Chris Packham On Autism

The Fear

The Fear

A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Did anyone watch it on BBC last night? If not, worth watching on catch up.

I'm half way through right now, I got tired and went to bed, so will watch the rest today.

It's fascinating.

Bit spooky because I have to have all my coat hangers matching as well and my clothes are all hung in colour order and I rotate jeans as I wear them they go to the back of my range!

All my mugs have to have their handles facing the same way, volume buttons ideally have to be end with a 7. I always used to only ever buy the 7th magazine in the shops as well, now I go for any other than the first (that people will have picked up and read perhaps) so I've improved on that :3:

 
Mrs Melon was watching it as it's her thing, being a mental health nurse.
Most of that time working with child/adolescent and diagnosing disorders such as autism, ADHD, Asperger (and not diagnosing kids that are basically little shits and not being parented properly!!)

She will say that everyone is on the autistic spectrum. Just depends as to which end you are.

So don't despair with your jeans issue JF.

I have a thing where food categories have to be on the same shelf in the fridge!
 
Oh there is no despair MD... thanks though dude. lol

Everything here has to be in order, even cupboards etc. Always been the same.

And yes, seen it said a few times everyone is on the spectrum of these different behavioral things but also agree with you, some are given 'tags' or diagnosis as opposed to just the fact they are naughty buggers!

 
Yes I must watch this later.

As I may have mentioned Sir Dennis jnr has aspergers and when he was diagnosed the people said then as MD has said that everyone is on the autistic spectrum , just that some are further along the line than others.

There is a lot of ignorance about it still as when Sir Dennis jnr started secondary school they just thought he was thick and put him in the bottom sets with all the kids that were trouble makers etc , which he just couldn't cope with and led to him basically not going to school for the best part of a year. He was completely failed by them.
 
Yes, as you'll all know, grandson Jack (the soon to be best selling author!) has autism so it's a topic close to our hearts.
I have tendencies myself, I know. One of the things I do is to flap my hands in front of me when I need to settle myself down. Unlike Jack who does it regularly, I have the awareness to only do it when I'm on my own or when I'm with very close family members. (As a Villa fan, I need to settle myself quite often....)
I also, either whenever I'm bored (quite a regular occurence) or trying to get to sleep, often play a particular sort of word game in my head. I select a word which must have nine letters (without being plural) and at least one "e". Then I make up as many words (four letters or more, no plurals) from it as I can. I don't write them down (difficult when trying to get off to sleep, in any case!) and don't keep a count.
 
sirdennis - 18/10/2017 09:50

Yes I must watch this later.

As I may have mentioned Sir Dennis jnr has aspergers and when he was diagnosed the people said then as MD has said that everyone is on the autistic spectrum , just that some are further along the line than others.

There is a lot of ignorance about it still as when Sir Dennis jnr started secondary school they just thought he was thick and put him in the bottom sets with all the kids that were trouble makers etc , which he just couldn't cope with and led to him basically not going to school for the best part of a year. He was completely failed by them.
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Awful thing to go through SD. No doubt there is so much to do r.e ignorance. But as Mrs Melon says the diagnosis is so much better today. Not too long ago SD jnr would still now be undiagnosed. Trouble is with more people diagnosed the more need treating and believe me there are no more practitioners to keep pace with it. Hence Mrs Melon having a huge case load of and people waiting and waiting to be treated. It will be also so dependant where you live as to the treatment you get. Like most things NHS.
 
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