Yesterday, Dr. T and I recorded the last official Ask Dr. Tony Program. Sorry for the surprise ending, but as you already know, we're hoping to actual be retired at some point. So together, we decided to hangup our lavalier mics after this filming. Thank you for being such an incredible audience for the last 17 years. You consistently supplied us with challenging questions of life on the spectrum. In fact, in addition to providing the content for the 70+ Ask Dr. Tony Programs, your queries were also the basis for 2 books, my favorite being Been There. Done That. Try This! I also just noticed the Autism Hangout channel has received over 1.7 million views.
Our goal has always been to help us all "Thrive with Autism." Hopefully, someone else might step up and keep the community connected and engaged in this manner. We wish you all well and hope perhaps we will connect again sometime. Thriving with autism IS real. Keep the faith.
Subjects Addressed in this Episode:
The 10 Most Important Autism Discoveries: 1 - The Voice of Autism: Advocacy - 3:53 2 - Adaptations to Autism: Faking it - 5:33 3 - Going Beyond Friendship: Relationships, Family - 8:40 4 - Aging and Autism - 11:33 5 - Employment - 14:30 6 - Neurotypical Damage Control - 18:00 7 - Emotion Regulation - 20:02 8 - Autism is a Different Way of Thinking and Learning - 24:21 9 - The Autistic Community - 27:15 10 - Autism + (plus) - 29:22
Three Coming Positive Developments 1 - Managing Compulsive Behaviors - 31:55 2 - Managing ASD and ADHD - 33:54 3 - Developmental vs mental disorder - 37:01
Don't forget, the AI-assisted search tool at the front of Dr. Attwood's webpage. From it, you can locate excerpts of any subject/topic from the entire Ask Dr. Tony program database. Here's a link: https://www.searchdrtony.com
