The Truth About Sexual Desire | Hannah Witton

- Hello everybody.

Welcome back to my channel.

So a while back we made a video

all about ADHD and how it impacts

sex and dating and relationships

and there were a lot of requests

in the comments of that video

to do a similar video but about autism.

Now, I am not autistic

but we really wanted to make this video resource for you.

And so my assistant, Moog

and one of the script writers that I work with, Quinn

who are both autistic, worked on this video with me.

It's also important to note that like with ADHD,

this is a massive topic

and I'm going to try and give

as broad an overview as possible,

but it's not going to be possible

to cover every single nuance.

If you are autistic and you don't feel like this video

is reflective of your own experiences

that doesn't make your autism any less valid.

Even the two autistic people

who worked on this video with me

both had very different experiences.

And before we dive in, I just want to say

that while autism does impact people's experiences

of sex and dating and relationships,

it isn't always necessarily a negative impact.

It's just something that's useful to be aware of

because different people approach these things differently.

So let's get into it.

What is autism?

Definitions and diagnoses

Autism is a neurodivergence,

which means that the way you think about

and experience the world is different to most people.

Signs of autism in adults include

finding it hard to understand