being different ....: Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful ....Da Vinci

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful ....Da Vinci

'Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.'

Leonardo da Vinci

My interests are music, literature, wildlife conservation & TS advocacy. My 'professional' interests are : child-health, developmental paediatrics and neurology. I have worked in Special Needs Education with children with autism, Tourette Syndrome and other neuro-developmental disorders. I am active in supporting children and adults living with such disorders through writing and advising. I hope to help improve awareness, understanding and provision in healthcare and education. I have Tourette Syndrome.

My words reflect my own perspective and are not intended to provoke controversy but considered discussion and thought. The rich diversity of our thoughts and perspectives are, I believe, what defines us as individuals and should be valued. I have, also, always valued tolerance and compassion as important virtues and the unbiased pursuance of evidence-based science. I share my own, hopefully reasoned, thoughts and accept responsibility for them. As in us all, my life experiences have influenced the way I see the world. I make no excuses for those aspects of my neurological makeup over which I am denied complete mastery and which, I know, contribute in a not insignificant way to who I am.

.. Snufkin