How many of them apply to you?

有多少適用於你？

Hi everyone, Paul Micallef here

大家好，我是保羅-米卡勒夫

from Autism from the Inside.

摘自《自閉症從內部開始》。

I make weekly videos sharing the human side of autism,

我每週都會製作視頻，分享自閉症的人性一面、

so make sure you hit subscribe to get the latest content.

是以，請務必點擊訂閱以獲取最新內容。

So it's pretty hard to pin down exactly what autism is,

是以，自閉症到底是什麼，很難說清楚、

but if you get a group of autistic people

但如果你讓一群自閉症患者

in a room together,

共處一室

then suddenly there are certain patterns

然後，突然出現了某些模式

that tend to emerge.

往往會出現。

So you ask the room a question

所以你向房間裡的人提問

that sounds kind of innocuous,

聽起來有點無害、

something like, who likes socks?

比如，誰喜歡襪子？

And suddenly you'll get a slew of very enthusiastic answers

突然間，你會得到一連串非常熱情的回答

in either the affirmative or the negative

或肯定或否定

to otherwise fairly basic questions.

這些都是相當基本的問題。

So I've compiled a possibly over the top list

是以，我編制了一份可能是最重要的清單

of 63 things you didn't realize were autistic traits.

的 63 件事是自閉症的特徵。

Let's get stuck into it

讓我們投入其中

and we'll see how many apply to you.

看看有多少適用於你。

So in no particular order,

排名不分先後、

always wearing bright colors.

總是穿著鮮豔的衣服

Hating phone calls.

討厭打電話

Not realizing you're hungry or thirsty.

不知道自己餓了或渴了。

Not replying to a text message,

不回覆簡訊、

but thinking about it for a week

但考慮了一個星期

until eventually deciding

直到最終決定

that it's kind of probably too late to reply anyway.

反正現在回覆可能也太晚了。

Hating wearing socks or just seams in clothing in general.

討厭穿襪子或一般衣服的接縫。

Having an atypical sense of humor.

有非典型的幽默感。

Telling the truth even when you probably shouldn't.

即使在不該說的時候也要說實話。

Feeling out of sync with everyone else in your group.

感覺與小組中的其他人格格不入。

Having an aversion to or an obsession with popular culture.

厭惡或痴迷流行文化。

Over-planning everything.

過度規劃一切

Not having a strong sense of gender.

沒有強烈的性別意識。

Feeling tired all the time for no good reason.

總是無緣無故地感到疲倦。

Not liking being told what to do.

不喜歡被人指手畫腳。

Did you teach yourself to read

你自學了閱讀嗎？

before your first day of school?

在第一天上學之前？

Finding comfort in repetition and routine.

在重複和例行公事中尋找慰藉。

Struggling with crowds.

在人群中掙扎。

Seeing people as people

以人為本

and kind of forgetting about social class and expectations

忘記了社會階層和期望

and all that kind of stuff.

之類的東西。

Having super sensitive hearing.

聽力超級靈敏

Having a high pain tolerance.

對疼痛的耐受力強

Over apologizing and assuming everything must be your fault.

過度道歉，認為一切都是自己的錯。

Not caring what people think.

不在乎別人怎麼想

Being really good at something that is completely useless.

在完全無用的事情上做得非常好。

Being deadpan sarcastic all the time.

總是死板地諷刺別人。

Preferring face-to-face communication

喜歡面對面交流

to avoid misunderstanding.

以避免誤解。

Struggling to find an appropriate gap

努力尋找適當的差距

in group conversation.

在小組對話中。

Constant background anxiety.

持續的背景焦慮。

Being overly empathic.

過於感同身受。

Relating to animals better than you relate to humans.

與動物的關係比與人類的關係更好。

Avoiding trying new things.

避免嘗試新事物。

Eating the same food every day.

每天吃同樣的食物

Finding inappropriate things funny.

覺得不恰當的事情很有趣。

Not liking to be touched.

不喜歡被觸摸

A tendency to notice small details.

容易注意到小細節。

Hating fluorescent lights and downlights.

討厭熒光燈和筒燈。

Always wanting to understand why.

總想弄明白為什麼。

Enjoying repetition.

享受重複。

Enjoying repetition.

享受重複。

Enjoying repetition.

享受重複。

Did I mention having a terrible sense of humor?

我說過我的幽默感很糟糕嗎？

Yeah, okay.

好吧

Thinking in pictures.

用圖片思考

Having a flat affect, also known as resting bitch face.

表情平淡，又稱 "母狗臉"。

Preferring to pace up and down instead of sitting still.

喜歡踱來踱去，而不是坐著不動。

Liking to imitate other people.

喜歡模仿別人。

Having a favorite thing that goes with you everywhere.

有一樣最喜歡的東西，可以隨身攜帶。

Getting excited and interrupting people.

激動，打斷別人說話。

Going over social interactions again and again in your head

在腦海中反覆回想社交互動的內容

even after they've happened.

甚至在事情發生之後。

Seeing patterns in everything.

洞察萬物的規律

Having a very, very good memory for some things

對某些事情的記憶力非常非常好

and a terrible memory for other things.

而對其他事情的記憶力卻很差。

Preferring nonverbal forms of communication.

喜歡非語言形式的交流。

Hating to brush your teeth.

討厭刷牙

Having a monotone voice.

聲音單調。

Difficulty identifying your emotions

難以識別自己的情緒

because they feel like they're all jumbled together.

因為感覺它們都混在一起了。

Getting overwhelmed by too many tasks at once.

同時面對過多的任務而不知所措。

Watching the same movie or TV series over and over again.

反覆觀看同一部電影或電視劇。

Feeling awkward in groups.

在群體中感到尷尬。

Loving to think outside the box.

喜歡打破常規思維

Having brilliant ideas that no one else

擁有別人沒有的絕妙想法

seems to be able to understand.

似乎能夠理解。

Struggling to read between the lines

努力讀懂字裡行間

in complex social situations.

在複雜的社會環境中。

Preferring written communication

喜歡書面交流

because you can spend hours and hours perfecting

因為你可以花幾個小時來完善

and saying exactly what you wanna say

說你想說的話

in an attempt to try and avoid miscommunication.

以儘量避免誤解。

Two-speed productivity.

雙速生產

Either super fast, super efficient, or nothing at all.

要麼超快，要麼超高效，要麼什麼都不做。

Compartmentalizing experiences

將經驗分門別類

from different parts of your life.

來自你生活的不同部分。

Feeling comfortable being alone.

獨處自在

Being happy with very few material comforts.

享受極少的物質享受。

Always finishing what you start

有始有終

even when you should probably stop.

即使你應該停下來。

Scripting conversations in advance

提前編寫對話腳本

or spending hours thinking about what you could have said

或者花幾個小時思考你本可以說什麼

even after the moment has passed.

即使這一刻已經過去。

And finally, being the kind of person who people think,

最後，成為人們心目中的那種人、

how could someone so clever be so stupid?

如此聰明的人怎麼會如此愚蠢？

Anyway, I could go on, but you get the idea.

總之，我還可以繼續說下去，但你應該明白我的意思。

Taken on their own, any one of these traits

單看這些特徵中的任何一個

would not be that uncommon in the general population,

這在普通人中並不罕見、

but when you put them all together,

但當你把它們放在一起時

there's a certain magical quality that emerges.

就會產生一種神奇的力量。

And the only way to really experience it

而真正體驗它的唯一方法

is to hang around groups of autistic people.

就是和一群自閉症患者混在一起。

You may have found that you were the exact opposite

你可能會發現自己恰恰相反

of some of the traits that I mentioned,

的一些特徵、

which is in itself also a trait of autism

這本身也是自閉症的一個特徵

because we tend to be constantly either too much

因為我們往往總是過多地

or not enough in any given area.

或在任何特定領域都不夠。

For example, for children,

例如，對兒童而言、

not talking by the time you go to school

上學時不說話

is a sign of potentially autism.

是潛在自閉症的徵兆。

And similarly, talking in full sentences at the age of two

同樣，兩歲時就能用完整的句子說話

is a sign of, well, possibly autism.

是一種跡象，嗯，可能是自閉症。

Anything outside of what is considered normal

任何超出正常範圍的情況

is a sign of atypical development.

是不典型發育的標誌。

So anyway, after listening to this list,

總之，聽完這份清單後

if you're thinking, oh, maybe this might be me,

如果你在想，哦，也許這就是我、

maybe I'm autistic myself,

也許我自己就是自閉症患者、

and you'd like to explore that a bit further,

而你又想進一步探討這個問題、

I recommend coming along to one of our social events

我建議您參加我們的社交活動

to see what a group of autistic people look like,

看看一群自閉症患者是什麼樣子的、

to see if you feel like you fit in

看看你是否覺得自己適合

and try and get a sense of that undescribable

並嘗試去感受那種無法形容的

autistic quality for yourself.

自己的自閉症品質。

Our online social group has regular Zoom catch-ups,

我們的在線社交小組定期舉行 Zoom 聚會、

multiple every week,

每週多次、

and there are also fortnightly in-person events in Melbourne

每兩週在墨爾本舉辦一次現場活動

that we host on meetup.com.

我們在 meetup.com 上主辦的

If you're not in Melbourne

如果您不在墨爾本

and you'd like to start your own autistic meetup

您想建立自己的自閉症聚會

in your city, then please get in touch.

請與我們聯繫。

It's a lot easier than you might think,

這比你想象的要容易得多、

and I'd be happy to promote your group

我很樂意宣傳你們的團體

on the Autism from the Inside Facebook page

在 "自閉症從內部開始 "Facebook 頁面上

so that others in your city can get to hear about it as well.

以便您所在城市的其他人也能瞭解到這一消息。

Well, that's it.

就這樣吧

I might leave it there.

我可能會把它留在那裡。

Let me know what you think of this video

請告訴我您對這段視頻的看法

and which traits resonated most strongly for you.

以及哪些特徵最能引起你的共鳴。

So thanks so much again for watching.

再次感謝您的收看。

I'll make sure to put all the links

我一定會把所有鏈接

to the social activities I've mentioned

我提到的社交活動

in the video description,

在視頻描述中、

and I will see you again next week.

下週再見

Bye.

再見。