The world of diagnosis is very strange. Read the rest of this entry »

OK, thanks to all those who sent in 1-2 word poem titles in the March 2008 poetry challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps you are one of the members of our global community who is so sickened and burned out by one of the most globally despised leaders of a superpower since Hitler – George W Bush. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m going to start with a story, a silly story of imaginary characters, each of them, autistic Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks so much to those who sent in poem titles for the recent 24 hour poetry challenge. Here’s the poems. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sure most of you have had one. Read the rest of this entry »

The level of unemployment among people on the autism spectrum is massive. Read the rest of this entry »

I sent out a challenge for those on my mailing list to send me a single word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and decided to write all the poems in the challenge within 24 hours… here’s the result. Read the rest of this entry »

High versus Low Functioning depends on the nature of the ‘autism fruit salad’ underpinning the diagnosis with autism.

These ‘autism fruit salads’ can be standard or exotic, simple or complex, small or large quantities or pieces, separated contents or very mixed up. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1996 my first text book, Autism; An Inside Out Approach was published, in which I discussed strategies for meaning deafness, meaning blindness, lack of body connectedness and lacking simultaneous processing of a sense of self and other. To most people, that may sound like something from a Sci Fi novel, but in my world it’s just part of everyday life.

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