Why the Holidays STRESS Autistic People Out + BLACK FRIDAY GIVEAWAY! 🖤

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The act of autistic “masking” can feel particularly tricky to navigate during the holidays when family traditions, school events, and other festivities create additional stressors. Feeling well-regulated or well-balanced might feel impossible. In this video we’ll explore how to prioritize our own experience, how to navigate common holiday stressors, and how to set boundaries with difficult family members. 🖤🚨 BLACK FRIDAY GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED 🚨🖤 Winner: @sharonsteplermusic6575 Runners up: @elizabethmellady3640 and @duikmans Winner and runners up, please email Taylor at [email protected] before Monday, December 16 at 12 PM CT with your shipping info to claim your prize. (Runners up, still email just in case I don't hear from Sharon). Thanks to everyone who entered! 🙀🌟 RESOURCES 🌟🕺 Download my 🟣 🟡 FREE Ultimate Guide to Understanding Autism 🟡 🟣 HERE 👉: https://taylorheaton.gumroad.com/l/autism-dictionary ❄️ Holiday Calm Reset - 60 min teaching and meditation with Taylor Heaton and Sarah Taylor: https://mots.circle.so/checkout/holiday-calm-reset 🥄 Spoon Theory (video): https://youtu.be/aBzy6cx4R8I?si=jEevdgrvlLvy0rxr 📖 Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab (book, affiliate link): https://amzn.to/49cGNTP 🧘‍♀️ Quiet Mind Weighted Pillows (affiliate link): https://www.onequietmind.com/?ref=taylor_heaton (Use code: MOMONTHESPECTRUM for 15% off your order) 🖤🚨 BLACK FRIDAY GIVEAWAY 🚨🖤 Official Rules: 1. All entries must comply with YouTube YouTube Community Guidelines and any entries which don’t comply will be disqualified. (https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/) 2. YouTube is not a sponsor of our contest/giveaway. Users agree to release YouTube from any and all liability related to our contest/giveaway. 3. We do not collect, keep, or use any personal data from users beyond a simple opt-in mailing list per our privacy policy. Furthermore: General Restrictions and Requirements: We are solely responsible for our contest. Our contest on YouTube complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, including U.S. sanctions. Our contest does not infringe upon or encourage the infringement of any third party rights or the participation in any unlawful activity. We do not ask the user to give all rights for, or transfer the ownership of, their entry to anyone. Our contest is free to enter. To be considered as an applicant for the Quiet Mind Mini Weighted Pillow giveaway, you must: 1) Subscribe to the Mom on the Spectrum YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@MomontheSpectrum?sub_confirmation=1) 2) “Like” or “thumbs up” this video (Why The Holidays STRESS Autistic People Out) 3) Comment on the same video sharing one of your main holiday stressors Must be 18 or older to enter. Must reside in the United States of America. One winner will receive one (1) Quiet Mind Mini Weighted Pillow, Lavender at the conclusion of the giveaway which ends on Friday, December 6 at 12 PM CT. The Quiet Mind Weighted Pillow giveaway will run from Wednesday, November 27th 2024 through Friday, December 6th, 2024 ending at 12:00PM CST. The winners will be announced in a YouTube video through Mom on the Spectrum’s channel on Monday, December 9 at 12 PM CT. Winner will be selected by a third-party prize picker program that randomizes entries and picks one winner who has complied with all contest entry requirements. Taylor Heaton will ask the winner via the announcement video to contact her at [email protected] with shipping details. The winner will have 7 days to contact Taylor before forfeiting their prize. The deadline for submitting shipping details is Monday, December 16 at 12 PM CT. Prizes will be mailed out before January 15, 2025. We do not pay a third party or parties to manipulate metrics on the YouTube Service, including numbers of views, likes, dislikes, or subscribers such that those metrics fail to reflect genuine user engagement with the YouTube Service. We do not associate or affiliate YouTube with our contest without YouTube’s prior written consent. This prohibits, among other things, expressly stating, or doing anything that suggests, that YouTube is involved with or has endorsed our contest in any way. DISCLAIMER: Taylor Heaton is not a licensed psychologist or specialist healthcare professional. Her services do not replace the care of psychologists or other healthcare professionals. Please note that Taylor can’t take any responsibility for the results of your actions, nor any harm or damage you suffer as a result of the use, or non-use of the information available through her website, YouTube Channel, or social media accounts. Please use judgment and conduct due diligence before taking any action or implementing any plan or practice suggested or recommended by Taylor Heaton or Mom on the Spectrum. 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 You are a beautiful person worthy of love! #latediagnosedautistic #momonthespectrum #autisticadult