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Two Programmes on Autism Did anyone else watch them?

David

I watched yesterday THE AUTISTIC ME.  It was hard to follow as it was about three Autistic young men on the Autistic spectrum basically in the transition to Adulthood.  They cannot do what other young people do.  I do not understand why children under sixteen should not watch it.  Surely it is good for children to know about what life can be like for some Adults.  I knew as I visited my Cousin in a Mental Hospital as a small boy.

I watched another programme on Monday about Autism.   It said that everyone has Autistic traits but Autistic people have more Autistic traits then the general population.  One gets diagnosed if one finds life hard to cope with being Autistic not on how many traits so the programme said.

Secondly it describeld a case about a young man called Blair in the 1700S brought by his brother to anul a marrage.  The case was in Edinburough and the young man was probably Autistic as he repeated the questions the Clerk of the Court Asked.

Not sure where this discussion should go.  It should go under new Info about Autism but there is no section about it .  The programmes were educational and the second programme was about young people so I decided to put it under Education this discussion.

I would like replies especially from anyone else who watched Programmes on Autism this week.

  David.

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  • Watched the new 'Autistic Me' and the 2014 'Horizon' programme that David mentions, as well as the first of episodes of 'The A Word' and 'Employable Me'. It is good to see some serious productions, so well done BBC. It struck me as strange to see people and characters who are my kind of normal.

    As regards employment, there are many obstacles to overcome. I heard one senior manager of a multinational company when addressing the subject of women's careers observations that men tend to hire men, women tend to hire women and people of a particular ethnicity tend to hire others of the same ethnicity. In short, people are most comfortable with people who are like themselves. The problem for any of who appear different is that the people who do the hiring just don't feel comfortable with us, so don't hire us.

    Even though I have been in work for most of my life, career advancement has been almost nonexistent. Not only do I make others slightly unconscious due to my Aspergers, I don't do very well with the networking that most people use to move within an organisation. Apparently most people get jobs not because they are qualified, or experienced, but because they know the right people - a tough call for those of us on the spectrum. The very few times I have made any progress has been when a manager has spotted a particular skill/strength that he wanted to cash in on.

    Good luck to all of you who are looking for a (new) job. Why not post your success stories so others can follow in your footsteps.

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  • Watched the new 'Autistic Me' and the 2014 'Horizon' programme that David mentions, as well as the first of episodes of 'The A Word' and 'Employable Me'. It is good to see some serious productions, so well done BBC. It struck me as strange to see people and characters who are my kind of normal.

    As regards employment, there are many obstacles to overcome. I heard one senior manager of a multinational company when addressing the subject of women's careers observations that men tend to hire men, women tend to hire women and people of a particular ethnicity tend to hire others of the same ethnicity. In short, people are most comfortable with people who are like themselves. The problem for any of who appear different is that the people who do the hiring just don't feel comfortable with us, so don't hire us.

    Even though I have been in work for most of my life, career advancement has been almost nonexistent. Not only do I make others slightly unconscious due to my Aspergers, I don't do very well with the networking that most people use to move within an organisation. Apparently most people get jobs not because they are qualified, or experienced, but because they know the right people - a tough call for those of us on the spectrum. The very few times I have made any progress has been when a manager has spotted a particular skill/strength that he wanted to cash in on.

    Good luck to all of you who are looking for a (new) job. Why not post your success stories so others can follow in your footsteps.

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