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Recent content by DavidJSNSW

  1. DavidJSNSW on autism

    Executive functioning

    Not that long ago, I found out what executive functioning means. Once I understood what it was and how autistic people have a problem with it, I felt relieved more than anything. As long as I can remember, I have found activities that involve seemingly complex components like driving a car...
  2. DavidJSNSW on history

    Primary sources

    I submitted an assignment recently about primary sources re: Charlemagne's coronation (800CE). I was happy with my mark but the assignment made think of how we would analyse primary sources about events that happened more recently. Imagine trying to find the truth about the stabbings at Bondi...
  3. DavidJSNSW on autism

    Autism and ageing

    I've been reading Lynne Segal's interesting work on ageing. She hasn't broached the subject of autism but I wonder if my autism serves as a form of protection when it comes to ageing. Earlier in life I got used to being ignored because I was odd and I found it easier, indeed enjoyable, to...
  4. DavidJSNSW on autism

    Autism diagnosis

    I got my autism diagnosis from a local psychologist with postgraduate qualifications in the area. I think like many people who are autistic, it didn't change anything but it certainly made sense of what has happened in my life, how I have responded to things, and of course how I currently think...
  5. DavidJSNSW on history

    Master of History

    I have spent the public holiday today making progress on my essay for my Master of History course. The subject is in Mediaeval history and the essay is on the period of crisis in 14th and early 15th centuries. A massive famine in the early 14th century, the Black Death a bit later on, the...
  6. DavidJSNSW on history

    DavidJSNSW on history

    My various opinions on a subject close to my heart: history.
  7. DavidJSNSW on autism

    DavidJSNSW on autism

    Random thoughts about autism.
  8. DavidJSNSW

    What is Your Pet Doing Right Now?

    He's at home and I'm at work right now but my profile pic shows what he is probably doing.
  9. DavidJSNSW

    The last thing you bought?

    Apart from routine stuff like food and beverages, the last thing was this book about Italian partisans in WWII. I bought it online so it is yet to arrive.
  10. DavidJSNSW

    Sometimes you have to make up your own word

    There are times when I feel like a jpeg in a k-hole (so a phrase rather than a word).
  11. DavidJSNSW

    Can you please tell me fun facts about spiders?

    I know I’m not very tolerant of people who want to kill spiders automatically. Mostly, spiders should be left alone so they can catch mosquitoes and so on in their webs. Sometimes there may be a need to get rid of one but only if there is really no alternative.
  12. DavidJSNSW

    David from Sydney, Australia

    I’m a nearly sixty year old autistic Australian (‘level one’) currently on annual leave travelling across Western NSW. I’m doing it alone and loving it. One day I might travel again with other people but I don’t know when.
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