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hey i'm dave welcome to my shop i'm dave plummer
a retired software engineer with a reasonably
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popular youtube channel featuring some rather
obscure computer programming topics like the
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secret history of microsoft bob and stupid c
plus tricks and computer language drag racing
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six million or so views later i've got a bit of
a secret to share i've got autism and not just a
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little i mean at one time they might have called
my case asperger's but given his nazi activities
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no one's gonna be advocating for being called out
these days so it's all one big happy family under
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the larger umbrella of autism i've dropped a few
hints to those paying attention with comments like
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uh there might be a whole spectrum of reasons why
i am that way and so on but i've never been plain
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about the fact that i actually do have autism but
how do i know that i have it well because i was
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tested very thoroughly you see when i was first
told that i might have autism i thought it sort
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of laughable because i'm reasonably empathetic
and sensitive and emotional and funny and
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all things that i thought would preclude me from
being anywhere on the autism spectrum so i took
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an informal test about a 10-minute version of the
10-second test that we'll get to shortly and i was
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surprised enough by the results that i booked an
appointment with a top local neurologist confident
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that my warm personality and engaging humor would
make for a short interview the doctor though was
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les blase after talking with me she decided that
a full psychoneurological workup was in order
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including an adult sat an iq test and about 12
hours of other testing as i told close friends
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of this upcoming testing i was fully expecting a
course of what you autistic ah that's silly but
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instead i was met with reactions like fascinating
let us know the results i wasn't sure how to read
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those reactions yet of course when the big report
finally came back i found out that i indeed had
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autism along with a pretty good case of attention
deficit disorder which is pretty typical on the
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spectrum and while i'm considered reasonably high
functioning because of my iq i'm also apparently
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99th percentile meaning only about one in 100
people in the general population is more impacted
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by the symptoms of autism than i am so given
that about 1 in 68 people are thought to have asd
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maybe you can make some kind of fraction
out of that but i'm not gonna try
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the percentile number that you get is really all
they can give you for a severity index besides
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designing a level such as one two or three on
that scale i'd be in between one and two like
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i said it's one big happy spectrum so from here
on out i'm just gonna call it autism or asd for
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autism spectrum disorder so what's the difference
between having autism and having autism disorder
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well in my mind the person could at least in
theory have a little autism by which i mean they
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could have some of the symptoms in concordance
with autism but they don't rise to the level
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of being pathological for them so they don't
constitute a disorder to me the symptoms of autism
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are best described as simple narrow diversity up
until they cause unavoidable pathological outcomes
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that which cannot be accommodated nor easily
tolerated rises to the level of being a disorder
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and while i'm making confessions here i might
as well note that back when i started this
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channel i did stuff with a bit of an ulterior
motive when i first got my diagnosis i kind of
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resented being labeled and i felt like i was
being placed in a restrictive box of some sort
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so i decided to push back on the walls of
that box by intentionally doing things that
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were and are different for me because uncharted
territory is where the most discoveries are made
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similarly doing things you suck at and perhaps
are afraid of is where the most growth occurs
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to that end right before kovid i hosted a big
open house shop party for dozens of friends
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and acquaintances right here in dave's garage i
started writing a book and i started this youtube
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channel i'm one of those folks who doesn't even
like having their picture taken very much and so
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editing yourself in glorious 4k60 on a 38
inch monitor for hours or days at a time is
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some serious exposure therapy and it's also
given me a great opportunity to write about 3
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000 words a week which i enjoy a great deal and to
practice my masking what's masking you might ask
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put bluntly it's the art of acting
normal and i'm still getting better at it
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it's also the subject of just one of the chapters
of the book i've been working on which has just
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been published in ebook paperback and hardcover
it also features chapters on empathy emotions
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mind blindness marriage parenting employment and
many more it opens with my biographical backstory
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and takes you on through the microsoft interview
process getting a job moving to the us and so on
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now the title is a little bit of clickbait
so brace yourself it's called secrets of the
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autistic millionaire because that will make people
click on her on amazon but the subtitle is really
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more accurate everything i know about autism asd
and asperger's that i wish i'd known back then
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basically i wrote down everything i wish i'd known
about autism when i was younger because i wasn't
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diagnosed until just a couple of years ago i grew
up knowing i was pretty damn different but i had
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no idea that it was also normal to be so different
and that it had a name and that there were
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millions of people just like me who experienced
life and thought and emotions in much the same way
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as i did and those people also have asd while
the title might cause one to quite reasonably
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conclude that the book is about financial success
the book is really more broadly about living a
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successful life with autism however you define
success when it comes time to talk about your
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life's purpose i even have venn diagrams with
three levels of overlap so you know i'm serious
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the book then is how to live your life with
the benefit of my hindsight take what i know
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about education and parenting employment and
business and so on and apply it to your own life
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and that's where the title comes in the book isn't
solely for those with autism though it's also
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intended for those who love live with work with or
are friends with someone on the spectrum as well
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no matter where you find yourself on the spectrum
if you're in the tech industry knowing all you can
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about working with folks that have asd is only
to your benefit i consider both what it's like
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to be managed by a manager with autism as well
as how to best manage an employee with autism so
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both perspectives are adopted and i take the
same approach in the marriage chapter for example
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i'd should be flattered if you check out at
least the ebook free sample on amazon and
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i've put links to it as well as the paperback
and hardcover in the video description
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nothing would make me happier than having
many of you pick up the book especially if
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it all happened in the next week or so in order to
really kick-start the book's visibility on amazon
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and don't forget to leave a review if you do
why do i care because promotion of this book is
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entirely up to me you see when i was a young lad
i thought that a book publisher would get you on
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talk shows and feature your book on billboards
and magazines and secure reviews and even sell
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the movie rights and so they will if your name
is stephen king but for new authors like me it's
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totally grassroots and so i don't have a big
rolodex if you know what i mean but i do have you
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and to that and then i'm asking for your help in
kickstarting the marketing of the book of course
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picking up a copy of the book helps a great deal
as does recommending it to friends and family
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and i'd love it if you could post it on reddit
or facebook or any other place that you might
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participate in that has an asd focus or even an
audience that would make it appropriate to do so
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and if you happen to be neighbors with oprah
or ellen or joe rogan or donahue or whoever is
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relevant these days by all means please do let me
know how to get in contact with the right people
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i don't even know where to begin in that regard
or if you work for an agency that has that kind
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of pull email me i need your help i could also use
quotes from famous people for the back cover and
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so on i have a nice one from dr temple grandin but
it'd also be nice to have a quote from somebody on
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the spectrum in the tech industry for example and
so if you know someone i don't know anyone hook
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me up now in the thumbnail i promised you a 10
second autism test and i surely won't disappoint
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i even think it's uh pretty accurate but of course
even if it were there would still be a huge number
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of false positives and negatives and that's why
it took them more than 12 hours of testing on me
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to get a real answer so it's entertainment value
only and if you're interested in a screening test
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for real i've placed one in the video description
that's still only a crude test but better than the
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10 second version i'd wager if you're genuinely
concerned contact the medical professional and
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they can connect you with the right specialist
i found that my testing was all covered under my
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insurance but if you wanted a copy of the report
as i did that generally was not but check with
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your policy or your agent to be sure so with those
disclaimers out of the way if you're ready we can
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begin sharpen your number two pencil and get ready
to answer a single question and that question is
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which is more important to society creativity or
cooperation your answer shall determine your faith
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as a gross generalization i found that
neurotypical people generally lean towards
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cooperation whereas those on the spectrum tend to
offer creativity i've heard autism referred to as
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the technology genes and i think that notion has
some merit i would imagine that a hundred thousand
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years ago a teen tribe member became bored with
the idol fireside gossip and wandered off to
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try to make the perfect arrowhead with a rock
and some flint with the flare for anticipating
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how it would fracture in a personality that
demanded symmetry in all things this tribal
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tesla may have been one of the progenitors of
the gene set that contributes to autism today
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as temple grandin has speculated without
the genes for autism we might still all
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be socializing around the campfire now does that
mean i believe that creativity trumps cooperation
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well for several years i actually did until one
day i realized there's something that's even more
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powerful than either and that of course is both
in combination a society sparked by the creativity
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of a few unique individuals and then fueled by the
dedicated cooperation of the neurotypical we don't
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all need to as steve jobs put it think different
but it helps a great deal if at least a few of us
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do as you can tell from the lack of new content in
the last two weeks wrapping up the book publishing
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has taken a substantial part of my time but i
don't want it to become a big part of my persona
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if you know what i mean and so it's not something
i'm going to focus on with this channel a great
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deal and to that end i've created a channel called
the autistic millionaire to accompany the book
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if you enjoy my content in general or you
just have an interest in asd in particular
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please do head on over and subscribe to the
autistic millionaire channel so that you signal
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your interest to the algorithm i'll be doing a
reading of the first few chapters beginning with
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burgers with bill gates the story of the first
time i ever met bill make sure you subscribe
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to the autistic millionaire channel for everything
asd related as i'll be returning to your regularly
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scheduled c plus tricks and language drag racing
here soon don't forget to grab yourself a classic
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dave's garage mug from the channel store with all
proceeds from this channel in calendar year 2021
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including views and mugs going to the uw autism
center i'd sure appreciate a thumbs up on this
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video to let me know if there's even a bit
of interest and even give it a thumbs down
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if i annoyed you with it i'm curious about that
too thanks for joining me out here in the shop
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today in the meantime in between time i hope to
see you next time right here in dave's garage
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