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JILL BRADSHAW: My name's Jill
Bradshaw and I'm a lecturer

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in learning disabilities
at the University of Kent.

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I work at the Tizard Centre and
we do lots of research and we

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have lots of programmes that are
around people with intellectual

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and developmental disabilities,
including lots of work with

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people who are on
the autism spectrum.

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TONY OSGOOD: I think this
will be really interesting

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if you're touched by autism in
all its many coloured guises.

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So if you're
interested in humans,

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be that as a parent
or as a sibling,

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as an educator or someone
living your life through autism,

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then I think this short
programme will be really,

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really useful.

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Really interesting
as an introduction.

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Because it aims not just to
present the facts of autism,

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but to give a little
bit of an insight

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into the experience of autism.

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JILL BRADSHAW:
Autism is a concept

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that we've been talking about
for around 70 years or so.

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And currently, we
think that around 1%,

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so one out of every 100 people
will be on the autism spectrum.

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Damian, why do you think
people should sign up

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for this autism course?

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DAMIAN MILTON: I
think this course

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gives a good
introductory overview

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to the field of autism.

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And more importantly,
hearing from people

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like myself the experiences of
what it's like to be autistic.

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I'd hope people take this
interest further and look

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at all of these ideas
in more depth, as well.

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GEORGINA WATTS: I think I'd like
people to do this cause really

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just so that they learn
more about autism.

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Because these days most people
have heard of the term autism.

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And because of that,
they've got certain ideas

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about what autism is.

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So I meet people, I'll
disclose to them as autistic

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and they'll go-- oh,
you're just like

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my friend's dog's cousin's
neighbour who's a five-year-old

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autistic boy who
flaps all the time--

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OK, yes, I'm really
just like that.

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And they don't get it.

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And they make all
these assumptions

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based on things like
The Curious Incident

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of the Dog in the
Nighttime and they

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think that's all the autism is.

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So I'd really like most
people to just know a bit more

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and not make so many
assumptions about autism.

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JILL BRADSHAW: Whatever
your interest is,

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you'll be really welcome to
come and join us and find out

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where current thinking is.