Aut_Scot

Seen on the BBC web site, article about a woman who was diagnosed as being autistic when she was aged sixty: "Autism: I was diagnosed at 60": https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220405-the-life-changing-diagnosis-of-autism-in-later-life

I agree. It is begining to look a bit like the 1970s, with high energy prices, high inflation, leading to higher cost of living, which will likely lead to more strikes. Likely higher taxes, and possibly at the end of the decade a Mrs Thatcher type figure that will cut public spending and public services. No doubt there will be also be more laws restricting people's freedom to do what they want and / or to express themselves. Also likely greater surveillance of ordinary law abiding people.

I am sorry to read that Gold MD. I hope that she makes a full and speedy recovery.

Autistic father and his 8 years old daughter are backpacking from John O'Groats to Lands End to raise awareness of Autism in both males and females of all ages. https://www.gofundme.com/f/eve-and-ian-john-o-groats-to-lands-end Ian Alderman has a blog page at: https://ianaldermanoutdoors.co.uk/about/

Seen on the BBC news website "Autism: MLAs pass bill to strengthen support in Northern Ireland": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-60653674 This has been welcomed by Autism NI (Northern Ireland’s main autism charity): https://www.autismni.org/news

I heard about this on the radio yesterday, "As We See It" an Amazon Prime series about three roommates on the autism spectrum, link to Wikipedia article about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_We_See_It

Seen on the BBC website: "Bristol Autism Support charity founder to receive award": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-60062445

Seen on the BBC website: "Autism: Grimsby mum's blog aims to show reality of condition": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-humber-60071772 The blog can be seen at: https://thefinchfamilylife.wordpress.com/

Do you think that COVID will still be a big problem in a years time? Merry Christmas.

There is a BBC1 television programme at 21:00 hrs on Wednesday, 1st December 2021 that might be of interest to members of this site. It is called "Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism" With his three children diagnosed with autism, Paddy McGuinness explores the condition. Link to programme website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b5l3lq Programme should be available on iPlayer shortly after its television broadcast.

Story on the BBC news site: "Melanie Sykes and Christine McGuinness praised for openness about autism diagnosis Autism campaigners and charities have said it is "brilliant that more and more people in the public eye" are talking openly about being diagnosed as adults. ... ": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59352983

Story on the BBC news site: "Autistic Hull man goes home after 15 years in hospital A man with autism who has spent nearly half his life detained in a mental health hospital has been released after a long campaign by his mother. … " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59225870

There is a book that some of you might find to be of interest called "Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement", information here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0 The ebook can be downloaded here: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-981-13-8437-0.pdf

I quite like "Incrowd hangout" by a 1960s group called "The Deejays": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKB4qMeNQ8

Seen on BBC news web page: "Early baby therapy could reduce autism diagnoses Training parents how to respond to babies showing early signs of autism could reduce by two-thirds the number of three-year-olds meeting the criteria for diagnosis, a small study suggests. ... " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58626945

Winston Churchill was a prolific writer, see link below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_as_writer He even won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1953 "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values".

Some recent Autism Spectrum Disorder related research articles: https://medicalxpress.com/tags/autism+spectrum+disorder/

Video clip from the BBC web site, about an autistic-friendly toy shop in Bath is trying to take the anxiety away for parents and children with their 'A-board' outside to show it can be a safe space.: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-58026672

Published last week, "Summary of findings from the government’s review of the National Autism Strategy 'Think Autism': call for evidence": https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-the-national-autism-strategy-think-autism-call-for-evidence/outcome/summary-of-findings-from-the-governments-review-of-the-national-autism-strategy-think-autism-call-for-evidence

I seem to have forgotten how to insert the video (as people have done earlier in this thread) in to my post rather than just the hyperlink, can somebody remind me how to do this, please?

I find this tune by Alan Hawkshaw called 'Beat Me 'Til I'm Blue' quite catchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq3n-YuQwlA

Article on the BBC website today, titled "'Autism and Strong Man go together' says World's Strongest Man": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-57612405

Autism story from the BBC website: "Bubble wall helps non-verbal boy with autism to speak A mother has described how a bubble wall in the family kitchen prompted her usually non-verbal five-year-old son to start naming the colours he could see. ... ". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-57360503

Latest edition of "1800 Seconds on Autism", titled "Neurotypicals are baffling".: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09jpz1p All episodes of "1800 Seconds on Autism": https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sdq0x/episodes/player

" … I wonder if there are any advantages in seeking a diagnosis so late in life? … " - I was in my fifties when I got my diagnosis, I have found it useful to get help at work through the "Access to Work" scheme. It made my working life a lot better, it may even have helped me keep my job. I share a lot of the symptoms which you mentioned. I believe that a tendency towards Asperger's syndrome is hereditary, so it might be useful to know if you had it in order to look out for it in your descendants, so that they can get help.