Aut_Scot

Dara has gone on to win a literary prize: "NI schoolboy Dara McAnulty 'stunned' after literary prize win" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54079413

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 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.

Article in today's "Guardian" online, called "Is my autism a superpower? " https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/03/is-autism-a-superpower-greta-thunberg-and-others-think-it-can-be

I don't know whether contacting the more frequent posters on this site would be of use to you. I notice that you come from Wales, I did a search and came up with this link to ASDinfoWales https://www.asdinfowales.co.uk/home/ There may be support groups etc in your part of Wales, as there is in my part of Scotland. https://whereyoustand.org/groups-and-organisations/item/autism-spectrum-connections https://apcymru.org.uk/ I also found information about Autism Cymru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Cymru

Programme on BBC3 about young woman with Autism getting a makeover: "Misfits Salon Series 1:1 Daisy. Daisy is a teaching assistant and lives in Essex with her mum and their two dogs. Since school she’s never felt like she fitted in – she’s always felt isolated. Daisy is 24 years old and last year was diagnosed with Autism. Now she has a name to explain everything, Daisy feels like she’s ready to start a new chapter. She’s come to Misfits Salon to release the authentic Daisy to the world. ... ". https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p07p7k4l/misfits-salon-series-1-1-daisy

I tend to look at the forum from time to time and if there is nothing new, click on to some other site. It would be good if there were more posts, I sometimes post a link to articles relating to Autism that I see online, which is probably the best I could do as I am not a good communicator.

A recent news story titled "How women with autism found shelter amid the trees": https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17601562.how-women-with-autism-found-shelter-amid-the-trees/

News story on BBC website, titled 'We were bullied out of our home for being different': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-48154578

Story in todays "Mailonline": "Teenager sent to a health unit for a six-week autism check-up aged 18 is now caged with killers and rapists in a psychiatric hospital 13 years later": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6610761/Teenager-sent-health-caged-killers-rapists.html

Another Chris Packham story in the press recently. "BBC's Wildlife expert Chris Packham, 57, offers HIMSELF up as a hunt's first human quarry in a bid to stop foxes from 'being torn to pieces'": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6554989/BBCs-Wildlife-expert-Chris-Packham-offers-quarry-hunt-club.html#

1800 Seconds on Autism: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sdq0x All episodes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sdq0x/episodes/player These can be downloaded as podcasts. Also an article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-46555014

Congratulations to you for standing your ground. Hopefully your actions will lead to better treatment of other people on the spectrum.