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Hi everybody here. I'm new here as well. I was diagnosed with Autism and Aspergers Syndrome roughly 10 years ago and have now accepted the condition as a kind of friend if you like. I do share all the symptoms of Aspergers Syndrome but would like to think that the rest of society hasn't stigmatised. My name i Joe Morris and I live in North London with my wonderful wife Bev  and now two grown up children who have flown the nest.

This is a long and complicated story which goes right back in time to where it all started for me. At the moment I have now retired on mental health grounds because of what happened to me when I had the most traumatic of breakdowns which led to two spells in psychiatric ward. The year 2012 was a personal nightmare and I'd rather not go into any detail about what happened. 

But I will always pride myself on the fact that I'm now an author of four books. The first was a just a literary experiment which was ever so bonkers and totally out of the box. The book is called Victorian Madness Lyrics. It's still available at Amazon, Waterstones online, Foyles online and Waterstones online. What I did was to translate all of Suggs Madness lyrics into over the top, posh metaphors and used the same technique for the whole book and most of the band's back catalogue. I think its hilarious and if you love English and words this is the book for you. 

My second book No Joe Bloggs is my life story growing up in Ilford, Essex, my parents, grandparents, my late dad;s love of the West End in London, vividly descriptive accounts of London, my favourite movies, music, bands, singers and amusing pen portraits of football teams from the 1970s. No Joe Bloggs is available at all of the above outlets as well. My third book was my take on England, the Chelsea Flower Show, the Henley Regatta, British seaside resorts, West End department stores and is called Joe's Jolly Japes and also available at all of the above. 

My most recent book has just been published and is my first children's book called Ollie and His Friends and is available at Amazon, Foyles, Lulu publishing and Barnes and Noble online. 

So there you are. This is me Joe Morris, Autistic with Aspergers Syndrome, getting on with life and revelling in the freedom of doing the things I want to do. I'm still mentally raw and wonder if anybody else can identify with my weird and peculiar behaviour which could be considered obsessional. When I read I tend to open my mouth, mutter and mumble the words on the written page and find it to be a very distressing habit which I've had for years. Could anybody relate to this strange habit. 

Of course Autism for me does quite definitely a complete lack of eye contact in any given social situation. It's probably one of the main reasons why my appalling or embarrassingly lack of any kind of work record has led me to living a completely different life to the 9-5 routine led by the vast majority of people. Unfortunately I left school without any qualifications at school believe it or not but I did spend most of the 1980s in the library, taking out most of the classics such as Dickens, Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, HG Wells, DH Lawrence, Proust and Tolstoy so I'm well read. Then I turned to writing and when I met my then girlfriend who became my wife Bev I was coaxed brilliantly into doing an Access to Journalism course which I passed and then did a Higher National Diploma course in Journalism which I passed as well.  But I couldn't get any work in journalism so more or less gave up on journalism. Writing in a very descriptive style is very liberating because it means I can use all of the lyrical language i've always privately wanted to use. 

Anyway that's me Joe Morris. It would be great to here from anybody who has Aspergers Syndrome with a similar background to me and the bizarre problems I've mentioned. 

Cheers everybody

Hi everybody here. I'm new here as well. I was diagnosed with Autism and Aspergers Syndrome roughly 10 years ago and have now accepted the condition as a kind of friend if you like. I do share all the symptoms of Aspergers Syndrome but would like to think that the rest of society hasn't stigmatised. My name i Joe Morris and I live in North London with my wonderful wife Bev  and now two grown up children who have flown the nest.

This is a long and complicated story which goes right back in time to where it all started for me. At the moment I have now retired on mental health grounds because of what happened to me when I had the most traumatic of breakdowns which led to two spells in psychiatric ward. The year 2012 was a personal nightmare and I'd rather not go into any detail about what happened. 

But I will always pride myself on the fact that I'm now an author of four books. The first was a just a literary experiment which was ever so bonkers and totally out of the box. The book is called Victorian Madness Lyrics. It's still available at Amazon, Waterstones online, Foyles online and Waterstones online. What I did was to translate all of Suggs Madness lyrics into over the top, posh metaphors and used the same technique for the whole book and most of the band's back catalogue. I think its hilarious and if you love English and words this is the book for you. 

My second book No Joe Bloggs is my life story growing up in Ilford, Essex, my parents, grandparents, my late dad;s love of the West End in London, vividly descriptive accounts of London, my favourite movies, music, bands, singers and amusing pen portraits of football teams from the 1970s. No Joe Bloggs is available at all of the above outlets as well. My third book was my take on England, the Chelsea Flower Show, the Henley Regatta, British seaside resorts, West End department stores and is called Joe's Jolly Japes and also available at all of the above. 

My most recent book has just been published and is my first children's book called Ollie and His Friends and is available at Amazon, Foyles, Lulu publishing and Barnes and Noble online. 

So there you are. This is me Joe Morris, Autistic with Aspergers Syndrome, getting on with life and revelling in the freedom of doing the things I want to do. I'm still mentally raw and wonder if anybody else can identify with my weird and peculiar behaviour which could be considered obsessional. When I read I tend to open my mouth, mutter and mumble the words on the written page and find it to be a very distressing habit which I've had for years. Could anybody relate to this strange habit. 

Of course Autism for me does quite definitely a complete lack of eye contact in any given social situation. It's probably one of the main reasons why my appalling or embarrassingly lack of any kind of work record has led me to living a completely different life to the 9-5 routine led by the vast majority of people. Unfortunately I left school without any qualifications at school believe it or not but I did spend most of the 1980s in the library, taking out most of the classics such as Dickens, Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, HG Wells, DH Lawrence, Proust and Tolstoy so I'm well read. Then I turned to writing and when I met my then girlfriend who became my wife Bev I was coaxed brilliantly into doing an Access to Journalism course which I passed and then did a Higher National Diploma course in Journalism which I passed as well.  But I couldn't get any work in journalism so more or less gave up on journalism. Writing in a very descriptive style is very liberating because it means I can use all of the lyrical language i've always privately wanted to use. 

Anyway that's me Joe Morris. It would be great to here from anybody who has Aspergers Syndrome with a similar background to me and the bizarre problems I've mentioned. 

Cheers everybody