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For the past few years, since 1997 in fact, I have making myself available to many (including professionals) as someone to advise on matters concerning autism issues. This has always been on a free availability basis. I have - as at May 2001 - the equivalent studies to that involved in a BA (Hons) in psychology, with minors in mathematics, archaeology, physics, adult education and even Finnish language! In Finland, it would be HuK vastaavat opinnot. In order to move on with my life, and support my family (and do the job of helping people to understand autism properly), I need to get onto a Master's degree.

I have, for some time, been trying to get into the University of Oulu, so as to train up as a professional psychologist and be able to advise on matters dealing with autism generally, and Asperger Syndrome in particular. The Finnish universities are generally NOT very well disposed to letting foreigners in to take their degrees, and so the university is doing its damnedest to not let me in, despite my excellent track record with my studies at Leeds, and the studies I did at the Open University, and at the Sheffield ones.

One of the course directors at the University of Birmingham suggested I put up a note on this website in order to alert possible sponsors. So, I am doing that. If anyone is interested in sponsoring me to do TWO courses, I would be willing to discuss the appropriate terms and conditions of such a sponsorship.

The courses are the MSc in Psychology and Health at the University of Stirling, and the MEd in Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham. Go here for the Birmingham details, and here for the Stirling details.

Sponsorships should ideally come from organisations only; and if they are autism-friendly, then all the better! A formal agreement/contract should be drawn up that favours neither party above the other: we should both get the things from this that we need. Ways to do this would need to be discussed. But these are the two courses I need to do in order to be an effective psychologist and autism issues advisor in Finland. The Finnish Autism Society is too poor to be able to help (it can not afford to employ most of its workers - autistic people are held in serious contempt by the authorities in Finland, and so we get no support, especially as adults!)....

The chances of getting any other funding from Finland are also virtually non-existent, since foreigners rarely get consideration for anything. I feel rather antipathic towards Finland for this.

Private sponsorships are not ruled out, but I would need to be clear over terms and conditions involved in them. More details from here.

Thank you for reading this bit....