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A hundred moments in autism - I said these words to my wife
I said these words to my wife last night: “You’re easy to be with,” I said. “I might as well be alone.” By which I don’t mean that my wife is poor...
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A hundred moments in autism - Sometimes there is just too much
I am currently distracted by: My wife, emptying her purse the way she does, all ADHD, spraying her valuables as an abstract artist sprays paint. I...
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A hundred moments in autism - My own personal dress down Tuesday
An autist’s relationship with societal rules is complex. We don’t innately understand them the way a neurotypical does. Many autists learn to follow...
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A hundred moments in autism - The Topless photo of Germaine Greer
Every few days I look at a topless photo of Germaine Greer. It is a common trait among autists to return to a favourite piece of music over and over...
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The Tiger
You should realise the difference between how someone is addressed and what you call him. For example you might speak of someone as “Mr Brown” but...
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A hundred moments in autism - Maths
Autists get into trouble. We don’t mean to, but we can be too honest, too abrupt, say the wrong thing, or, all too often for no reason whatever. From...
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A hundred moments in autism - Terrence Oblong gets mistaken for the Messiah
In my first week at university I am standing in a bar at a student night when two young men I’ve never met before walk up to me, prostrate themselves...
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A hundred moments in autism - Fashion
Fashion is one of these super neurotypical (NT) skills that are seemingly picked up by magic. Other kids at school always knew what to wear, what was...
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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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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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