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I went to state grammar school for 2 years then begged to go to boarding school. 15-20 in my class. Very academic place. Best thing that happened to me. Privileged that my family could afford private education

Not every autistic person can hide their autistic traits, that's not a universal autistic experience. Pupils should not be made to wear the sunflower lanyard if they don't want to, but many autistic pupils will be unable to hide their disability whether they wear the lanyard or not. It's important to remember that the whole autistic community isn't low support needs "high masking."

I tested at 215. My non-autistic wife tested 115. It appears to be pretty accurate.

Love the music at the start! Love Pierre's stand-up and can't wait to read the book. Already ROFLing at the bits before the interview 🤣🤣🤣 had planned to catch it live but ended up having a 6-hour Discord chat with a friend so thank you for making this available 🙂

As a former teacher, if staff need to identify pupils with additional needs such as SEND then it's not rocket science - using something like a seating plan with a note of what needs are present in a class is a pretty effective and importantly, discrete solution. This reminds me a bit of how pupils receiving free school meals can be made to unnecessarily stand out using things like quite obvious vouchers instead of a discrete credit on their account for the canteen.

10:35 A major thing is it's not about the label, it's about being able to understand yourself better, and being able to find others like you.

But you can't be autistic, you look at me through the screen when I'm watching you 🥴👌🖖

My dude! You’ve met sir Brian May. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Oh yay, another stupid video with stupid points for me to debunk. 1. They were never forced to _wear_ the lanyards. They simply had to carry them, and only if they had SEND. _Not_ just for having a disability. 2. Nobody was ever forced to reveal medical information. The lanyards did not have that information on them. They function in the same way as bathroom passes but for disability accommodations. If you can't see how a lanyard system or similar needs to be implemented for disability accommodations or else the accommodations could be abused by non-disabled kids, then I don't know what to say to you. 3. The idea that the lanyards are what would "out" the kids as disabled is utterly ridiculous and stupid. Kids can tell when a classmate is disabled or different in some way without anyone ever telling them directly. You think kids don't notice when a child is stimming, has emotional outbursts, is allowed to get up out of their chair and walk around while the other kids have to stay seated, or has communication issues? 4. If you would still insist that the teachers should just _remember_ all the kids who have special needs and what those needs are, shows you are absolutely _clueless_ about just how overworked teachers are. My mother was a teacher in the UK for 15 years. It literally almost killed her. The comparison of this to nazi Germany is also deeply offensive and tone deaf. You haven't got a clue.

Missed the interview, so I'm grateful for the recording. I have to ask: do all Brits pronounce it "ur-I-nals"? Americans pronounce it "UR-i-nals".

It's like we're great danes in a china store! 😅

I'm clumsy, dropping and tripping over things! With the whole 'walking into things' too! 😅 As a child my school would call the authorities because I would have lots of bruises and sprains when I showed up - my poor parents had to defend themselves frequently - But eventually it all got straightened out. 😮‍💨 As I'm getting older, I realize how problematic being clumsy is because falls for us older people could potentially be fatal...

0:20:00 Interview starts 1:30:00 Book giveaway draws (congratulations Rodrigo and Dandori for winning copies of Pierre’s book!)

Damn, I didn’t think this would be so long

Sticky!!! 🤢

When you started listing those quiet spaces and how adults react to kids in those spaces my heart sank. I was both undiagnosed autistic and experiencing abuse at home, so finding those kinds of hiding spots was my #1 leisure activity at school. I was a Good Kid TM so I didn't usually get in actual trouble when caught, but I was always made to feel as though I was doing something wrong. Aside from school, my second home was our church and I felt like I had more freedom there. I was the best at hiding in plain sight and emerging when ready to the "hey where were you??" of my friends.

I started watching your videos as they provided valuable perspectives during my recent diagnostic journey, so firstly, thank you! Secondly, your voice has always sounded so familiar and it suddenly hit me today - it's Prof. Brian Cox! Maybe you've heard that lots already...apologies if it's old news. But If you ever feel like saying 'the vastness of the universe is mind-boggling' - or something equally Prof Cox-esque that would be awesome.

Viscerally upset about the post suggesting that a child lining up their toys is disordered behavior and you should just keep thwarting them in their aims/enjoyment ☹️ HHHATE

23:22 I never understood that. What connects autism awareness with national flag of Mauritius? Maybe designers are just proud patriots of their country (for those, who don’t know - here’s flag of Mauritius -> 🇲🇺 <-)

I had a great-uncle that decided he didn't like being around people, and permanently moved into the woods. His sister would bring him groceries, phone messages, and mail at agreed upon times (so he didn't have to go into town). It was a solid plan.

My favorite reply to "how are you?" is "sleepy". Solidarity with all my working class folks, and assholes tend to just shut up.

19:02 me: “oh, did I have challenges expanding my play skills??……” Mike: “f off, [lining up your toys] doesn’t mean that!” Me: 😅phew

We have a cheery (slightly manic) answerphone message my daughter recorded ages ago: "Hello, you've reached the sprite that lives in our telephone. There's nobody who can answer your call right now, but please _do_ leave a message, because I love to pass them on!" My reasoning (when I'm in) is, if they can't be bothered to leave a message I'm definitely not going to answer; if they do I'll consider it. Every week or two we'll check the messages to see if there's anything important.

I wear the sunflower lanyard when I fly because I know that my autistic traits can make me read as "suspicious" to security, especially since I stim more in high stress situations. I don't know if it helps but the last times I've flown I went through security without any problems.

I've never seen your work before. I have a metric. If I get to the end of your video and think "awww, it's over!" then you don't get just a thumbs up, you get a subscription. That content was brilliant!

19:58 This! And by the way, I always thought that Piglet is some kind of rag doll, but that thing on him is supposed to be a jumper? Oops...

So you better get ad bucks for this vid - I was washing dishes and one of those, “I’m a doctor and I’ll tell you the secret for (fixing/curing/reducing) X, if you just stick with me” ads came on. So I let it run, because doing dishes, but 20 minutes later that ‘doctor’ (who was not like those social influencers who don’t have medical degrees, I’ll have you know) did manage to tell me about their self-medically tested cream (as you know that is the scientific method all cool docs use: make cream, test on self, yes is good! Sell! Miracle cure accomplished!), but had not managed to finish talking about the horrors of - dark spots - and so I had to turn it off. Still, at the very least you are getting this comment, which will hopefully help boost the vid. Also, well listening I couldn’t help thinking in a world without autism there would not only be a noticeable lack of interesting collections, but I also imagine the section of the store with miracle creams, like the one I ‘learned’ about would be just as large, but hopelessly disorganized. In fact, would the store even have sections? Products definitely wouldn’t be in lines. Perhaps we would just throw them all in the bin.

The internet ate my comment. In regards to the brain dopamine and serotonin machine being broke, it reminded me of my friend, that during a mathematics exam she burst out into song. She sung: The Internet is for Porn. Realized she sung it out loud, she just giggled and smiled and continued her exam, but her brain would not let the song go. Her brain kept up the entire exam. She has such a charming personality to be able to do that. No idea what the other exam classmates felt our thought of her little serenade. As for BG3, I love rangers and druids. I tried to start a dark urges campaign, with Asterion. I could not take it and gave up by the time I got to the Druid Enclave. One of my first obsessive interests was Winnie the Pooh and I have a little collection of plushies, books in English and Danish. I had a bigger collection before I moved form the US to the EU.

5:29 Oh, hey! I'm on year 8 of my 3 year retreat into the woods, so where does that put me? 😁 I will not go back! They can't make me. ☺️