 am

I think the guy in the video has AS. Is that you, by the way? You're adorable.

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02 Oct 2011, 7:08 am

Tetra wrote:

Is that a video of you AlexWelshman?

I think it was great and came across well. I would be really scared speaking to a lot of people.

Yes it's me. I was scared too

How did you guess it was me btw?

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02 Oct 2011, 7:10 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

I think the guy in the video has AS. Is that you, by the way? You're adorable.

HaHa, yeah it's me. How did you guess?

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02 Oct 2011, 7:24 am

Nice vid Alex, I'd say you're high functioning, the least severe form of autism. You look nice

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02 Oct 2011, 7:34 am

I guessed from your username and then saw you had a post asking if anybody had done public speaking before.
I think you did really great.

How did you get involed with public speaking and do you plan to continue?

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02 Oct 2011, 7:56 am

You did well and looked great.

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02 Oct 2011, 8:04 am

AlexWelshman wrote:

How did you guess it was me btw?

I didn't say anything, but when someone else asked, it seemed obvious. The name on the video was Alex, and it mentions "autism cymru." And it is my understanding that Cymru is Wales. And since you are AlexWelshman, it seemed a logical conclusion to me .

Your talk was great, and you handled it well.

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02 Oct 2011, 8:43 am

Verdandi wrote:

AlexWelshman wrote:

How did you guess it was me btw?

I didn't say anything, but when someone else asked, it seemed obvious. The name on the video was Alex, and it mentions "autism cymru." And it is my understanding that Cymru is Wales. And since you are AlexWelshman, it seemed a logical conclusion to me .

Your talk was great, and you handled it well.

Yes, it is quite a logical conclusion. And thanks. BTW, what type of autism would you have guessed I was after seing this & what level?

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02 Oct 2011, 8:52 am

Well I didn't guess that you were that guy and I wouldn't say you are autistic if you didn't say it.

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02 Oct 2011, 8:54 am

AlexWelshman wrote:

Verdandi wrote:

AlexWelshman wrote:

How did you guess it was me btw?

I didn't say anything, but when someone else asked, it seemed obvious. The name on the video was Alex, and it mentions "autism cymru." And it is my understanding that Cymru is Wales. And since you are AlexWelshman, it seemed a logical conclusion to me .

Your talk was great, and you handled it well.

Yes, it is quite a logical conclusion. And thanks. BTW, what type of autism would you have guessed I was after seing this & what level?

My assumption would be that you were diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. While my immediate impression would be that you are mild, it is difficult to make sucha determination from a few minutes of video. I don't know what you're like when you're overloaded, shut down, melting down, when you have to engage in conversation versus giving a scripted presentation, what kind of difficulties you have with activities of daily living, adaptive skills, self-help skills, and the like. I did note you used a reasonable amount of body language and facial expressions.

I'm sorry if that response is either overly detailed or not helpful.

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