So its apparently it is World Autism Awareness Week this week.
Here's a link to the National Autistic Society's web pages on this: http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/world-autism-awareness-week.aspx
But I have a bit of a problem with it because once again I feel somewhat marginalised from what should be my "little special needs community" (or should it!?). The NAS covers lots of stuff about fundraising for them on the above linked website and...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Autism only applies to children
"It's Asperger's and Autism Awareness month! In honor of all children who struggle every day!!"
Every now and again I see similar things appear on my Facebook newsfeed from well-intentioned people trying to 'raise awareness' of the suffering that autistic children face. Inevitably with World Autism Awareness Week (27th March - 2nd April 2017) coming up, I expect to see more of those kinds of social media posts.
There's a...
Sunday, 12 March 2017
The importance of the right work environment
This article was first written for the website: aspergermanagement.com about a decade ago, so 2007 ish! The article can be found here, as told to the founder of the site, Malcolm Johnson: http://www.aspergermanagement.com/case-studies/work-environment/ but I have included it below.
Malcolm not only runs this interesting website full of resources for professional people with autism but has a book out too, entitled Managing with...
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Facebook "copy and paste plea" posts: autism as the 'invisible illness'
Some people on Facebook can have this habit of coping and pasting well meaning but ridiculous posts such as the one below to 'raise awareness' of a given issue. This one is on 'invisible illnesses':
Not one of my Facebook friends will copy and paste (but I am counting on a true family member or friend to do it). If you would be there no matter what then copy and paste this. I'm doing this to prove a friend wrong that someone is always listening....
Saturday, 4 March 2017
School reports: spotting the autism
I was going through some cupboards and found a folder of old school reports. Some were from primary school and some from secondary.
I decided it might be useful to see if there were any clues to indicate that I had autism. After all, I went on to have a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome in my mid-20s and it's something that would have been present throughout my childhood too.
I have copied out quotes from the reports.
Primary School
She does...
