A thing I made...

I would not rule out learning more coding, but the thing is I am not that enamoured with the idea of spending every day looking at online content for a retirement career. So I recently decided to look into improving my very basic electronics knowledge, so that i can interact a bit with real objects. Amongst many other things, I have always had a lot to do with wood, but it isn't that practical in the country where I currently live, so I decided to acquire some new skills, because furthering my career in academe doesn't appeal that much to me. To me, practical skills are therapeutic; especially since I could be labelled as dyspraxic.

So I'm currently buried deep in some rather simple electronics books. And it IS interesting. So much so that I'm beginning to think about stuff like Arduino, Basic Stamp and Raspberry Pi. So I went looking for somewhere to buy it closer to home, and found a place almost on my doorstep, And also online sales, closer to home too. So I'm now wondering whether I could assist in the local marketing of such stuff by adding more English to their website.

The following is actually quite important. I'm finding it hard enough to make constructive contact with the neuro-diverse community in the UK, where I no longer live. And it is also now quite clear to me that I almost certainly must have  known many people who now could be thought of as on the spectrum; people that i have definitely had a constructive interaction with in the past. So it seems like I should try to make contact in the country where I now live. But here it is much worse than the UK. I have spent the last three years trying my damnedest to make contact with NDs and specialist NTs in my country of residence. and i have nothing at all to show for it. It's politics! But I won't bore you with the controversial details. The local establishment is once again trying to sweep a few inconvenient truths under the carpet, it seems. But  I also can't be too sure as to the exact reasons it is a taboo subject. I have strong suspicions, but of course there is no one capable of confirming those suspicions. People are obviously censoring themselves to avoid getting themselves into trouble with the authorities.

So it occurs to me that perhaps a much better approach is to go looking for activities that are likely to attract people with similar ND tendencies. And that way, it may not actually be necessary to raise any controversial topics; just enjoy less controversial interactions that can be constructive

I'm also not averse to 'meeting' people with similar interests in the UK

I would not rule out learning more coding, but the thing is I am not that enamoured with the idea of spending every day looking at online content for a retirement career. So I recently decided to look into improving my very basic electronics knowledge, so that i can interact a bit with real objects. Amongst many other things, I have always had a lot to do with wood, but it isn't that practical in the country where I currently live, so I decided to acquire some new skills, because furthering my career in academe doesn't appeal that much to me. To me, practical skills are therapeutic; especially since I could be labelled as dyspraxic.

So I'm currently buried deep in some rather simple electronics books. And it IS interesting. So much so that I'm beginning to think about stuff like Arduino, Basic Stamp and Raspberry Pi. So I went looking for somewhere to buy it closer to home, and found a place almost on my doorstep, And also online sales, closer to home too. So I'm now wondering whether I could assist in the local marketing of such stuff by adding more English to their website.

The following is actually quite important. I'm finding it hard enough to make constructive contact with the neuro-diverse community in the UK, where I no longer live. And it is also now quite clear to me that I almost certainly must have  known many people who now could be thought of as on the spectrum; people that i have definitely had a constructive interaction with in the past. So it seems like I should try to make contact in the country where I now live. But here it is much worse than the UK. I have spent the last three years trying my damnedest to make contact with NDs and specialist NTs in my country of residence. and i have nothing at all to show for it. It's politics! But I won't bore you with the controversial details. The local establishment is once again trying to sweep a few inconvenient truths under the carpet, it seems. But  I also can't be too sure as to the exact reasons it is a taboo subject. I have strong suspicions, but of course there is no one capable of confirming those suspicions. People are obviously censoring themselves to avoid getting themselves into trouble with the authorities.

So it occurs to me that perhaps a much better approach is to go looking for activities that are likely to attract people with similar ND tendencies. And that way, it may not actually be necessary to raise any controversial topics; just enjoy less controversial interactions that can be constructive

I'm also not averse to 'meeting' people with similar interests in the UK