Dustin's Dynasty

Dustin's Dynasty

Shining a light into the normality of Autism/Asperger's

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October 16, 2025 13 mins

In this week's vlog, I share how I began master self-awareness and understand why it is important to have dignity when out and about in the outside world.

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In this week's vlog, we continue my managing myself series in honor of World Mental Health Day focusing on Why Managing My Mental Health Matters Everyday and how beneficial life can be when doing so.

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October 1, 2025 10 mins

In this week's vlog, I share my experiences with mania, how it evolves, some tips for improvement, how I discovered and accepted the need for medication to have the best quality of life possible.

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September 26, 2025 17 mins

In this week's vlog, inspired by another podcast, I share my experiences with social pragmatics, how I understood what they are, how I cope and make them manageable along with tips and strategies that are known to help and how some of them have helped me.

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September 20, 2025 16 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain briefly what stimming is and how it is done safely for me along with the importance of understanding how stimming is a necessary part of living for some autisitic individuals in of which there needs to be not only awareness but accpetance of stimming as part of being autistic as long as it is done in a safe and appropriate manner but does not interfere with one's quality of life.

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September 15, 2025 15 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain some of the challenges that autistic people and those that care for them as it relates to passive thoughts of ending their life along with the challenges when interacting with first responders or facing psychiatric hospitalization or imprisonment.


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September 6, 2025 16 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain the importance of being responsible as an autistic person and the challenges that can be faced in doing so and how it and other things matter to not only ourselves as autistic folk but those that love, care and are around us too.

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In this week's vlog, I explain some of the struggles faced in the daily life of an autistic person such as myself.

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August 25, 2025 10 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain how it is important and acceptable to say NO to things in life along with accepting the word NO from authorative figures.

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August 16, 2025 18 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain how difficult it can be for autistic people to do the the non-preferred adult stuff that is required for us to exist in the world that is often not made for us. It is fighting through our immaturity complexes and doing what is needed even when we do not want to.

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In this week's vlog, I explain how difficult it can be for autistic people to admit that they need help or Accommodations for things that come natural to others or even admit that they fall under the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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August 3, 2025 16 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain how remembering my past meltdowns shaped me into understanding that there are expectations for when we are in the outside world and how to cope with the challenges we face as autistic people.

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July 26, 2025 18 mins

In this week's vlog, I continue to explain how it is important to take care of your mental health each and every day in order to be your best self every day.

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July 19, 2025 18 mins

In this week's vlog, I continue to explain how it is important to be patient with yourself when getting back on medicine from a relapse, to continue to fight through your own battles and how medication can be a crucial tool in your mental health recovery.

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July 3, 2025 18 mins

In this week's vlog, I continue to explain how it is important to be patient with yourself when getting back on medicine from a relapse, to push through it, give yourself grace and be kind to yourself in the process.References:

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In this week's vlog, I explain how I discovered how over the past several years not taking my medication as prescribed was noted as pointless and destructive along with the signs that helped me find the "why" I have to adhere to my psychotropic medications.References:

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June 21, 2025 22 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain how being autistic can be hard at times but it does not give us an excuse from not knowing the difference between what is right or what is wrong and that the world expects us to be at the best of our ability when we navigate it with the understanding that everyone may not understand us.

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June 14, 2025 12 mins

In this week's vlog, I explain how it takes being a 'warrior' in the world that is not made for the challenges that I experience that things like autistic burnout are a reality and that I have accepted it as part of my being autistic and having other challenges but also rising above when rest is had and being a better person my making myself and my mental health a priority.

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June 8, 2025 23 mins

In this week's vlog, we not only celebrate the 350th vlog but also the 5th year of making a steady appearance on Dustin's Dynasty and my soon to be 40th Birthday. I also provide a brief synopsis of my journey to 40 and how I have overcome so many challenges in the past several years to now be thriving as an autistic adult.

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In this week's vlog, we continue on our Mental Health Mini Series by sharing how much my life has changed by understanding and accepting the necessity of making my mental health a priority along with knowing that there is no shame for taking care of your mental health by asking for help. I also close the door on past practices and begin to move forward with my mental health journey only learning from the past while making the f...

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