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A hundred moments in autism - Mini Me
Our autistic friend C lives in Belfast, so we rarely see her and had never met her family. She has one autistic son, indeed like many autists of that...
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Parcel for you..Part 32
‘What on earth is happening over there?’ said Pat. Stu stood up taller on his cuban heels, like little hooves, they gave him an extra inch and a half...
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Requiem for a bearded reedling
Immediately, I feel something is terribly wrong. And it is the not the first time. But I dare not think about what it can be. Let alone to ask the...
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Esther
In the quiet corners of her heart, Esther’s voice, “Please let me be allowed to write about peace,” her pen trembling, sipping the ink of hope from...
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Missing You (Dead Reckoning series - Part 21)
In which Samantha attempts to be taken seriously and Archibald has even more concerns!
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Libraries, temples of learning.
Cazenovia Library, temple of learning. At the age of four, I started visiting this temple that is the Cazenovia Park Library, in South Buffalo, N.Y...
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A hundred moments in autism - The Royal Mile
As an introverted autist, shouting for people to look at me is not something deep-rooted in my DNA, very much the opposite. I am flyering my wife’s...
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A hundred moments in autism - The day I lied to a politician
Labour Party conference 2007. Our charity is part of a joint fringe event called the Health Hotel, involving representatives from over twenty health...
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Sleeping Stones
Sleeping Stones I hovered closely as the car was loaded. My playmate was leaving with his parents on holiday to go camping in Cornwall. It was 1965...
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These Words
These words that trickle down the screen could not care where they have been what role they played in famous verse a speech, a curse or something...
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Foods that make me feel sick.
‘Jam tarts!’ She said, my mother in an excited, breathy voice, her dark eyes wide and shiny, the words hushed as if not permitted to be said out loud...
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'No, i won't be needing breakfast'
‘No, I won’t be needing breakfast’ premier inn, tell me they go that extra mile and i can see that, in the exhausted receptionist, her dead eyes and...
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A hundred moments in autism - The ideas mine
I am always looking for story ideas, constantly on the lookout for an overheard phrase, a character, a situation, anything that triggers an idea. For...
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A hundred moments in autism - Jules Verne’s ducks
I don’t have a special interest, unlike many autists. Well, unless you count Jules Verne. I have read all his books available in English, indeed, the...
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Secrets to the wind
In the fading light of a decaying port, where the gulls cry secrets to the wind, I can imagine quite easily, the salt-tinged air thick with stories,...
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A hundred moments in autism - Your mother's got a penis
Tory party conference, Blackpool 2004. I was a public affairs officer for a disability charity for ten years, and my role involved attending three...
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A hundred moments in autism - The Whale Café lunch queue
I am standing in the lunch queue at the Whale Café (just the name of the café, I am not a whale). I realise I am standing slightly oddly, with my...
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Akushla Dockery* (Is Vic There?)
What IS he on about? Ahhh, now, wouldn't that be tellin'? Image Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Image creator _SID_ Image Source flickr.com
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In time’s embrace (Sonnet)
In time's embrace, both beauty and the blight, It holds no favor for the brave or meek; With equal hand, it dims the boldest light, And leaves the...
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The lady poet in the wildflower garden
In a wildflower garden, where colours clash and blend, she wanders, barefoot, flowers, each a voice, a verse that only she will understand. Sunlight...
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