Hi ! I’m Jim. Just diagnosed last week at 44. Happy to be here. When I joined they said there was access to a special Facebook support group. Is this it ? Or can someone help me find it please? Also I have so so much to learn about autism. Where can I start ? Are there any nice IRL in real life groups in London perhaps ? Like SW London I hate to travel. ! X
When I started enquiring into autism I started by going to Waterstones, and week-by-week reading my way across the shelf, start with the light stuff and move on to the technical if you are so inclined..
This forum is plenty active and varied in intensity, depending on who replies, I tend to ‘go-long’ as it were..
I found the etymology of Asperger history to be plenty varied and interesting, it seems to grow in detail and technicality as time goes on, it’s been a long old road. If you want to grow into the autism community, it will broaden your understanding and interest to know where it came from, there are also a good few personal works out there to widen your understanding and grip on the terminology.
I really enjoyed ‘How to be Autistic.’ by Charlotte Amelie Poe. Also, there is a series of six interviews on YouTube with Tony Atwood in 2013, that explain Asperger’s masterfully.
I’m sure there are other points to make on ‘Autism’, but there is only so much lore I can splatter across the thread with such a broad stroke as: “So what about Autism?”..
You seem plenty motivated to know stuff, but be sure to pace yourself so that you don’t overload yourself, there is plenty of work that needs to be done on Autism services, but do not despair the community is working on it.
If you have any worries or woes or questions, come back here and we’ll level you out and signpost you..:)
When I started enquiring into autism I started by going to Waterstones, and week-by-week reading my way across the shelf, start with the light stuff and move on to the technical if you are so inclined..
This forum is plenty active and varied in intensity, depending on who replies, I tend to ‘go-long’ as it were..
I found the etymology of Asperger history to be plenty varied and interesting, it seems to grow in detail and technicality as time goes on, it’s been a long old road. If you want to grow into the autism community, it will broaden your understanding and interest to know where it came from, there are also a good few personal works out there to widen your understanding and grip on the terminology.
I really enjoyed ‘How to be Autistic.’ by Charlotte Amelie Poe. Also, there is a series of six interviews on YouTube with Tony Atwood in 2013, that explain Asperger’s masterfully.
I’m sure there are other points to make on ‘Autism’, but there is only so much lore I can splatter across the thread with such a broad stroke as: “So what about Autism?”..
You seem plenty motivated to know stuff, but be sure to pace yourself so that you don’t overload yourself, there is plenty of work that needs to be done on Autism services, but do not despair the community is working on it.
If you have any worries or woes or questions, come back here and we’ll level you out and signpost you..:)
