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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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  • The difficulty in employing an Autistic person is that they might find it difficult to follow instructions and they would need a lot of extra training at the start of their new job.  Even another Autistic person might not want to employ another Autistic person.  Many men employ a woman secretary so I do not think it is entirely true about always wanting the same kind.  I have not yet watched the employment programme but I know something about it as I have worked a little bit in my life including the House of Commons for six months.  That was about twenty years ago and I was one of the last people to get employed on the three percent quota which has unfortunatly disappeared.  Now disabled people have to apply on their own merrits which might make it diffiucult as they often do not have the right experience.    I was told that at the interview I did not give the right answers to the questions that is why I did not get the job.  I have done very little work so I do not know how to give the right answers.

    I am nearly sixty so I am not looking for work any more.

    David

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  • The difficulty in employing an Autistic person is that they might find it difficult to follow instructions and they would need a lot of extra training at the start of their new job.  Even another Autistic person might not want to employ another Autistic person.  Many men employ a woman secretary so I do not think it is entirely true about always wanting the same kind.  I have not yet watched the employment programme but I know something about it as I have worked a little bit in my life including the House of Commons for six months.  That was about twenty years ago and I was one of the last people to get employed on the three percent quota which has unfortunatly disappeared.  Now disabled people have to apply on their own merrits which might make it diffiucult as they often do not have the right experience.    I was told that at the interview I did not give the right answers to the questions that is why I did not get the job.  I have done very little work so I do not know how to give the right answers.

    I am nearly sixty so I am not looking for work any more.

    David

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