According to Wikipedia the definition of Terrorism is ,

“the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. Read the rest of this entry »

We passed her on the train platform, tall, mid 20s, sporting a stylish winter coat, hair well kept. She was probably reasonably well educated, reasonably financial. And she sucked on a cancer stick. I thought, another sucker for the billionaire multinationals and their rat experiments. Read the rest of this entry »

My parents were underclass party people in the 60s and 70s, a criminal family with colorful friends: armed robbers, gun dealers, celebrities and entertainers and crooked cops. Bravado, power, endangerment, sadism, mockery, and at the very least laughing things off, came as standard. Read the rest of this entry »

Chris Draper, a scientific researcher with the Born Free Foundation contacted me about a new ‘therapy’ ready to cash in on the tail of that equally hot money spinner in the ever expanding autism marketplace, dolphin therapy. Read the rest of this entry »

11 Weeks into our new government and Kevin Rudd, the leader of Australia has had the courage to do what 41 previous Prime Ministers did not – to say the most important word in the healing of Australia’s racial division – the word ‘sorry’. 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 sure most of you have had one. Read the rest of this entry »

In this internet age the word ‘friend’ has become progressively watered down. Today it can mean any acquaintance who adds themselves to your list. Read the rest of this entry »

Richard Attfield is a fellow autistic artist and one of the authors featured in Autism and The Myth of The Person Alone edited by Doug Biklen. He was one of the first people with autism in the UK to Read the rest of this entry »

We often feel that as one person there is little we can do to help equalise the world, reduce the suffering and hardship of the poorest and most disempowered people in the 3rd world or do anything to stop wars or combat global warming. Read the rest of this entry »