| I wanted to talk to you about being able to | | | | ADD or ADHD because of some autistic behavior. |
| recognize the adult autism symptoms that some | | | | Autistic people will tend to repeat things and push |
| people may exhibit. Adults don't actually develop | | | | the conversation back to an old subject over and |
| autism, but in a lot of cases many people are not | | | | over again. You may view that as an inability to |
| diagnosed and grow up without actually knowing. | | | | pay attention, when it really is the repetitive |
| Of course, the likelihood of finding an adult with | | | | tendencies caused by autism. |
| severe autistic symptoms is quite rare. It is | | | | Adult autism symptoms expand further when it |
| possible for a person with mild symptoms to | | | | comes to the repetitive nature of the person. |
| make it into adulthood without a medical | | | | You may view them as a person with |
| professional knowing that there could be an issue. | | | | obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). You may |
| Often it can be misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD. I | | | | see them doing the same repetitive things over |
| think it is very important to be able to recognize | | | | and over again. Naturally you'd assume OCD, but |
| adult autism symptoms because it makes you a | | | | it could quite possible be an autistic tendency |
| more effective person when communicating with | | | | coming out. |
| them. | | | | Another symptom you may notice is that they |
| If you look at the severe cases of autism that | | | | could disassociate themselves from everyone. |
| make it to adulthood, there are a lot of big | | | | They could be closed off from the group and not |
| warning signs that will alert you to the problem. | | | | want to participate. This is a very common |
| The obvious ones are communication problems. | | | | behavior of autism. They maybe able to perfectly |
| They might not be able to speak to you or even | | | | communicate, but they still lack those basic |
| listen to you properly. You may feel frustrated | | | | capabilities of relating to others. You may have |
| that you're investing into a conversation with | | | | viewed them as a shy person or a bit of a loner, |
| them, but they're not reciprocating. Often adults | | | | but it could be an autistic behavior. |
| with severe cases won't be working a day job. | | | | I'd like to finish by explaining to you that these |
| It's even more likely that they can't properly take | | | | are just basic views on adult autism symptoms. |
| care of themselves and require assistance from a | | | | As you can tell, a lot of regular people can have |
| loved one or professional. | | | | these behaviors. There are shy people in this |
| The adult autism symptoms of a more mild case | | | | world. There are people that always bring the |
| are a little harder to see, for the average the | | | | subject of conversation back to something |
| person. Normally if they're function in the real | | | | because they're genuinely interested in the topic. |
| world, they have the basic skills of communication | | | | It's important not to assume that someone has |
| to function. You may notice that you feel they're | | | | autism, just to be aware of it. |