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The Social Liver Joe Powell Research Autism Monday 6 th June 2016 joegpowell@live.co.uk The Sperm and the Egg joegpowell@live.co.uk The Social Liver There are no rules. Hierarchy of needs. Difference and Normality. Politics


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The Social Liver

Joe Powell Research Autism Monday 6th June 2016

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The Sperm and the Egg

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The Social Liver

  • There are no rules.
  • Hierarchy of needs.
  • Difference and Normality.
  • Politics & Politicians.
  • Brain power – (NAQAF).
  • Sandra Dee.
  • Use of logic in social situations.
  • The past (memory foam mattress).
  • Serial vs parallel processing.
  • How to be.
  • NT’s don’t always use their social livers naturally.

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The social liver in society.

‘I want to know what love is’ – Foreigner ‘I don’t know why I love you but I do’ – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry.

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More than just a handshake

  • Andy Parsons.
  • Football banter.
  • Omid Djalili.
  • The Matrix (the code).
  • Social skills training.
  • Fast starter – slow burner.
  • Superficiality – ‘A different culture’

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The Principality of Joe

  • Highly strung.
  • Perfectionism/ Utopia.
  • Obsessive personality.
  • Concrete/ black and white thinking.
  • My bubble.
  • Logic.
  • Autopilot.
  • The default position.
  • Don’t want to use my brain.
  • Fantasy.
  • Highly Sensitive Person.
  • Prosopagnosia.
  • INFJ – Meyers Briggs.

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The Goodies vs The Baddies

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The Goodies vs The Baddies continued

  • Difference not a Disability (I disagree).
  • Does AS affect my intelligence?
  • The Guildford Four.
  • Birmingham Six pub bombings.
  • Hillsborough Disaster.
  • Teachers at school.
  • Adults as bullies (subtle).
  • Parents.
  • Relationships.
  • The man in the Iron Mask.

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My journey as a person with AS.

  • Pre diagnosis.
  • King and the Ambassador.
  • O.C.D.
  • Delayed puberty.
  • Non verbal.
  • Life in care.
  • Dead pig in a plastic sack.
  • Re-diagnosed all the time.
  • Suicide contingency.
  • Unemployment.
  • Googlesurance.
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My Journey as a person with AS.

  • Life long identity crisis.
  • Work on default mode.
  • Independence – blossomed.
  • Wouldn’t get diagnosed now – I disagree.
  • Working – perceptions of me have changed.
  • Work place politics.
  • Naivety at times.
  • I know I am different.

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Jumping through hoops

  • The autism joke (in reverse)
  • Reputation.
  • Naughty child.
  • You know the answer.
  • Discrimination.
  • Challenging behaviour.
  • Stereotyped.
  • Dependent on others – parenthood.
  • Not allowed to make mistakes.
  • Asking for help – compromises independence.
  • Problems with recognising when you need help.
  • Allowances vs Equality.

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What causes me stress?

  • Awareness of my differences.
  • Damaged as an adult – Aggression.
  • Anger Management – Film.
  • Institutionalised Discrimination.
  • Confrontation.
  • Social overload.
  • Mopping up the gravy.
  • PTSD issues – past.
  • Knowing I can’t defend myself.
  • People are my Kryptonite.

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How I cope

  • I don’t know if I do.
  • Binge Eating.
  • Spending obsessively.
  • My success – relativity (my journey).
  • The Human Condition.
  • Autopilot.
  • Escapism and Fantasy.
  • Life experience/ Experience of AS.
  • Humour.
  • The future/ Dreams.

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My Conclusions

  • Stress a part of life but not to the extent it is

for people with AS.

  • Childhood is the key to success in adulthood.
  • Social capital – fundamental human need.
  • Prevention is achievable – even if we can’t

find the cure.

  • It needn’t be this way.

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Thanks for Listening.

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