Autism and the God Connection

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Author and Advocate William Stillman shares incites about his book, Autism and the God Connection. Many parents report their children with ASD seem to have an uncanny connection to nature and the spiritual world. Is it just a coincidence or is there more to it?
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  • @SapientiaHaereticae
    @SapientiaHaereticae4 жыл бұрын

    Intuition, premonitions, strong connection with animals ...check, check, check.. great video, thank you! (from an Aspie)

  • @JamieHumeCreative

    @JamieHumeCreative

    2 жыл бұрын

    me too.

  • @AM-ti3tg
    @AM-ti3tg5 жыл бұрын

    I have aspergers and easily speak with other aspies. Talking to normal people is hard. We communicate on a different wavelength. I have the gift of discernment of spirits and prophecy. God gives me autism to humble me. Without the spirit it is hard to speak.

  • @TomeRodrigo

    @TomeRodrigo

    3 жыл бұрын

    When you do a MBTI personality test are you Feeler type or Thinker type? Your third letter in the result. I am ENFJ and I have difficulties to speak to most of the people because I just don't understand their motifs.

  • @evangelosemanueltsarnas5678

    @evangelosemanueltsarnas5678

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Holy Spirit gives those He choses divine wisdom, the grace of the Holy Spirit to speak

  • @piedramultiaristas8573

    @piedramultiaristas8573

    2 жыл бұрын

    On the other hand. 💊I'm sharing Acts 2:38 also look for oneness about Jesus with anyone who wants it bless

  • @Jukeboxhero63

    @Jukeboxhero63

    Жыл бұрын

    I like your gifts and I believe I have gifts I'm autistic but I'd love to know if I could reach another level with GOD whom I so deeply love I pray 🙏🙏🙏 often what does an intense spiritual experience look or feel like?

  • @lesliehasenkampf7088
    @lesliehasenkampf70882 жыл бұрын

    I wasn’t diagnosed with ASD until I had a daughter in the spectrum. Although trying to be “normal” all those years nearly killed me, I’m so grateful for both my amazing daughter and for the fact that my experiences can help me teach her to better navigate this NT world.

  • @andrewortiz5797
    @andrewortiz57974 жыл бұрын

    I'm was diagnosed with autism but you know what, I'm not that, I am who God says I am, not some title given by a psychiatrist or the world's label!

  • @deanaburnham9571

    @deanaburnham9571

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, you are "that" and through a doctor the good Lord gave you the information you need. You don't have to cling to a label. But by the same token you are able to use helpful information. It sounds like you are reactive to label, and therefore wall out all helpful information and that's too bad. You probably could use a little education about the condition. People around you probably wish you would learn too bcz as loved as you are, autistic moods can be difficult to handle for those we love. We are NOT the easiest people to live with or to be friends with.

  • @andrewortiz5797

    @andrewortiz5797

    Жыл бұрын

    @@deanaburnham9571 Wow!! This was 2 years ago and alot has changed!! So the autism thing was a misdiagnoses. My psychiatrist said i have Social anxiety. They have misdiagnosed many times, first it was major depressive disorder than it was schitzo-effective disorder than they changed it to Bi-polar and than Anxiety and Social Anxiety etc..... I struggle with social anxiety. I believe there are autistic people but I don't believe in such a thing as Asperger's. Humans by nature like to label things and name things and put objects or people into group's. People who dress different or who they deem strange or weird are automatically labeled as Asperger's and just because they don't fit into the collective conscious. When I see people, I don't see labels. I see the person as they are. They are regular normal humans beings just like everyone else. So your not Asperger's, your just a regular human being!!

  • @lolasvow3732

    @lolasvow3732

    Жыл бұрын

    @@deanaburnham9571 his life. His story. Not yours

  • @Atleastihavemydog
    @Atleastihavemydog6 жыл бұрын

    It’s true. You can label this whatever you want, but it’s God.

  • @cheyannbrass2348
    @cheyannbrass2348 Жыл бұрын

    I am autistic and ADHD. I have intuition and spiritual awakening.

  • @dfirth224
    @dfirth224 Жыл бұрын

    They also have strong intuition or psychic ability. I know this from personal experience. And I love cats.

  • @janejane376
    @janejane376 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Autistic. Thought I was alone. I experience events prior to chronological time and see the supernatural realm clearly. You have reassured me x God bless you x

  • @MelB868
    @MelB8686 жыл бұрын

    I’m an adult and have Aspergers

  • @fionacrowe9216
    @fionacrowe92164 жыл бұрын

    I have long thought my autistic son is psychic. Many people with autism have Sensory Processing Disorder. I believe SPD could neatly be reframed as Extra Sensory Perception. As an autistic person I believe what William Stillman describes here and in his books to be true.

  • @brinathomas4340

    @brinathomas4340

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fiona Crowe my son who is autistic lead me to god and church

  • @mrfake675
    @mrfake675 Жыл бұрын

    I could sense the spirit from the get go. It's a spiritual world. Everything gives or takes. Jesus is needed to survive without being corrupted and annihilated

  • @barbarasunday3514
    @barbarasunday3514 Жыл бұрын

    My daughter is 21 and has only recently been diagnosed with ASD, and this is interesting to me because she definitely has had some strangely beautiful encounters with animals, both wild and domestic. And I never took much stock in "sixth senses" but there have been at least two separate times where she KNEW her dad and I were in medical emergencies though she was away from us.

  • @orarinnsigursson1979
    @orarinnsigursson19794 жыл бұрын

    I was born with autism

  • @ashively1
    @ashively1 Жыл бұрын

    Mr. Stillman, you truly are an example of one who knows their purpose in this world. You offer amazing insights and help to so many in need of guidance. You sir are a blessing to so many. You are an example of one who is truly aligned with their purpose in this life. Thank you!

  • @klemthegem
    @klemthegem4 жыл бұрын

    I was diagnosed with Aspergers 10years ago. I’ve never got god, it used to freak me out as a child when friends & family talked about it, I believed they would go to a heaven when they died, but I couldn’t even comprehend a god. My mind just won’t go there. How can it be that I’m not able to comprehend religion. How can there be a god if I am excluded from even the thought. Religion wants to embrace all but no mater what I’m excluded. I’m not stating an opinion here, this is my reality.

  • @Joseph__777

    @Joseph__777

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do u believe in him now?

  • @runhagen3983

    @runhagen3983

    3 жыл бұрын

    Through meditation, in the moment of absolute inner silence and pure consciousness, the absence of thoughts, you'll find the presence of the higher mind, which we're all shining sparks of, brought into the illusion of matter and existence. Shivoham, I wish you peace and bliss 🙏

  • @JacksTestimony

    @JacksTestimony

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just start reading the Bible and see for yourself.

  • @korn5308

    @korn5308

    2 жыл бұрын

    For people with out autism it takes our lifes to understand the bible everytime you read you learn a little more for me i listen to a dramatized one where its acted out also there is a God life is a test u can go to heaven we just have to do what our heavenly father commanded its the ten commandments that is Gods law we break his paw its like geting put in jail u fallow the rules you go to heaven where all you will feel is happiness

  • @Jesusistheanswer2life

    @Jesusistheanswer2life

    11 ай бұрын

    I wonder how you are doing with it now? Just leaving my story here for anyone who may have trouble with this. I feel like with some autistic people it may take a unique experience to change our perspective. I am autistic and grew up in church. I lived in the “Bible Belt” so I grew up going to many churches, church camps, Bible schools, youth groups and mission trips, yet I never could fully grasp God. At times I felt like I maybe felt God in a crowd of people worshipping and I definitely claimed to be a Christian all my life, but at the end of the day I had no real understanding of him. Existence, in general, is something that always made my head absolutely spin. Finally at 21 years old I was able to start to grasp the idea of magic even being a possibility because I got caught up with witchcraft and that changed my perspective. After suffering through a couple years of intense spiritual warfare, day and night. (Witchcraft and astrology are demonic obviously, using demonic power, but real power. Allowing demons to meddle in your life and influence you) So after all of that, picking the Bible back up was an eye opening experience. Everything that was going wrong in my life suddenly made sense. I could see how clearly and successfully I was deceived and the way satan used the church and society and my autism against me to keep me from understanding Jesus. When I was deep into astrology, tarot, reiki and many other Hindu practices, I was so interested in anything occult related at one point, I ended up with stuff about exorcisms on my KZread recommended, which led to videos of an atheists-turned-exorcists and that really opened a new door for me. Then I came across real ex-satanists who worked for literal satan. (One example is John Ramirez) I started learning all about the reality of genuine satanism and spiritual warfare and how people sacrifice animals and people to the devil and sell their soul for fame and money. I highly recommend skipping the being deceived by demons and taunted day and night part, and just do lots of research on KZread and podcasts about the dark side. Once you understand that, it is much easier to grasp God and Jesus, and why they are even necessary. I truly didn’t even understand what exactly sin was and how when you sin, it can lead to more sin and become a sort of blinding domino effect. Now I actively avoid sin and demonic things and my life is sooo much better. My relationship with my boyfriend was saved from the toxicity we were stuck in. My constant depression and suicidal thoughts are GONE. I still get overstimulated and have to use medication often for that but life is so much less over stimulating when you can trust in God and not be causing yourself chaos. Sorry this was a lot lol

  • @gaunterodimmmastermirrors72
    @gaunterodimmmastermirrors724 жыл бұрын

    I honestly don't know if I'm close to God or farther due to habitual reasons. But I do know this: whenever I see something or someone, I get this deep feeling from them. Idk how to explain it but it's like this: You look at someone, who most people talk to and hangout with. But you get this feeling that they're not right, sort of like...a sense that you understand how they act and how bad it can be. Another example: Events such as the now with Covid-19. I see the news on tv, the many conflicts of the protests due to Floyd's death. When seeing and hearing these, you feel as if these things are meant to be. There's no logical explanation, but you can feel it without a shadow of doubt that there's no coincidence whatsoever. Now, I said this on a comment wall to a KZreadr called "Bible Flock" (recommended by the way) and a fellow commenter said to me that "you have a gift of discernment." Now I got curious, because I always had these feelings of people and events most of my life, even when I was a kid when I was told I wasn't breathing due to being born months early ( October 31st originally, but born on August 8th.) And another time when a fishtank fell on my face and my mom told me I wasn't breathing and was all cut and bloody. Yet I'm 20 now and still here. The feelings whenever I think back on the thought of brushing death 2 times meant I'm not suppose to die. I'm an Aspies like you who are here too, and yet... I'm so confused on this feeling that person called "Gift of Discernment." Sorry, but that's all I gotta say, though I do believe in God's plan and try to stay near him.

  • @laylaschmitt2564

    @laylaschmitt2564

    3 жыл бұрын

    Look into crystal children, and empaths/clairsentience. I experience the same thing and it is really hard to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced anything like it. Much LOVE, sister! and GOD Bless!

  • @iprobablyforgotsomething

    @iprobablyforgotsomething

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it is. Been there, done that, no thanks.

  • @banjiman9869

    @banjiman9869

    2 жыл бұрын

    @C Yeah, it is. But I personally believe a lot of us are children of God, maybe even angels of sorts, who knows, I'm not the one to say.

  • @cherokeepurple4480

    @cherokeepurple4480

    2 жыл бұрын

    Discernment is a gift from the one true God, the Father of Jesus. It’s the ability to understand a person or situation not through human, carnal logic but spiritually. I’m fortunate I have this gift too, and what seems obvious to me seems like foolishness to others. 1 Corinthians 2:14 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

  • @jamesb.hallmd9899
    @jamesb.hallmd98992 жыл бұрын

    God is Real.

  • @tombowers536
    @tombowers5363 жыл бұрын

    Completely not true for me and I think that its a form of ableism treating autism as a gift from God further forcing illogical claims treating us as special case. I have an outright disbelief in religion so your god made my special talent to be seeing the lies behind religious dogma

  • @JamieHumeCreative
    @JamieHumeCreative2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. I've had many very strong spiritual experiences and explored many philosophies, premonitions,and so forth. NO one religion worked for me. I'm ADHD, Dyslexic and Autistic. Spirituality is deeply personal. How we interpret these experiences can help or harm. It's important to respect the choices of ND people in their spiritual journeys whether you agree with their choices and areas of interest or not. There is always a reason.

  • @kaitlynmarie2417

    @kaitlynmarie2417

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Jamie, do you mind sharing some of your experiences?

  • @geraintwd
    @geraintwd6 ай бұрын

    AuDHD, I have had no experiences that I could describe as "spiritual" or indicative of any special "connection" to others. Indeed, I often feel separate from other people because of my neurodivergence. I've always been driven to understand how things work and, the more I understand, the less convincing is the idea that there is such a thing as a "soul" or "spirit", much less a god. When we don't understand how things work, or we only have a superficial understanding, we make up stories to fill in the gaps. When we learn how things actually work, we realise that those stories are not an adequate or accurate explanation, and we fill those gaps with understanding, instead of "belief". Every supernatural, religious or spiritual belief or claim that I've encountered, has failed to withstand deeper scrutiny, or has failed to account for what has already been better explained.

  • @allen0088
    @allen0088 Жыл бұрын

    My question is what does any of that have to do with autism?

  • @AutismLive

    @AutismLive

    Жыл бұрын

    It is his story, and we believe in letting those on the spectrum tell their own stories.

  • @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl
    @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl Жыл бұрын

    Hi i am undiagnosed but i am starting to suspect i got it... it all makes sense now. i also live in Panama and its hard but i rely on God a lot. God really helps me and i experience lots of things others wont understand

  • @karll977
    @karll9773 жыл бұрын

    Earth angels sometimes but don’t push christianity as God gave us each our own individual walk of life. We don’t want to be you , we want to be the best version of ourselves. Don’t push “ normal” human lifestyle on us. Forced socialization is exploitation.

  • @mrfake675

    @mrfake675

    Жыл бұрын

    Jesus shows the way. I just read the bible.

  • @rainbows9060
    @rainbows90606 жыл бұрын

    Yes!!

  • @leannawingett8565

    @leannawingett8565

    6 жыл бұрын

    did god create autism I'm curious I have autism

  • @MelB868

    @MelB868

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes God wired our brains differently

  • @leannawingett8565

    @leannawingett8565

    6 жыл бұрын

    why do he make me have autism people are mean to me because I have autism but why did god make autism

  • @manishachatterjee8831

    @manishachatterjee8831

    5 жыл бұрын

    To probably make them think about why they are so scared of a different way of being.. maybe to make them think more in general ... to become more empathetic to the 'other'.. instead sometimes it just has the opposite effect,..just my perspective..@@leannawingett8565

  • @Kaio_Kid

    @Kaio_Kid

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@leannawingett8565 That just means you're an incarnation of Love which is God.

  • @cosmolosys
    @cosmolosys2 жыл бұрын

    autism is master race. autism is god. uwu.

  • @drbabarminhas
    @drbabarminhas Жыл бұрын

    لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له, محمد رسول الله

  • @catherinefowler5483
    @catherinefowler54837 жыл бұрын

    This video is occultic to the extreme!! And completely untrue. I know. I have Autism.

  • @Sethan777

    @Sethan777

    7 жыл бұрын

    Catherine Fowler So you speak for *all* people with Autism? ;-) Really?

  • @divinebeing2476

    @divinebeing2476

    6 жыл бұрын

    I have Asperger's I was blessed with a great singing voice and I do have a strong spiritual intuition

  • @AM-ti3tg

    @AM-ti3tg

    5 жыл бұрын

    All aspies are different.

  • @SRose-vp6ew

    @SRose-vp6ew

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not autism that allows people to know good from evil or evil from good. We all have that in us but often choose to reject God and his goodness in favor of selfish sin that hurts others and even us. Even to hear from God in our dreams is Biblical but I think what he is saying is that people with autism might be able to communicate with spirits because they see communication differently. That said, not all spirits are of God. If you open yourself to the Spiritual world you need to remember that the Devil himself mascaraed as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14 So many people claim Christianity but they don't know the words of Jesus or the Torah that he followed. There are so many lies about scriptures people are made to believe (teachings or teachings with no fact check or prayer) but God will speak truth to our souls and it can be tested with the scriptures as true or rebuked as false. Maybe people with autism are less likely to fall for the popular dogma and instead stand on what is real.

  • @rchristine369

    @rchristine369

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SRose-vp6ew My son is an adult with Aspergers, and he has never been able to discern good intentions from bad and to avoid people who or could do him harm. I disagree.