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Salnax said:
About 60 hours left?

46 hours as I am typing this; my keynote is at 9:10am AEST which I believe is 2:10pm PT, 5:10pm ET, and 12:10am CEST. :)



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Congrats, dude. Pretty sure you'll do great. Not sure if I'm in the spectrum, I've had conflicting opinions from experts over the course of my life, and that's something that stresses me, the fact that I don't have a clear diagnosis, though I guess what's important is that I do have my share of eccentricities and I want to keep on them on check so I can have a productive life.



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

zero129 said:
Congrats man This is very good and im very happy for you and i just know your going to do great.I have a 5 year old daughter who is on the spectrum and is currently on a waiting list to be tested. Myself i think when i was younger if i was tested it would of shown i was on the spectrum too as i was always a bit different then other kids.Not sure if the is any point in going to be tested now. But i defo want to make sure my daughter will have the answers and help i never did.

Good on you. :)

I wasn't diagnosed until I was 19 as I lived in a small country town a long way from any specialists or experts, and didn't quite fit the rather narrow and poorly understood definition of what autism was considered to be back in the 90s.

Getting a diagnosis was a moment of revelation and great relief for me, it was so great to finally have an answer and to be able to understand myself better and ultimately find self-acceptance.



I don't have a lot of advice to give, but I congratulate you, I wish you luck and that everything goes well. Breathe and relax, practice your speech in front of someone else and ask if it appears natural. Stay calm, you already won the day.



Manlytears said:

I don't have a lot of advice to give, but I congratulate you, I wish you luck and that everything goes well. Breathe and relax, practice your speech in front of someone else and ask if it appears natural. Stay calm, you already won the day.

Thanks man. :) They actually had me record my speech in advance, to ensure against any zoom malfunctions on the day, so at least I don't have to worry about that, though there is a live Q&A afterwards that I am nervous about, like I worry someone will ask something I haven't got an answer for. 

Ah well, less than 22 hours to go now and afterwards I'll be able to play Age of Calamity to relax haha.



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curl-6 said:
Manlytears said:

I don't have a lot of advice to give, but I congratulate you, I wish you luck and that everything goes well. Breathe and relax, practice your speech in front of someone else and ask if it appears natural. Stay calm, you already won the day.

Thanks man. :) They actually had me record my speech in advance, to ensure against any zoom malfunctions on the day, so at least I don't have to worry about that, though there is a live Q&A afterwards that I am nervous about, like I worry someone will ask something I haven't got an answer for. 

Ah well, less than 22 hours to go now and afterwards I'll be able to play Age of Calamity to relax haha.

Ah nice a Q&A. Maybe throw in a little joke at the start saying before anyone asks yes I am single and looking for love. 

Ok maybe not,  but who knows might work and pay off, all those online places you mentioned in the past trying for countless hours resulted in not much so whats one more place to try?

Or ignore my advice I come up with some crazy ideas at this hour lol. Saying that these crazy ideas is how I won my wife over lol.



 

 

Cobretti2 said:
curl-6 said:
Manlytears said:

I don't have a lot of advice to give, but I congratulate you, I wish you luck and that everything goes well. Breathe and relax, practice your speech in front of someone else and ask if it appears natural. Stay calm, you already won the day.

Thanks man. :) They actually had me record my speech in advance, to ensure against any zoom malfunctions on the day, so at least I don't have to worry about that, though there is a live Q&A afterwards that I am nervous about, like I worry someone will ask something I haven't got an answer for. 

Ah well, less than 22 hours to go now and afterwards I'll be able to play Age of Calamity to relax haha.

Ah nice a Q&A. Maybe throw in a little joke at the start saying before anyone asks yes I am single and looking for love. 

Ok maybe not,  but who knows might work and pay off, all those online places you mentioned in the past trying for countless hours resulted in not much so whats one more place to try?

Or ignore my advice I come up with some crazy ideas at this hour lol. Saying that these crazy ideas is how I won my wife over lol.

Damn, wish I'd read this before hopping online, might've been worth a shot! XD

Well, that wasn't so bad, no really super difficult questions. Next up I'm joining the Autism in the Workplace panel is half an hour, hope that goes as smoothly as the keynote.



Well, it's been posted to Youtube, if anyone still wanted to check it out. 



Despite having Autism, you have managed to secure employment despite the barriers you face in life. There are so many disabled people that remain unemployable regardless if they study further education. Governments and employers need to ensure disabled people gain the employment opportunities they deserve by embracing equal opportunity.



curl-6 said:

Well, it's been posted to Youtube, if anyone still wanted to check it out. 

Hi @curl-6 Thank you for sharing this video, I absolutely loved the Keynote, I am sure your hard work will for ever impact and improve  the lives of countless individuals. It would be great to hear some of the stories of people you are impacting and how they are taking advantage of all the things they CAN do.