Pioneering in Education: Studying and Asperger's Syndrome with Domagoj Jurčić · Metautism podcast #4

Domagoj Jurčić is a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Slavonski Brod in Croatia, the first one with Asperger’s Syndrome in his city to pursue higher education. In this insightful conversation he opens up and gives us a glimpse into his lifestyle, interests, thoughts and processes. We find out what studying with Asperger's Syndrome is like, where opportunities lie and where challenges hide. The Metautism project promotes the inclusive employment of autistic people, so tune into this special, twice the length episode on #AutismDay2024 as we're celebrating the World Autism Awareness Day. 2:05 Asperger's Syndrome 6:50 Being different in school 8:18 Choosing mechanical engineering 10:09 Future plans 11:51 Relationship with parents 17:41 Experiencing public transportation 18:51 Compartmentalization 19:51 Warhammer 40K and other interests 25:41 Message for people with Asperger's Syndrome _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Don’t miss the next episode. Subscribe to our channel: https://youtube.com/@metautism?sub_confirmation=1 Follow mentioned associations: https://www.facebook.com/asperger.hrvatska https://www.facebook.com/groups/816206151821268/?ref=share&paipv=0&eav=AfagTZSH3fAawWU2CorfOllumLuBw7KMco3Ng4P2szJZ--r4B7Hu1xRxcr3pJSs6Hqw&_rdr https://www.facebook.com/groups/3143304832549531/?ref=share Follow Green ASC VET project, a parent initiative behind the Metautism podcast: https://facebook.com/metautism https://linkedin.com/showcase/metautism/ https://www.instagram.com/metautism.eu Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0lJSuae5W3S4BmB4ea4a7W Producer and host: Klara Tuličić, Tenkai https://linkedin.com/in/klara-tulicic/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ © Green ASC VET / Metautism *Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.