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Isolated
I have seen almost nobody for years now it is just me, and my brother. Just my brother and the man who cleans and works in the garden once a week I...
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Taking Care 4 (vii) - Day Centre
We had coffee at just before three. Most people had finished their painting by then. We put the ornaments on the windowsill to dry in the sunshine...
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Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre
Laura's group came over at just after 1:30. There were a couple of replacements from the morning. Instead of Terry and Matthew, there was a young...
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Reaching out …
Remote from … Reach out from remoteness …
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Not even remotely
Do I miss her? Not even remotely. Her laugh, too loud, would shock the room, A poor-judged word spoken too soon. She left her books in crooked stacks...
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A hundred moments in autism - The zinc and chrome plating problem
My summer job at the end of my first year at university was as a zinc and chrome plater in an electronics factory. It was good money for a summer job...
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A hundred moments in autism - Parallel Play
Monday evening. Mrs Oblong and myself have just finished watching the last episode of Sherwood. It’s an hour to bedtime, but neither of us feels like...
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A cornucopia of color
It was one of those golden days of late May in Buffalo, New York. The 70-degree temperature was tempered by a seven-mph zephyr that cooled the skin...
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Grief
A moment of bliss Time suspended in endless tranquility Broken with a thoughtless condolence Everyone thinks they can help When you just want to be...
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Undertow
Removed for submission
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Taking Care 4 (v) - Day Centre
As soon as we got back, Maggie herded her people into their Previa for the trip back to Sittingbourne, and Laura took hers over to the farmhouse. "...
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The Accountant
A tale of a young womans journey to reality
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New BREED
I don’t remember seeing them when I was younger. I saw many of their family members, Mum, Dad, brothers, Sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews,...
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Rainy day on holiday
Rain beats incessantly against the curved roof tiles, Seeping through cracks it bleeds into the cool pastel pink, creating patches of dark that...
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Bingo!
I was strolling along the prom, humming pom tiddly pom, when I passed the new bingo hall. "Eyes down ladies, gents and non-binaries. Here we go". "...
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Metaphoric wisdom
Metaphoric wisdom Words of my grandfather uttered to make me better in me often flicker. Some appear to be funnier but most to me are gifts precious...
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A hundred moments in autism - A trip to the cinema
I lived for a year or so in London and while I was living in Tulse Hill I went to the cinema at the Elephant and Castle. The Oblong bladder being...
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A hundred moments in autism - Autistic Comedy Night
As a comedy fan, I spent the first 54 years of my life assuming that observational comedy was deliberately unfunny. I have watched hundreds of...
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Taking Care 4 (iv) - Day Centre
It only took ten minutes to get to the driving range, and there were only a few people there so there were plenty of slots. We managed to find six...
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