Disability Forum

I've been away and so absent from my blog for a while so another post is long overdue.

I was part of a team that gave a presentation at Deutsche Bank in London yesterday on disabilities. I spoke about Asperger syndrome and other speakers talked about dyslexia and mental health in general. It was a good event and the attendees seemed quite interested and engaged.

A few had heard about Asperger syndrome, but most hadn't. As a subject it still seems to be new to many but what was encouraging was that most people seemed relaxed about it. I always believe that there is still a stigma about autism when compared to, say, dyslexia.

No definitive new on my job search. However, yesterday a contact who knew that I was job searching referred a company to me who were looking for a European representative to sell and promote a new technology.

I was really pleased that the person had thought of me. I hadn't heard from him for some time and, to be honest, I thought he has forgotten about me! I often have a conscious feeling that, because of my AS, I am less adept at building relationships and, consequently, being able to take advantage of the informal networks from which so many unadvertised job opportunies seem to emanate.

So, its good to know that, if you keep at it, things "will" happen. The other lesson that I have learnt from the exercise is to not expect too much from people immediately or, perhaps more pertinently, not to worry or take it personally if people are not as responsive as one would hope.