Will, 36, said he flew under the
radar in terms of his own diagnosis
with Asperger’s Syndrome.
“It wasn’t until I wrote my book that I realised just
how taxing the whole experience had been.”
“I never had trouble making bunch of blank looks, I realised there
friends, and I was never bullied at was something different about me.”
school or in work places. Having said
Will was officially diagnosed during
“I exercise regularly and am
excited about the future for the first
time in years,” he said.
that, I suffered fluctuating, but near parole, which he said meant he then “The future used to loom large,
constant, levels of anxiety,” he said. went back into jail for a shorter stint grey and bleak. Now, I can see specific
with knowledge of his ASD. goals and opportunities, which I know I
“There was a watershed moment
about two years before I went to
“That’s what inspired me to write
can achieve, because writing the book
jail where I mentioned how I often the book – I wish I had access to a has given me the confidence I had
found myself thinking about social book like mine while serving (the bulk forgotten I possess. That’s the best
interaction, picking the good from of) my time!” he said. thing the book has done – reignited my
the bad, and mimicking it. I thought
Will, who has a degree in Creative
everyone watched, analysed and Industries and wants to return to
mimicked! But when my statement university to study social work, said
about mimicking was met with a his life now is great.
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belief in myself and my abilities.”
Will’s book is available through
Footprint Books.
www.footprint.com.au
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