What a lovely neurodivergent family. You 2 are parenting really well and your kids are doing great. One thing I noticed is you have lights that flicker 6:21. There is a very strong likelihood that at least one of your family members is being affected by this. Dimming LED lights can often cause flicker and a lot of LEDs flicker as there is no current international regulations in place to stop light manufacturers from making LEDs lights that flicker under 2kHz potentially causing health issues (like migraines, malaise etc) for individuals highly sensitive to "invisible" light flicker (even though they bought a regulation in for fluorescent lights for the same exact issue). As we can only easily consciously see flicker below 60Hz it is often hard to tell when a light is still flickering at a potentially harmful frequency. The easiest way to check if a light is flickering is to hold a phone camera up to a light about 5-10 cm away from the light bulb (not the fixture) and see if (when the camera's auto exposure is enabled which is usually by default) the light will streak/strobe across the phone screen. I personally have found that Philips Eye Comfort range of LEDs do not flicker (unless dimmed). I have also found every brand of smart RGB light I could find flicker, which is extremely bad as they can alternate colour flickering which is even worse for health. Here is an article from the IEEE detailing the issue bio-licht.org/02_resources/info_ieee-pem_2014-09_led-flickering.pdf
Super interesting thank you for your thoughtful observation and advice. Will check the link out soon. We've since moved and don't have the flickering light anymore which is great
A good friend of mine has a son who shows the same signs as your son, lovely smile very energetic and playful, but I believe this is what causes her to think he cannot be on the spectrum. What’s the best way to encourage an evaluation without being intrusive?
Ahh yes this is a tricky one. You could wait for a good opening in a conversation, where she brings up Autism and you could make a general remark about how so many children are getting Autistic diagnosis' that worth checking out even the smallest of symptoms. Some people get very defensive in these situations so you need to tread lightly, saying things like "he might not be Autistic or even if he is it could be very mild and nothing to worry about." (Even though I personally thing Autism isn't something to worry about) Im not sure whether you could tell her about my video and how it reminds you of her son, or whether that would offend her? Everyone reacts differently to things. If she's sensitive about things you might be better off not saying anything and waiting for her to come to the realisation her self.
What a lovely neurodivergent family. You 2 are parenting really well and your kids are doing great.
One thing I noticed is you have lights that flicker 6:21. There is a very strong likelihood that at least one of your family members is being affected by this. Dimming LED lights can often cause flicker and a lot of LEDs flicker as there is no current international regulations in place to stop light manufacturers from making LEDs lights that flicker under 2kHz potentially causing health issues (like migraines, malaise etc) for individuals highly sensitive to "invisible" light flicker (even though they bought a regulation in for fluorescent lights for the same exact issue). As we can only easily consciously see flicker below 60Hz it is often hard to tell when a light is still flickering at a potentially harmful frequency. The easiest way to check if a light is flickering is to hold a phone camera up to a light about 5-10 cm away from the light bulb (not the fixture) and see if (when the camera's auto exposure is enabled which is usually by default) the light will streak/strobe across the phone screen. I personally have found that Philips Eye Comfort range of LEDs do not flicker (unless dimmed). I have also found every brand of smart RGB light I could find flicker, which is extremely bad as they can alternate colour flickering which is even worse for health.
Here is an article from the IEEE detailing the issue
bio-licht.org/02_resources/info_ieee-pem_2014-09_led-flickering.pdf
Super interesting thank you for your thoughtful observation and advice. Will check the link out soon. We've since moved and don't have the flickering light anymore which is great
@@candidlymish that's great 😄
Such a beautiful family
A good friend of mine has a son who shows the same signs as your son, lovely smile very energetic and playful, but I believe this is what causes her to think he cannot be on the spectrum. What’s the best way to encourage an evaluation without being intrusive?
Ahh yes this is a tricky one. You could wait for a good opening in a conversation, where she brings up Autism and you could make a general remark about how so many children are getting Autistic diagnosis' that worth checking out even the smallest of symptoms. Some people get very defensive in these situations so you need to tread lightly, saying things like "he might not be Autistic or even if he is it could be very mild and nothing to worry about." (Even though I personally thing Autism isn't something to worry about)
Im not sure whether you could tell her about my video and how it reminds you of her son, or whether that would offend her? Everyone reacts differently to things. If she's sensitive about things you might be better off not saying anything and waiting for her to come to the realisation her self.
We should definitely collab on a video together xD