HarryC
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Care worker, writer, memester, autist, dissenter.
I like people who not only think outside the box, but reshape the box into something else!
I've been writing since I was 10. It's my sanctuary - though the structure often needs maintenance. Over the last twenty or so years, I've won some writing prizes for short fiction, poetry and playwriting. In 2013, I published my first novel, 'In the Day'. Looking at it now, I can see all sorts of things I would change - but I suppose that shows progress. I also have a collection of short fiction, 'Sacred Shirts', which was published in 2024.
In 2015, at the grand age of 56, I was finally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition (Asperger's). I live alone with my cat, Daisy, and lots of books.
The 'double empathy' problem
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
The 'double empathy' problem helps to explain it. If you get two people together from entirely different cultures, with no sharing of language, belief system, cultural norms, etc... they'll have the same problem. I've a theory that it's at the...
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Same here. Chuckling all the
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Same here. Chuckling all the way. Laughed out loud at
'You turn to the wife and kids. They are sitting in the car. The signs are bad but they still have hope.'
And 'The Majestic Hote.' Great!
Made me think of a Denzel...
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Thanks, Di. I'll never
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Thanks, Di. I'll never forget that moment. It didn't take long after this, incidentally, for Greg to become my 'right-hand man'. I ended up being able to get him to do anything! It was wonderful.
Thanks for the cherries, too, eds!
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Can't help wondering how much
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Can't help wondering how much 'War is good for business' comes into decision-making, too. Greased palms, donors with influence. Snouts in the trough. And fear of the media/establishment wielding the old 'anti-semitism' brickbats again.
Read full commentPosted in Memo to a new Labour MP Regarding Israel’s Latest Atrocity
Thank you! I keep thinking
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Thank you! I keep thinking these are a bit rambling, and keep abandoning them. This is very encouraging.
I set out with the idea of writing about all of my 20 years in care - but this first job, which I had on and off over a 5-year...
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre
Quite.
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Quite.
'Do try and keep a straight face.'
...and hide the other one.
Read full commentPosted in Memo to a new Labour MP Regarding Israel’s Latest Atrocity
Naturally, I've had to
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024
Naturally, I've had to amalgamate some episodes, and do a little invention. It's inevitable with anything autobiographical. It was 20 years ago, after all. We don't always remember things accurately, too. But many of the memories are very clear...
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 4 (ii) - Day Centre
Brilliant!
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
Brilliant!
I was a 'dunce' at school - in spite of being bright. Had to wait until 56 to get the solution.
I've never had a problem with metaphors, figures of speech and figurative language. I love slang and things like that. But...
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - First attempts at diagnosis
Reminds me though, Terrence,
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
Reminds me though, Terrence, of a story told to me by a teacher who'd worked with autistic children at a special school in Bulgaria. Every morning, some of the kids would come in and set off the fire alarms - and the teachers couldn't understand...
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - A trip to the cinema
Exactly what I said to the
Posted on Wed, 04 Sep 2024
Exactly what I said to the woman at KCC when she asked 'Is it likely to cause danger?' They've said it's okay for now - not damaging the road or anything. But the slime is making it slippery. And, as you say, when it's icy. The main problem...
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