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At the moment the Kindle Edition of a book called "The Dentist" (The DS Cross mysteries Book 1) by author Tim Sullivan, the main character is a detective with Asperger's syndrome, is free to download and read, see link below: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dentist-DS-Cross-mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B089T5V3RT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Tim+Sullivan+The+Dentist&qid=1

Seen on the BBC web site: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08jmdk5

High flying autistic business woman Charlotte Valeur, who is the chair of the Institute of Directors, talks about Autism in business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAg5oElCOwI

I am not eligible to take part in this as I haven't worked in an office environment for over ten years, but I'll make a comment. I am male (on the autistic spectrum) and was moved from a room where I was the sole occupant of, into a predominantly female office of about twelve people about eleven years ago. I found it hard going as the conversation often was about female topics, which as a male I couldn't join in with or felt inhibited from joining in with. I felt out of place and eventually I concluded that I was feeling a form of (unintended) ostracism. Due to spending cuts, my post was cut the following year.

I agree, I would have thought with the lockdown, more people would have been on the Forums which I use, but the forums seem less busy. perhaps people are doing diy or gardening etc.

I was wondering if there was a reason for the lack of new posts and what could be done to attract new posters.

Well done and also for your other achievement. I am going back to work next week, I am really looking forward to that. I use public transport so to get to and from work so that is a worry (small risk of Covid, but chance of not getting on the bus if it is too full). I am lucky to still have a job. Life will be very hard for a lot of people who have lost their jobs or who's businesses have been damaged. It is soul destroying looking for work when there is mass unemployment, applying for jobs and keep getting rejected, not to mention money worries that go with unemployment.

David Seagrove 1941 - 2019, a man who had Aspergers syndrome. Short auto biography: https://www.raggeduniversity.co.uk/2013/08/28/aristotle-perhaps-david-seagrave/ David Seagrave portfolio: https://dseagraveportfolio.wordpress.com/ More articles from Ragged University: https://www.raggeduniversity.co.uk/tag/david-seagrave/ Videos: David Seagrave for Remade: A Measure of All Things David Seagrave: David Seagrave's model trains (part 1): https://aspergersnet.wixsite.com/elas/elas-video David Seagrave's model trains (part 2):

Series 3 of the "A Word" starts tomorrow on BBC 1 at 21:00 hours. Link to programme trailer below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089szgq Link to programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089gzjx Link to previous episodes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09flzps/episodes/player

Item on the BBC website, "Coronavirus: The struggle of living in lockdown with autism": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52398144 Regarding the lockdown I am trying to make the best of things. How are you coping with the lockdown?

Seen on the BBC news website, "Birthday drive by for boy with autism in isolation": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-52159567/birthday-drive-by-for-boy-with-autism-in-isolation

AARG is Autistic Artists Research Group, they have put a YouTube video up titled "Introducing AARG - Autistic Artists Research Group!":

Article about Autism on BBC website, titled 'How I hid my autism to fit in': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51475739 Article also mentions a "camouflage checklist" and has a link titled "Quantifying compensatory strategies in adults with and without diagnosed autism" to a paper at: https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-019-0308-y

Interesting article, I saw that on the BBC television News the other day. It's useful going to that link as the video part at the top of that news item is interesting too, link again: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51014028

An interesting article. Thank you for that.