I flicked through our local free weekly paper last night. Like free newspapers everywhere (I suspect), it is a mixture of the major local news and sports stories from the last week, which previously appeared in the local daily paper; adverts, and a couple of pages full of births, deaths, weddings, memorials and coming-of-age announcements. [...]
I’ve spent the last week listening. Listening to how my body reacts when pushed hard. I’ve been quite surprised at what I’ve heard. I shouldn’t be. My body reacted no differently than it ever has done. What was different this time was that I was seeing it through the eyes of Asperger’s. My old explanations [...]
I’ve just had another of those moments where something comes into sharp focus and puts a new perspective on my life. This one surrounds work. I’ve been in the world of work for the best part of fifteen years now, and over that time I’ve observed that many of my peers appear to be polymaths. [...]
I could have called this article Life derailed: part 2 or maybe even Derailed job. It’s really a continuation of my thoughts from the article I wrote yesterday, but applied to my work life. My work life hasn’t been derailed as yet, well not completely at any rate. In my article yesterday I talked about [...]
I wrote recently about dinner party that my wife and I hosted last month, and about how well it went. Well, last weekend the six of us present that night had dinner together again, with another of the couples acting as hosts. The evening didn’t go so well for me this time. It wasn’t that [...]
I’ve recently become aware that there are a number of non-typical things that I do when speaking to people, particularly when it’s a one-to-one conversation. The conversation subject could be anything, but the examples I use below are based on a work scenario, where something technical is being discussed. Perhaps the most obvious (and annoying) [...]
I’m sure you know how it goes. You don’t find a release for your frustrations, and they very quickly build up, giving you an uncomfortable dose of anxiety. Well, that’s certainly what has been been happening with me these last couple of weeks. There are a number of things at play. Firstly, I’ve decided that [...]
When it comes to talking with others, I’m often seen to be something of a slow thinker. I’ll see the other person smile after saying something and look at me – they are expecting a response, but what sort of a response? Was it a joke they made? Were they looking for agreement on something? [...]
As someone who sees logic as being at the core of how I act and interact, I seem to have a lot of problems with another concept that would also appear to be governed by logic a lot of the time – common sense. It’s not that I don’t have any common sense – I [...]
It’s just occurred to me that if I could spend my whole working day writing about things I’m interested in, I’d be a very happy bunny indeed. I enjoy writing about AS, but I also enjoy writing about more technical things at work. Food for thought for me. If I’m ever going to get myself [...]
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