Educational project “Autism Through Autistic Eyes” – video pages with Ivan Yaroslavtsev and Alena Akulova about life with ASD, sensory sensitivity, adaptation, family, stress, support and the lived experience of an autistic person.
Project Participants
- Alena Akulova – founder of the educational project TDP Space; in the project, she facilitates the conversation and connects a professional frame with respect for lived experience.
- Ivan Yaroslavtsev – project participant who shares his own lived experience as an autistic person, including adult diagnosis, sensitivity, adaptation and everyday support strategies.
Episodes
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 1
Interview with Ivan Yaroslavtsev
0:00 Introduction and motivation for the videos
8:40 Ivan’s story and diagnosis in adulthood
15:35 Ways of adapting at different stages of life
24:30 When did he begin to understand that something was different?
31:15 Hypersensitivity in parents and children. Finding oneself and adapting
33:40 Comparing childhood and adolescence
35:47 Question: how to help a teenager with socialization
39:55 Question: what to do during a child’s autistic meltdown
43:35 Question: school years and being in a classroom
49:07 Closing and discussion of next topics
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 2
Digestive and gastrointestinal difficulties in autistic people.
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 3
Digestion and stress
0:00 Heartburn in autism
7:17 Interoception and hyposensitivity
10:01 Difficulties with self-care
14:16 Stress and overeating
17:05 Sleep and melatonin
17:30 Diet and alcohol
22:22 The vagus nerve and stress
23:10 Practical advice for children and parents
25:10 Question: how to calm a child’s meltdown?
48:03 Closing
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 4
Increased sensitivity in autistic people.
0:00 Who these meetings are for
1:22 What hypersensitivity is
1:49 Introduction
3:35 Hypersensitivity and difficulties related to ASD
16:46 Support through massage and touch
20:45 Ways to cope in everyday life
24:03 Can it be treated with medication?
28:16 Question: perception of noise and music
32:20 Question: how to teach
34:20 Question: hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity to different sound sources
37:41 Question: can a person get used to loud sounds?
40:53 What a sensory diet is
42:10 Question: a child hits their head, what should be done?
46:00 Question: what helped you when you were a child?
49:27 Sensory diet, co-regulation and parental calm
57:00 Closing
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 5
Continuing the topic of increased sensitivity in autistic people.
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 6
How can an autistic adult take care of themselves?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 7
A child rocks back and forth. What should be done?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 8
On hypersensitivity, hyposensitivity and dissociation
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 9
Are all autistic people talented?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 10
An autistic child is aggressive. What should be done?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 11
Why the word “normal” hurts
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 12
Autism and science
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 13
An autistic son hits his head against the wall. Is he abnormal?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 14
An autistic child does not sleep at night. What should be done?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 15
A teenager talks to older people as if they are friends. What would you suggest?
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 16
On radical attitudes toward people among autistic teenagers
Autism Through Autistic Eyes – episode 17
Hyper- and hyposensitivity. Third meeting