Ehleli ekhaya kwindlu yakhe entsha yeHlathi, uChris Packham uthetha ngokukhawuleza kakhulu, kwaye uyakhawuleza. Amagama ayaxokozela ngokukhawuleza njengoko indibano yakhe yengqondo inokuyihambisa-kodwa akukho nakanye ukungakwazi kwakhe ukuhamba kakuhle.
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Andiyonto ingaqhelekanga, uyavuma, ejonge phantsi. Ndifumana amava e-hyper-reality. Ukulayishwa okungaphaya kukuphazamiseka rhoqo. Ndikhe nje ndahamba ehlathini, kwaye kwakwahluke kakhulu kum kunokuba kunokuba kuwe - iindawo, amavumba, izandi. Uyafinga, ajonge kwiqabane lakhe, uCharlotte Corney oneminyaka engama-41. Kodwa kufuneka siye kwivenkile enkulu kamva, kwaye ndiza kwenza nantoni na ukuphuma kuyo kuba iivenkile ezinkulu zizele yimithambo-luvo. Ukukhanya kuyifihle, kuyaphithizela, kwaye ubunzima bevumba buninzi.
Iivenkile zeencwadi ziyafana. Ndiyazithanda iincwadi, kodwa ndiyazicaphukela iivenkile zeencwadi- yonke imibala, iimilo, ijiyometri, iincwadi kuzo zonke iitafile- owu Thixo wam. Ndineencwadi ezininzi, kodwa andikuthandi ukubona iintlobo zazo kuba umbono wam ubuthathaka kakhulu. Yonke into ekhayeni lam inxulumene nendawo kuyo yonke enye into, ngokudlula kwivenkile ngokudibanisa yonke into. Ukhomba egumbini kwigumbi lezinto ezingabonakaliyo. Emva koko ujongana namehlo okwesihlandlo sokuqala okoko kwaqala udliwanondlebe, kwaye wancuma.
Njengama-700,000 okanye abanye base-UK, uChris Packham une-autistic-unokukhubazeka okuphuhlisayo okuchaphazela indlela ahlangana ngayo nabanye abantu, kunye nendlela ahlangabezana ngayo nehlabathi. Ngokukodwa une-Asperger's syndrome, ke akabinangxaki yokufunda okanye iingxaki ngentetho enabantu abaninzi abane-autistic. Ifom ye-Asperger ithatha ukwahluka, kodwa ubunzima bunokubandakanya ukuqonda ulwimi lomzimba; ukutolika iingcinga neemvakalelo zabanye; ngokunxulumene nokusetyenziswa kolwimi ngokungekho ngqo, ezinje ngeziqhulo okanye isigqebelo; ixhala ukuba iindlela eziqhelekileyo azilandelwanga; Ukoyiswa ngumbono, ukuva okanye ukukhuthaza; kunye nokuthintelwa okanye ukuphindaphinda iipatheni zokuziphatha. Isizathu asaziwa, kwaye no-Asperger akanakunyangeka.
Ukusukela ukusweleka kuka-Itchy, uPackham uyile into ayibiza ngokuba licebo lam lothando. Umzimba we-Itchy ugcinwe kwindawo ebandayo esecaleni kwecottage, kwaye xa uScratchy esifa, bobabini baya kutshiswa.
Emva kokuba ndibhubhile ndiyakutshiswa, kwaye sonke siza kudityaniswa kunye sityibilikiswe ehlathini, utsho uPackham echwayitile. Emva koko sobathathu sinokuba yinto eyonwabisayo kule ndawo siyithandayo kakhulu. Kufuneka uyibone.
IiWellingtons zifunyenwe kwaye siphume siye kungena umoya wasekwindla. Ngokwenyani yile mithi engoyena ndoqo kuxolo lukaPackham lwengqondo. Kukho isixa esikhulu endisithandayo ngokuba neAsperger's, utshilo. Ndiyazikhumbula izinto. Awufuni kundidlala kuLuhlu olungenamsebenzi. Yinkumbulo egcinayo, hayi ubukrelekrele, kodwa ukuba ndiyifundile, ndingaphinda ndiyiphinde.
Ukuba bekukho iyeza lika-Asperger, andazi ukuba ndiyalifuna na. Ubuntu buye baphumelela ngenxa yabantu abaneempawu ze-autistic. Ngaphandle kwabo, ngekhe sibeke umntu eNyangeni okanye siqhube iinkqubo zesoftware. Ukuba sibasusile bonke abantu abane-autistic kwiplanethi, andazi ukuba uluntu luza kuhlala ixesha elingakanani.
Ndiyathemba ukuba i-documentary iya kubonisa ukuba i-Asperger yinto enye ngaphandle kokukhubazeka ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye ndifuna ukuba incede abantu abancinci abane-Asperger's, abathi babe noxinzelelo olugqithisileyo kwaye ngokulusizi badla ngokuzibulala. Bayile ngendlela engummangaliso kunye neengqondo ezinomdla kakhulu, batshixelwe kwigumbi lokulala bebodwa, abantwana abangamalolo kwindawo embi kakhulu.
Ukuqengqeleka kwamagama kunqunyulwa, nge crisp: Silapha. Kwaye ekucoceni kwindawo exineneyo yokhuni kumi ibhekhi enkulu.
Lo mthi umalunga neminyaka engama-600 ubudala, iyindida emahlathini, utsho uPackham, ejonge phezulu eluphahleni. Indikhumbuza ukungaziphathi kwam. Kuhle kakhulu. Kulapho siyakuba lapho, ukurhawuzelela kunye nokukrwela kunye nam. Inxalenye yomhlaba, kwaye ngenxalenye yenxalenye yalo mthi. Ngokwenene, ubomi emva kokufa. Yintoni engcono kunaleyo?
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