Gerrard

That's exactly it Bid, my dx gave me breathing space. I've stopped beating myself up and realised I'm kind of ok. Sciencegeek, I'm studying, would you believe? A post grad in Autism studies. Not purely narcissistic, I stripped down an old 1970s Fenfer Tele Bullet, putin new pick ups and electrics. I just have to paint it. Problem is, painting a guitar takes several coats, including varnishes, and I can't do that at home. Needs a clean, well ventilated area. My new project is building the lap steel, from scratch. I have the plans,and the tools.

If there was one thing I could say about receiving a diagnosis as an adult, is at least I've got something. Knowledge, the chance to move on and do sommthing real. Stop pretendimng I'm something I'm not. I spent so much of my life being 'stupid', 'the class clown', when, just recently, I was dx Aspergergers, dyslexia and dyspraxia, with an IQ in the top 2% I was never stupid. I'm now studying for a a post-grad at University, and I'm building, from scratch, a lap steel guitar

Hi Mumble. I went to University, for the 1st time at the tender age of 38. Absolutely fearful of all the academics. But now I'm doing a post grad. Please talk to your' lecturers, if there is a disability advisor available, please talk to them. I learned too late, but not too late, for it to benefit me. Honestly, these people really want to see you pass and graduate. Talk to them. I have Aspergers and dyslexia and dyspraxia, and they don't just accomodate you because of your disability, they admire you, because you ghave chosen to study and move forward.

Hi Frangipani, I found this site, I hope there may be some useful info on there. I've had cause recently, to investigate my options involving a utility company here in the UK, and was advised to use an Independent ombundsman, which, I figured, must be available in Australia. Good luck http://www.tio.com.au/

l just think he's a crackin' guy..."I like your' sleeves, thet're really big" when do the slow dance to "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper. ....when not just take a photo of my life lol.......thing i would and did say

ok i'm replying to my own post, i wasn't as physically awkward as napoleon, or maybe i was and can't see it, cos all i wanted to do was play football to pleases my dad, but i made a p.. and i also like football myselfretty good goalie as it turrned out. Recencently diagnposed dyspraxia uuurrgghh!...i was a totally good goalie

Watching this movie now for the 2nd night in a row. I love it. No patronising, i lowould rather hang out with these dudes, only i had to hang with hard people on a 1970's glasgow housing scheme. Your choice uuurrrgghh!

Hello......I received an official dx Sept 2006, at the age of 42. I felt my life had ground to a complete halt, mostly of my choosing. Didn't see the point of attempting anything new for the fear of making the same mistakes all over again. It's funny, but no matter how many times I made the same wrong decisions, or mistakes, in life, I could never remember having made them when I was faced with similar situations. It wasn't till I was almost 40 I figured that it was me perhaps repeating these mistakes in certain areas of my life. Relationships, work, study...I gave all of them up, as it just seemed easier. The dx has helped. I've applied for a post grad course and want to be out and about again. Generally more positive since dx. Gerry

Now I won't pretend to be anything other than a 43 year old man (AS, does that matter?), sitting at home after quaffing a few guiness, listening to some good music (Ronnie Lane). But I was wondering, what music gives us?, anyone? a voice. When I was 15/16 it was the Clash, and bless him, Joe Strummer, till he left us, he was still a great voice, when I was 40. I wept (slighly) when he left us, also when John Lennon went. I was 14 when I first heard the PiStOLs, StRAnglers, CLASH, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Velvet Underground, PIL. Then I decided to explore. Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy,BB King, Johnny Cash, 1960's Jamaican dub, Lee Scratch Perry. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps I went to see, and hear Bob Marley, 1980, Glasgow Apollo. WOW. I seen Genesis, Tangarine Dream, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Rush, David Bowie (twice)....you name it. Every kind of music. All voices. Maybe I'm just gettin' to that age, and I miss that way that music turns me, takes me down a different street, helps me to sleep...then slaps me round the face, and says Gerry, you ain't dead yet..... New music still spins me.......The Good The Bad And The Queen, 1990's (bless 'em) Think i'll shut up now

I am an eejit sorry, I had nothing to say, really, but just felt like, well saying something, anything. I don't think there is any need for the though

Time, of course, in itself, is meaningless. It only gains any meaning when applied to thought, and then it only has fleeting relevance to that particular thought, time is gone, and therefor meaningless. OOps I think I just dissappeared up my own backside. Not pleasant.

If you're looking for a 'gift', then look long and hard. I play guitar, mandolin, mouth organ and tinkle on piano. I understand metaphysics, (philosophy), physics, chemistry, and all the surrounding world, (whether explained by science, philosophy or religion) and I still don't know what I'm trying to say. Socrates, Christ, Descartes, Jean Paul Sartre (Being And Nothingness is the best thing I've ever read...but don't ask me to explain). I'm not trying to appear smart.....I have read and understood these things.........no-one cares. It's not a gift when you can't get paid, ie....turn it into a living wage. I'd rather I was 'normal', like my brother or sister or friends, who manage their lives, who have families and lives. Me........Isn't it great....check out the geek chic

Hello, Diagnosed asperger, November 2006. I honestly don't know. I thought I would have answers to, well, all my questions really. It hasn't worked out that way. But why should it? Just because I've been diagnosed Aspergers, doesn't mean that life should turn out the way I think it should. Even though, I think life should turn out the way I THINK. I feel in a bit of limbo. Do I accept this? Isn't it what I always believed anyway? When I first posted on this site, it was pre-diagnosis (although I knew). I only felt confident, in myself, about posting after receiving diagnosis. If there is one thing about receiveng diagnosis, I guess, it's some confidence in yourself. Then again.....my first opinion...I honestly don't know. Gerry

HAha..hahahahhahahhaah...aha...ha...haaa.......aaah! Catchphrase....sadly missed. I just got lost! on that sight for about an hour http://www.ifilm.com/video/2693670

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