Well done James Maclean

[millertop]

My son is 28 years old this year and is autistic he’s never felt the need to announce to the world he is autistic
What would be great is if people were made more aware of it and their understanding of people with autism
On that score I don’t think Maclean is an ideal role model
It’s a very complex thing to understand a lot of people watch Rain Man and think they are experts I’ve always said I’d love to spend 24 hours inside my sons head to get to know his thinking more I do feel lucky though as it is who he is and we love him just the same

I did write an essay but got locked out before posting
So I’ll just shorten it.
Watching programmes about things we don’t understand (probably never will) does make you think when out and about which is probably better than people like McClean tweeting about himself then media picking up on it.

[great_fire]

It is a spectrum, someone with Aspergers who's smart or average intelligence but socially awkward is very different from someone with severe autism.

[uttis]

Thanks Brin and Lol Morgan