Insights from living with Asperger’s Syndrome… and raising 15 Aspies!
How do we encourage Equality of Opportunity without falling for the counterfeit of Equality of Outcome? By JOHN COUNSEL Let me state, for the record, that I am politically unaligned. I choose the candidates for election for whom I vote according to the principles, policies and programs they espouse… and I hold them publicly accountable, …
Why I'm totally OPEN about having Asperger’s Syndrome By John Counsel I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome on Christmas Eve, 24 December 2002. It was the best Christmas gift I've ever received, and I celebrate that date as “Liberation Day”, because I was finally able to begin to understand myself and take control of my life… …
Discovering the REAL me… after 57 years! NOTICEJohn Counsel suffered an occlusion in his brain's Occipital Lobe (stroke) on 4 June 2020, which affected his visual processing ability, as well as his ability to read and write plus his ability to make sense of alphabet characters and numbers.By early August 2022 John's recovery is progressing …
By JOHN COUNSEL This tutorial is about the process behind the classic transition from Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence. Legend: The vertical axis of the graph represents control (top) andabsence of control (bottom). The horizontal axis represents time. Stage 1a: Unconscious Incompetence — we think we’re in control… until something happens to make us realise the truth about our delusions… Stage 1b: Unconscious Incompetence — this is where we really were, all along. Ignorant of our own ignorance and incompetence. …
BY JOHN COUNSEL Here are a few things I’ve learned about myself (and a lot of other Aspies, too — I’ve lived with four generations of us) that really puzzled and bothered me all my life, decades before diagnosis. See if you recognise them in your own relationships… IMPORTANT: Some of the behaviour discussed here is now recognised as …
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Famous people who are or were — or almost certainly were* — Aspies * Because of the reality that Asperger’s Syndrome was not formally recognised until 1992 (World Health Organisation: ICD-10) and 1994 (American Psychiatric Association: DSM-IV), despite it being articulated half a century earlier by Austrian pediatrician Dr Hans Asperger in 1944, many of the individuals …
By John Counsel Whenever I hear or see someone asking what use Aspies are to the human race, or what should be done about us, my response is simple: “What do YOU think today’s world would be like without Aspies?” Out of idle curiosity, let’s consider just a few key features of everyday life in …
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Can we please stop with the smug, self-righteous virtue signalling and emotional blackmail being used to try to divide the autism community under the pretence of unity?It’s negative, it’s tiresome… and it’s dishonest! By JOHN COUNSEL Disclosure: I have Asperger’s Syndrome, diagnosed in December 2002, when I was 57 years old. I’m the father of five adult children with …
The Rocket Principle By John Counsel People who think that everything should be exactly right before attempting to launch their small businesses (or a new project, new product or new service) fall for the same trap that prevents most people ever achieving anything in life. It’s true that if you never take a risk you’ll …
By John Counsel It’s more than just a book… it’s also a tool kit and easy-to-understand-and-apply personal development program that anyone can use to make life easier, safer, better and smarter! But especially Aspies… who crave certainty and personal control over their own lives. “Integrity: it’s NOT a new way to play the Game. It IS the Game!” Coming …
My Aspie World 