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The Alltistic Podcast Episode 9 - Should Autistic People have to Compromise on Pizza Toppings? r/AITA

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 9 - Should Autistic People have to Compromise on Pizza Toppings? r/AITA

Lewis and I are responding to more autism-related Am I the Asshole posts this time! We also discuss a 'bin meal', pineapple on pizza (and pineapples left unattended overnight?), and eating food you found on the floor.

And we found the yoghurts!!!! They suddenly appeared in the fridge πŸ‘€ M...

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The Alltistic Podcast Episode 8 - AITA for calling my girlfriends autism β€œcute”?

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 8 - AITA for calling my girlfriends autism β€œcute”?

We're getting the autistic AND neurotypical perspective on some AiTA posts this time! One guy wonders if he's fetishizing his autistic girlfriend. Another doesn't want to risk having kids with his autistic partner's genetic material.

Plus an update on our living situation and landlord woes ...

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Q&A, Relationship Advice, Collabing with other YouTubers & some oversharing rambles πŸ’›

Q&A, Relationship Advice, Collabing with other YouTubers & some oversharing rambles πŸ’›

How should PE be adapted for autistic people? Are pets too demanding? & more!

Thank you so so much for continuing to support me here! I'm so grateful to you. Lots of exciting things to come (well, hopefully you'll find them exciting!)

If your question/problem wasn't chosen, don't ...

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Remember, I'm not an autistic person

An important disclaimer /J

A few little outtakes from this video for my snails: https://youtu.be/6anb9WItjh4

I usually post these for the pathologically kind tier only, but accidentally made it available to all paid ...

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Should we FORCE People to get an Autism Diagnosis? r/AITA

Should we FORCE People to get an Autism Diagnosis? r/AITA

I thought I’d break up the two upcoming book review videos with an exclusive AiTA (which came in second place on the lost poll!) πŸ’› Some of you were keen for more of the usual reaction stuff!

Do you think you owe your family members a diagnosis (or at least researching autism in order...

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I'm officially Queen B*tch of the Internet! Yay!

I'm officially Queen B*tch of the Internet! Yay!

An incredibly talented Patreon Snail and graphic designer made this inspired by one of the best hate comments I've received so far!

If you missed the video where I reacted to negative comments, including the one that inspired this design, here it is: View Post

Q&A Submissions!

Q&A Submissions!

Photo of little me (& Baby Born) for attention!

As well as an autistic advice video, I want to do a more general Q&A soon. Feel free to submit questions down below, direct message me, or send them to advice@imau...

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πŸ’› Choose the Next Exclusive Video πŸ’›

The Orion Kelly book review was just uploaded! For the next exclusive 'reaction' video I'm going to review Ellie Middleton's book, Unmasked.

But what would you like to see after that? 🐌

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AUTISM FEELS - Reading & Reviewing Orion Kelly's Book

AUTISM FEELS - Reading & Reviewing Orion Kelly's Book

Another exclusive Patreon video for my lovely snails! I read Orion Kelly's book!

Here's a link if you want a copy to read along with me (it is an affiliate link, so if you use the link, I'll get a tiny commission at no extra cost to you. But if you'd rather buy it elsewhere, feel free!): View Post

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 7 - How our School Experiences Differed Part 3 Allistic vs Autistic

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 7 - How our School Experiences Differed Part 3 Allistic vs Autistic

SURPRISE!! We're Taylor Swifting you with a double podcast!! Make sure you've heard episode 6 first (well, do want you want, but it'll make more sense πŸ˜‚)

We're focusing on the 'joys' of high school this time!

We discuss learning to speak toddler French, the big students' revolt at ...

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The Alltistic Podcast Episode 6 - How our School Experiences Differed Part 2 Allistic vs Autistic

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 6 - How our School Experiences Differed Part 2 Allistic vs Autistic

Part two of going through our school experiences! If you missed part one, you can find all of the episodes in the 'Collection' on Patreon.

I cried laughing at Lewis' magic trick story, but the secondhand embarrassment HURTS πŸ˜‚

A lot of this feels super personal, but I know you're al...

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She's Autistic, but I CAN'T tell her? + Unmasking Advice.

She's Autistic, but I CAN'T tell her? + Unmasking Advice.

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The Alltistic Podcast Episode 5 - How our School Experiences Differed Allistic vs Autistic

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 5 - How our School Experiences Differed Allistic vs Autistic

I still haven't remembered what I was going to say at the start πŸ˜‚ RIP Meg's thought.

School toilets, jam doughnuts, and being 'gift & talented'.

Here's a bit of info about how UK school works if anyone overseas gets lost!: 2024-03-18 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose the sixth episode of the Alltistic Podcast!

The 5th episode will be how our school experiences differed...but what should we do next? We're hopefully recording both tomorrow, so vote fast, snails! 🐌

& Happy Mother's Day to all of the UK mothers on here! πŸ’›

P.S. IT SHOULD SAY 'MOMENTS' NOT 'MOMENT' but Patreon won't let...

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🐌 Podcast! 🎀

🐌 Podcast! 🎀

We're going to record and post 2 podcast episodes this week! One will be how our school experiences differed (autistic vs allistic), and I'll post a poll for the second.

Are there any topics you'd like to see on the poll? πŸ’›

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πŸ’› Choose Next Month's Exclusive Video πŸ’›

So we have the Orion Kelly book review incoming soon!! But what would you lovely snails like to see after that? 

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Autism and Relationships Part 2

Autism and Relationships Part 2

Is it ever too late for autistic people to be in relationships? Are autistic people better of with other autistic people? 

We're answering patron submitted questions!

We answered more on the main channel too!: https...

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The Alltistic Podcast Episode 4 - How I discovered I'm Autistic & How Lewis Felt about it

The Alltistic Podcast Episode 4 - How I discovered I'm Autistic & How Lewis Felt about it

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!! (I don't if anyone is excited enough about this for all caps, but I'm doing it anyway).

After a delay due to a cough that just refused to go, we have episode 4 of the podcast! Episode 5 will be coming in the next few days, so don't worry, you won't be waiting another f...

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The WORST Stock Footage I have ever seen...

The WORST Stock Footage I have ever seen...

The moment you've all been waiting for (maybe).... reacting to the weirdest stock footage I've found while editing! I've been collecting it for a year now πŸ˜…

Do you fear the syringe? Do you like Fanny Piggy's trendy jacket? 

This month's video will be reviewing Orion Kelly's bo...

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Discord Giveaway Results!

Here's the video announcing the Discord giveaway results! We'll definitely have more giveaways in the future, so don't worry if you didn't win this time around. 

And apologies that this spinning wheel is so unpleasant to look at πŸ˜‚

Winners, please contact me with which delivery...

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Discord Giveaway!

Discord Giveaway!

To celebrate 100,000 subscribers on YouTube and to say thank you so much for your support, I'm running a little giveaway on the discord server. 

You can find it in the announcements channel! 

If you haven't managed to connect to discord yet, this link might help: support.pat...

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Podcast Update

I have a bad cold so will have to postpone recording the next podcast episode for a few days. I couldn't put anyone who has misophonia through the sounds I'm making right now πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­ I worry enough about mouth sounds when I'm well πŸ˜†

It'll be about how Lewis felt about my diagnosis - hop...

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Autism & Relationships Q&A

Autism & Relationships Q&A

I want to post a little relationship Q&A with Lewis at the start of Feb. I'd love to include some questions from patrons! If there's anything you want to know, feel free to leave it in the comments here πŸ₯°

P.S. There were many better photos I could've posted here, but Lewis took issue...

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Will my Autism Diagnosis be Valid? | Autistic Advice #3

Will my Autism Diagnosis be Valid? | Autistic Advice #3

Don't worry - it's not all about Christmas πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­ I was a bit ambitious thinking I could edit this before Christmas! But when you're PDA, any day can be Christmas, right? Except Christmas Day, maybe πŸ˜†

Thank you sooo much for sending these in and I hope you're all doing well! Lots more ...

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IMPORTANT WOODEN SNAIL ANNOUNCEMENT!

He has a little protective sticker that you need to peel in order to see him in his true glory!! It confused me too at first, don't worry πŸ˜…

Enjoy my narwhal PJs πŸ₯°

If you have any snail issues, feel free to message on here or email advice@imautisticnowwhat.com or post over on Dis...

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🐌 SNAIL UPDATE 🐌

🐌 SNAIL UPDATE 🐌

And they're off!! UK snails should start arriving shortly, if they haven't already! πŸ’› For the UK, it's 2nd class so it could be up to 2 weeks, but hopefully Royal Mail will behave. 

Here's me enjoying the sparkly packaging envelopes (and the giant box they arrived in, apparently. I ...

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πŸ’— Choose Next Month's Exclusive Video πŸ’—

We have the weird stock video clips reaction video coming for this month (I can't wait!! Stock is bizarre!!), but what would you like to see after that?

Sorry if you hate decisions as much as I do! It's always so hard to narrow down. The options will all come back around, I'm sure 😊 View Post

A School for Autistic Girls ONLY?! | Would you go here?

A School for Autistic Girls ONLY?! | Would you go here?

We're back in the fuzzy jumper!! πŸ’— Crying this time, apparently!

What do you think of this place? Would you have liked a school with JUST autistic people?

Thank you for choosing this one in the poll! I feel like you always pick the one I didn't know I wanted you to pick. Next...

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Choose the fourth episode of the Alltistic Podcast!

What shall we ramble about in January? 

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The Alltistic Podcast Episode 3 - Taking the MQ with my Husband! Neurotypical vs Autistic Scores

 The Alltistic Podcast Episode 3 - Taking the MQ with my Husband! Neurotypical vs Autistic Scores

Is Lewis monotropic? Is Lewis a camel? All the big questions are answered here!

If you missed my video taking the MQ, you might want to watch that first: https://youtu.be/D_8xGTFLfdo

Here's the test: 2023-12-15 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post