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Asperger’s
Dayne Lenton
Dayne Lenton lives with his mum Lesley in Sea Mills, and since he was young has seen the world very differently to everyone else. He has Aspergers, a form of autism, and now copes daily with the condition.Dayne doesn’t see what’s expected, he sees behind things, and he’s always been fascinated by light.He would sit transfixed in class watching a beam of light all day, or look for hours at two birds on a branch.His mother describes attempting to explain something to Dayne as: “Trying to describe a stick of rock to an Eskimo”.Dayne loves facts and devours encyclopaedias and thesauruses - studying them for hours. He also has an uncanny ability to spell, literally seeing the word in his head.He was seen as the class clown - never invited to kids' birthday parties - and although he could see himself constantly annoying others he couldn’t help himself.Aspergers also makes Dayne unable to watch other people eat. He has to put different food on separate plates, ensuring different coloured food is never put together.Dayne says he has had to adapt to fit into our world, because the world will never change to suit him.
Workshop details
Throughout June 2006, BBC Radio Bristol broadcast a series called Through My Eyes in partnership with CSV, featuring recordings of ordinary and extraordinary people who live and work in Bristol.
The sound was exhibited at Watershed and in local libraries, along with specially-commissioned photographs by students from Filton College.
Following the exhibition, the recordings and photographs were put together by Bristol Stories staff and made available on this site.
Thanks to Vikki Klein and Debra Hearne from BBC Radio Bristol.