Autobiography

Cherry

Taking Care 6 (ii)

I realised early on that I got better results from people if I didn't try to coerce them with activities. Like the thing with Greg. Instead of...
Cherry

Taking Care 6 (i)

It didn't take me long to settle down into the job and become a respected team member at the day centre. It was the same at Remus Lodge, too. I was...
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Cherry

Taking Care 5 (ii)

I wasn't sure how to get to Sainsbury's, but Terry seemed to know the way - telling me 'next left' or 'next right' in that robotic monotone of his. "...
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Cherry

Taking Care 5 (i)

Over the following days and weeks, as I settled into the routines at the Centre, my conviction consolidated. I'd never dreamed that I could get such...
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1960's

I suppose it seemed like we all wore Wranglers. Used to snigger at vertical danglers. Friendship was good, but many were wanglers. Pop was king, with...
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A hundred moments in autism - In which I manacle my legs together in my underpants

Autists are often clumsy and I am no exception. I am at the Edinburgh Fringe with my wife. It is her day off and she is spending the evening with her...
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Cherry

A hundred moments in autism - The zinc and chrome plating problem (2)

The previous ‘moment’ explained the speed of my thinking, but it didn’t explain the next moment in the chain, the reason why I didn’t try harder to...
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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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Cherry

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...
Gold cherry

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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