Tag Archives: Aspergers

Limits and Change

Posted on Wednesday, 6 January, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I begin this year in earnest with some reflections on my own experience of life. For quite some time, I have sought a philosophical way of discussing the autism spectrum or what used to be called Asperger’s syndrome. Most of … Continue reading →

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The Human Soul in Paradise

Posted on Wednesday, 23 September, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received an e-mail telling me about Hélène Nicolas, known as Babouillec, a 34 year old woman diagnosed with a severe autistic deficit and who never attended school. She has, in her own words, “never learned to read, write or … Continue reading →

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Romanticising Aspergers

Posted on Thursday, 10 October, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

That title might strike the reader as insane or as odd as the stereotype English eccentric. It is a while since I have written anything about Aspergers or what modern specialists call high-functioning autism. The condition has been studied for … Continue reading →

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Hans Asperger – Nazi Collaborator

Posted on Thursday, 19 April, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was given a reference to a press article saying that an Austrian medical historian by the name of Herwig Czech has published Hans Asperger, National Socialism, and “race hygiene” in Nazi-era Vienna. This directly contradicts my earlier posting Hans Asperger … Continue reading →

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Silver Jubilee of my Diaconate

Posted on Sunday, 18 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was ordained a deacon twenty-five years ago (as of tomorrow 19th March) by Cardinal Pietro Palazzini in the seminary chapel of the Institute of Christ the King at Gricigliano. He was the same prelate who ordained the late Fr … Continue reading →

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A Fragment on the End of History

Posted on Tuesday, 13 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I tend to get into somewhat big subjects these days. It is mid February and I haven’t sailed since last October. That alone is no reason to “go off one’s rocker”. Apart from some nasty onsets of anxiety in the … Continue reading →

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A Different View of Diversity

Posted on Wednesday, 17 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On my daily rounds of the Internet, I try to keep to things that are inspiring and positive, unlike news (whether fake or “official”), but I could not resist a comparison between someone giving a personal answer to the question … Continue reading →

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Diagnosis!

Posted on Friday, 15 December, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It has taken a very long time (mostly being on the waiting list) to go through the process of being diagnosed for various questions in my life, about my relations with fellow human beings and my vocation as a priest. … Continue reading →

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Musings on Philosophy

Posted on Saturday, 11 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It was in 1985 that I began philosophy in Rome, at the Angelicum University. Each morning, I would walk about two miles up from the Lateran, through a narrow street towards the north and past the Colosseum, to the Piazza … Continue reading →

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Who am I?

Posted on Wednesday, 8 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is another fine posting by my brother in the priesthood, Fr Jonathan Munn – Fatally self-defined. At first sight, it may seem to coincide with my own discussions of Asperger Syndrome and the way some use it as an … Continue reading →

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