new beginnings.

My name is Paul, and I am 29. In 2011 I had a Dyslexia re assessment after a problem in a job and it threw up an odd Empathy Quotient score. I followed the advice of the Educational Phsycologist and chased out my scores and had an Aspergers assessment. In early 2012 I was diagnosed Aspergers after three tests and much discussion. A year later I am still only learning my way forward, and a new challenge faces me too.

I hope to use this blog for an number of reasons, mostly as therapy but also to share what I learn with others. I haven't looked but I would bet there are a million blogs and as many websites with advice and knowledge far beyond mine. However, I believe that another candle in the dark is still more light, and even just one person reads this blog, contributes or learns from it, then mission accomplished. First a little fairy story.

London has always changed my life. When I moved there when I was nine the school I moved to quickly picked up on something the schools in my home country had not picked up on, that I was dyslexic. My parents, then as now, where very supportive and poured money and time and effort into my education and special needs help. Quickly I grew and developed. For ten years, even after I moved home, I had this support.

Then I went to uni, and being 18 and stupid I cut the support. In hindsight this was a mistake.

I went back to London in 2011 for a job. It went wrong, how and why I won't say, but with a loan from a friend I organised the aforementioned test.

I moved, with my last money to Nottingham, and crashed on a friends sofa. I found a job to cover bills, and we moved into somewhere better. In 2012 I got my diagnosis, and the support swung into place. Now I have a new job, my dream job, and this time I am going in prepared.

Now I have seen neurologists about possible mild cerebral palsy, and the journey starts anew.

A new lady in my life has suggested I start this blog, I hope it helps.

Please comment, share and suggest, I will try to be educational and informative as well as funny and heartfeeling.