Chris Packham, Asperger's and Me

I agree with the above posts. It was a well presented and sensitive programme, very moving and at times disturbing - the way those poor children in America were being treated seemed to be like something from out of the ark. Do they not realise that for some people with autism, being touched generates pain? Yet these children were being man handled, and forced to sit down. Terrible. The other hospital in America where electrical pulses to the neurones in the brain were being used left me feeling very uncomfortable indeed.On the ther side of the coin, employers in silicone valley have a quite different approach into helping prospective employees with asbergers cope with interview procedures and many successfully acquire posts.

I was aware that he has Asperger's, and found the programme very moving. This Radio Times article was interesting too.
www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-17/chris-packham-aspergers/

I could have cried for that little schoolboy and the teenager that was him.

Something to watch on catch up today.

What an interesting man and program. Loved his house and its location and the devotion he shows to his little dog.

My GD has Aspergers. It gave me great hope for her. What an inspiration Chris Packham is .

Watch it on your tablet or catch up it’s well worth it Eloethan it really is I m not a great wildlife programme follower so although I knew Chris Packham I d never followewed his programmes I was truely moved and found his honesty beautiful to listen to, I was totally transfixed What a lovely man and how wonderful his relationship with both his partner (not easy for her) and his step daughter is

I was appalled by the US way or trying to eradicate autism by cruelly ‘retraining’ small children It’s like Iceland trying to completely remove downs by aborting babies we all need to accept differences and indeed enjoy them

It seems I should have carried on watching this but after the biting a tadpole in two and licking a beetle's bum reflections, I couldn't take any more.

Totally agree, well and sensitively presented programme.
About a year ago The Times ran an article on GCHQ. 70% of their employees are on the auststic spectrum. They are able to focus entirely on a problem, mainly code-breaking, a rare talent few of us possess.
The other point that the reporter made was that unlike other work places that he'd experienced, there was no chatting or gossiping in shared areas .

Poor tadpole, though.

We met him a few years ago and he was lovely; very friendly and chatty.

I agree, enlightening and sensitive.
Chris Packham is an inspiration to young people with Aspergers and to their parents who must worry about how their children will fare as adults.
I found myself really warming to him for his honesty and insight.
Lovely programme.

What a wonderful programme I was transfixed listening to him as he talked about his life with autism what an erudite gentleman

This was such a moving + honest programme.