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Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me

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over 6 years ago

The documentary has won a Broadcasting Press Guild Award 2018 for the Best Single Documentary:
http://www.chrispackham.co.uk/news/chris-packham-wins-a-broadcasting-press-guild-award-2018-for-the-best-single-documentary

Given the available time, I thought the programme was excellent. My only criticism relates to scheduling: I would have liked the programme on BBC1 at prime time.

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  • over 6 years ago

    I really enjoyed watching this documentary.

    My husband said he saw a lot of parallels between him and me, though at times I was watching thinking that he was nothing like me. Shows what I know! 

    My husband thought it was a good representation of someone at about my level of functioning, which in my opinion is a good thing because I am somewhere in the 'average' middle ground and that's not an area often represented in the media, where usually the focus is on the genius types or the non-verbal types with more obvious stims.

    I used to watch a lot of documentaries about autism, but struggled to enjoy them or even get through them to the end. I've found that in the last year or two, we're getting much better variety and far more documentaries with real experiences, rather than professionals talking about us. 

  • over 6 years ago in reply to Blade

    My wife who used to be a special needs teacher so know a thing or three about autism and Aspergers has often joked that I am on the spectrum. Having watched this documentary i have come to realise that i really do have this 'condition'. i then forgot about it for a few months

    But I have  just listened to Paddy Considine being interviewed on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6 music show talking about his condition and I have decided to put my head above the parapet here. 

    Now what do I do. Is it worth me getting a formal diagnosis, I work in the NHS and have approached my occupational health department.

    Any thoughts gladly received

  • over 6 years ago in reply to TimS

    I would recommend you start a new thread to receive a wider response to your question.

    Having said that, here are some links which you may find of help:

    1. NAS' 'All About Diagnosis' (http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis.aspx)
    2. NHS' 'Autism Diagnosis for Adults' (https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Autism/Pages/Diagnosisinadults.aspx)
    3. the Royal College of General Practitioners' autism page (http://www.rcgp.org.uk/ASD and, in particular, http://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/resources/toolkits/asd-toolkit.aspx)

    If you search the forum you will find plenty of posts on the subject of whether it is worth obtaining a formal diagnosis.

    My short answer (as someone who was diagnosed when I was well into my forties) is 'yes'. Amongst the various reasons I give that answer is my diagnosis has meant that I can start to do what is natural to me without having an internal argument about whether it is "right" then trying (and failing) to behave in a neurotypical way.

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