FF- feckin' fantastic! (I am a double F these days! I am losing weight but the girls are getting bigger - not that I am complaining!) :rascal:
Re-reading threads from bygone days and feeling both very far from home and very close to many of you, trashy romance novels and watching re-runs of Glee!
It is in fact fairly common for people to be diagnosed with aspergers later on in life. I know of a number of highly functioning adults who have been diagnosed in last few years, all over 40.
I am not sure why it is more likely to be picked up now, but I would guess, from my experience of growing us as a care giver to someone with severe learning disabilities and watching the struggles we had with his diagnosis and care, that it is no small part simply due to scientific and medical advancement. 20 odd years ago, there wasn't a clear picture of such syndromes and more is learnt of them every day. Upon his arrest, Gary McKinnon has spent time with doctors and experts that he wouldn't have before, who have had time to assess and diagnose his condition.
Unless - you are seriously suggesting that the medical profession has lied or tricked people - then that would be why it has been picked up now and not years ago when he was in his youth.
So sorry to mess you about, but can you please take our names off the list after all. I have been offered a job overseas and so won't be in the country at that time.
Apologies, hope a good time is had by all. x
Thanks for organising another great Wigan munch NWC. Great to catch up with people. See you in December!:-D
There have been lots of really funny moments over the years but my two favourites are -
1. When I was a newbie, (a very long time ago!) I was with a group of people in a hotel room after a night out on Canal Street in Manchester. We were talking about S&M and someone grabbed another person's brand new crop and proceeded to demonstrate how flexible they should be. The crop snapped in half - the look on the owners face was priceless!
2. A group of us being in a hotel room, before a munch just chatting and messing about. Someone dived on someone else in a play fighting way and the bed leg broke and the bed collapsed. A kind of you had to be there moment, but very, very funny!
Moral majority (is usually neither!)
Music and book, dancing or the gym are all 'me time'.
After reading some of these experiences, I am so glad I chose to have an implant rather than the coil!:-)