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Watch this wonderful programme giving publicity to the Autism isolation and distress, by Chris Packham under the programme's nature observations

DaveAsperg

I've just finished watching this programme and it will probably be on Iplayer soon, but I thought I should bring it to people's attention as he highlights his own distress and isolation in previous years , as well as directly talking of his and our suicidal thoughts, which haunt many of us. Yes he acknowledges his luck in finding a job that encompasses his unusual extreme interests and expertise, but we are not all so lucky and he does makes some very good points, which will hopefully have some impact on the community.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000xqgp/chris-packham-the-walk-that-made-me

Oh and of course there is lots about nature.................

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  • I watched a programme about Chris Packham's Asperger's syndome a while back, presumably a different one. But it was one of the things that made me realise that I could be autistic. Before that I (unfortunately) had quite a negative view of autism because I was misinformed and didn't know anything about it.

    I like Chris Packham. I also love nature and wild swimming so will give this a watch when it's on iPlayer.

  • in reply to Untoward

    he even chat's to various wild swimmers on his walk along the River Itchen and talks of the psychological benefits of wild swimming.

    It is now on Iplayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000xqgp/chris-packham-the-walk-that-made-me

  • in reply to DaveAsperg

    I've just watched it. Thanks for the recommendation it was a nice programme. The surroundings were beautiful of course. I wish I could live somewhere like that. I also really want a dog.

    I thought a lot of the encounters he had seemed very unnatural. I'm fairly certain they stopped people and gave them a script and did multiple takes, and since these people aren't actors it comes off as very stilted and forced. On the other hand, I don't exactly know anything about conversation so I could be completely wrong.

    It was nice to see English people on TV.  Sounds stupid to say, but where I live I often feel like a foreigner in my own country, and every TV show, film and all adverts force a multicultural agenda and try to make us hate ourselves. I loved seeing the families take their kid fishing or the traditional flooding of the meadows with the children helping.

    I find modern life increasingly difficult to deal with. I agree with what Chris says about liking that environment not just because of the love of nature, but because of things being simpler and making sense. It's a calming place to be and that's why I am hoping to move out of the city and to somewhere that will feel more like home. I think it will be good for my mental health.

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  • in reply to DaveAsperg

    I've just watched it. Thanks for the recommendation it was a nice programme. The surroundings were beautiful of course. I wish I could live somewhere like that. I also really want a dog.

    I thought a lot of the encounters he had seemed very unnatural. I'm fairly certain they stopped people and gave them a script and did multiple takes, and since these people aren't actors it comes off as very stilted and forced. On the other hand, I don't exactly know anything about conversation so I could be completely wrong.

    It was nice to see English people on TV.  Sounds stupid to say, but where I live I often feel like a foreigner in my own country, and every TV show, film and all adverts force a multicultural agenda and try to make us hate ourselves. I loved seeing the families take their kid fishing or the traditional flooding of the meadows with the children helping.

    I find modern life increasingly difficult to deal with. I agree with what Chris says about liking that environment not just because of the love of nature, but because of things being simpler and making sense. It's a calming place to be and that's why I am hoping to move out of the city and to somewhere that will feel more like home. I think it will be good for my mental health.

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