Pilot Programme Research

I was reading the formal report from the research student who infomally sat in on some of the sessions I ran at Nottingham University yesterday for my Transitions Programme. Made for very interesting reading.

The good news is that it was very well received and the students found it all very useful. The main issue was - yet again - disclosure and how to oevrcome reticence about coming forward and divulging ones' condition in the first place.

I have just posted on one of my forums asking people for their views on this as the subject comes up even more strongly when I visit firms.

I suspect that it is a long-term exercise: over time people will gradually become more comfortable about the subject as more is known about it. However, there is still the issue of cajoling people to come forward in the first place.

The best approach, I think, is to adopt a subtle strategy: simply provide information or offer to run seminars or workshops for people about Asperger in general; in other words, don't state overtly that they are for people on the spectrum.

The feedback from Nottingham did however get me thinking more closely once again about the online angle. Those with AS feel more comfortable here and, maybe, this is the way to go?