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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UserABC2021" data-source="post: 2289753" data-attributes="member: 470000">When I was at school there was no diagnosis, I was regarded as 'very bright but lacking attention'. My real education occurred in the public library, the art museum, and the science museum. I only ever related to two of my teachers, my art teacher who saw me struggling with classical art and moved me to technical drawing where I shone, and my Eng Lit/Lang teacher who encouraged me to write poetry as a way to express my frustration and become a polyglot to focus my mind. Going on to earn my degrees in my own way was, to some extent, a middle finger to my schools.My children were diagnosed early on and still the schools were less than useful. My kids had computers from when they were still in single digits mostly because I didn't want them using mine. Their senior school frowned on the use of computers yet for my kids it was where their special interests lay so we ignored the school. My daughter focused on digital art and is now a director/producer of Japanese anime movies, whilst my son went on to be a lead designer for a major computer games franchise. They achieved this not because of their schooling but in spite of their schooling.Sorry if I sound harsh but I still help out as an advocate for ASD kids and I can get a bit 'heated' <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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