I give Bilbo, our dog, a chew stick and he expresses unkept joy. He throws it in the air and pounces on it again and again. In his little doggy head, he has not a care in the world, and I can remember being that carefree and happy when I was a child, especially if […]
Category: Autism
Asperger Syndrome – A unique contribution to the workplace
I had spent all day with him in a workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to identify ways in which we could measure the culture of our company to track changes/improvements. He joined us at the request of the CEO and he made connections from company data to organisational culture that we HR/OD professionals would […]
All the best people have the colours of the rainbow inside of them
‘He’s on the spectrum; she has OCD, he has ADHD, I think she has learning difficulties’ it’s amazing how many people I have spoken to over the years who have felt comfortable in diagnosing colleagues, friends even themselves as having degrees and types of neuroatypical conditions. (Neuroatypical is an umbrella term for anyone who could […]
What happens when Attention Deficit Disorder grows up?
I recently took a trip to America, a trip I nearly didn’t take. My mother had just passed away the week before and all of my realities had shifted just a little. I actually went in the end because it was preferable to staying here and walking in a house of echoes. So my husband […]
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