Got invited to the give the keynote speech at an autism conference

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dmillos said:

curl-6 said:
Thank you. I've been mentoring since 2014, so in that time I have had a fair few students grow up and go on to succeed. One of my first pupils now runs her own personal training business as well as playing football at state level for instance, very proud of her.

Nice! That is an awesome and fulfilling job you have. I bet it is challenging at times, but very rewarding. I am honestly completely ignorant when it comes to the Autism spectrum. From my ignorant point of view, I see Autism as the ability to have deep focus on a very particular subject without being easily distracted from it. But I can be completely wrong. 

I'm not sure if you mind sharing a bit more about this subject here. I would love to learn more.

I am a firm believer that every human has the ability to positively impact other peoples lives. I'm not sure if you have noticed, by I really enjoy numbers and programming, so If there is any of your mentees that is interested in exploring the world of programming, I would be honored to volunteer and spend some time helping them explore this area.

It is both challenging and rewarding, yes. And yes, a deep and powerful focus on specific topics is a central component of autism, though there is more to than that, like sensory sensitivity, being either either extremely high or low in empathy, difficulty with socialising and eye contact, anxiety, being extremely proficient at a particular skill, etc.

That's very good of you to offer, it might be worth looking into whether there are any support programs in your area you could work/volunteer with.