allsetuk Report post Posted September 25, 2007 did anyone see the news , about autism and me, a 19 year old boy giving a speech at harrogate today, over 150 people turned up and loads had to be turned away, apparently the NAS has a new branch , in the area up and running. This boy has won loads of prizes for a short film about aspergers /asd and in it he explains how it feels, its going to shown in schools apparently. it was on look north or calender today if anyone wants to follow it up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allsetuk Report post Posted September 25, 2007 sorry his name is Rory Hoy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bullet Report post Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) Thanks for this . Edited September 25, 2007 by Bullet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb1964 Report post Posted September 25, 2007 Hi, Didn't see this - but just found this on a search about it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/conten...m_feature.shtml Many thanks, Jb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted September 25, 2007 Thanks for sharing allsetuk. Great interview - he sounds fantastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badonkadonk Report post Posted September 26, 2007 Ah pants, can't believe we missed this one! We usually watch Look North religiously every morning (mostly because Neil is actually in love with the bloke who presents it....don't get me wrong, he's alright, better than Dominic Sadsacks and Sian the walking fashion disaster anyhoo...but Neil's obsession with him scares me sometimes hehehehe) I found the article really funny to read and I'm pretty sure I've seen his video on YouTube. It seems I have finally found someone else who is Autistic who has the same over-colloquial, informal language use that I do I thought it was just me! I'm much better than I was at writing more formally but at his age that is exactly how I used to write Can't believe he was in Harrogate and we didn't know, gaaaaahhhhhh! Emily xxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lya of the Nox Report post Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) I found the article really funny to read and I'm pretty sure I've seen his video on YouTube. It seems I have finally found someone else who is Autistic who has the same over-colloquial, informal language use that I do I thought it was just me! I'm much better than I was at writing more formally but at his age that is exactly how I used to write Emily xxx u seen meggzie's posts ??? text speak and teenage speak all at the same time x Edited September 26, 2007 by Lya of the Nox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted September 26, 2007 Ah pants, can't believe we missed this one! We usually watch Look North religiously every morning (mostly because Neil is actually in love with the bloke who presents it....don't get me wrong, he's alright, better than Dominic Sadsacks and Sian the walking fashion disaster anyhoo...but Neil's obsession with him scares me sometimes hehehehe) I found the article really funny to read and I'm pretty sure I've seen his video on YouTube. It seems I have finally found someone else who is Autistic who has the same over-colloquial, informal language use that I do I thought it was just me! I'm much better than I was at writing more formally but at his age that is exactly how I used to write Can't believe he was in Harrogate and we didn't know, gaaaaahhhhhh! Emily xxx If, light of my life, you are referring to Colin Briggs, then I won't hear a word said against the man - he is truly a legend and a billion times better than the patheticness that is Dermot Moghnahan(sp?), Kaplinsky (pah)(although I do realise that she now presents the 6:00 news- can't miss an opportunity to vent my spleen though), Bill Turnbull (smug) and Sian Williams (bland with a capital 'inane'). Who else but 'The Briggs' (now elevated to much the same level as 'The Pope', 'The Queen', 'The Tarby' and 'The Neil') seems to get such fantastic pleasure from telling us where the BBC Busses are going to be each day? Just typical though that the day we don't watch Look North, something happens in H'gate and we miss it - boo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badonkadonk Report post Posted September 26, 2007 Hehehehe yes well colloquial language and text speak are two different things....even I don't understand text speak!! I have seen Meggzie's posts and I must admit I struggle sometimes The ironic thing is that I write a text how I write on here so they end up being 3 pages long and whatnot, but my mum has the text lingo down to a fine art. Only trouble is, she shorthands so much that I often have no flippin idea what the hell she's on about! We met my mum and dad at Meadowhall Shopping Centre on Sunday and my mum sent a text to tell us how to get to the carpark they were parked on (big place, lots of carparks) and me and Neil were stumped as to what it all meant If we had followed her instructions we would have ended up in a different country I'm sure! And yes Neil I'm on about Colin Briggs....though my head seems to have had a slight malfunction when thinking of the main news presenters names. I said Dominic when I was really talking about Bill Turnball and it really isn't Dominic at all, it's Dermot Oh dear, I think my one remaining brain cell is on the blink Emily xxx ps love you lots hehehehe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mandyque Report post Posted October 22, 2007 I went to a seminar by Wendy Lawson on Friday and she played Rorys video, it was really good, if you haven't seen it, go and look on you tube. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allsetuk Report post Posted October 25, 2007 glad this was of use, my mum lives in harrogate and i grew up there so i would have love to attended but like you guys found out too late Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
