By Ieuan Hale(If that’s what they call it...)

About me...

Name: Ieuan Hale

Age: 17

Favourite Subject: History (especially wars!)

Diagnosis:Asperger’s Syndrome

Teenage life started off with a bang...

In all that time I was... • Bullied• Misunderstood• Ignored• Got into fights• Lost my best friend• Missed weeks of school• Excluded

• Moved schools• Met new friends• Was put back on track• Caught up with work• Got back in touch with that best friend• Put TLA through living hell ( I was especially good at this part!)

But then I...

Year 9 to year 12Year 9 to year 12

• Became a stroppy teenager

• Met a new bunch of friends (half of whom actually have Aspergers’) – but more on that later!

• Passed my GCSE’s (yay!)

• Finished comp as noisily as it had started, when I flew my headmaster to the prom by helicopter.Didn’t get me out of that detention though...

Freeedoom!!!(Aka. Sixth Form)It’s great having the freedom to:

• Legally Skive school...• Question governments and student marches• Consume truckloads of pizzas and single-handedly keeping Greggs in business.• Keep Monmouthshire transport late...

But it’s all Ok, because this can all be classed as my independent living skills programme! =)

Friends

Ambitions in life

The Short term:

The King’s College London

War Studies• The Study of Military History• Modern warfare and tactics• How war affects society

The Ultimate Goal...

And of course...

And the moral of the story is...

Diagnosis is not the end, in fact it’s only just the beginning!

Thanks for listening!