The mystery that is Aspergers: history and questions of definition. Hello everyone, First of all I want to apologise for how long it has taken me to write this, I’ve been focusing primarily on studying for university and have therefore had very little time and also very little of my…

Somethings you should never ask someone!! “Did you slit your throat” he asked. “Hmm… pardon” I replied, appalled at what i thought I had just heard, hoping desperately that id heard wrong, and the man I was about the hand over a packet of cigarettes to on a Wednesday afternoon…

My experiences with travelling as a person with Autism. Part 1 Long flights, missed ferries, language barriers and the daunting task of choosing where to go in this great wide world. Travelling is something of a nightmare for anyone, but when you have Autism it’s usually a recipe for disaster…

This is a poem about shopping when you’re on the Spectrum. — Go in See something you like Pick it up Try it on Easy peasy, right? But it isn’t at all… Velvet and nylon Woven wool, brushes against my skin And slowly but surely I pull further and further away from the racks As t-shirts, dresses and jackets all grab my…

A special bond exists between sisters when one sister is Autistic, and the other sister is Neurotypical. — M y sister is six years older than me, and she’s neurotypical… She’s the middle child, was popular in school, stunningly beautiful, incredibly intelligent, and when we were children she like many teenage girls found it difficult to understand someone who didn’t fit into the boxes that society had created for…

An Inexplicable Sense of Otherness —

image By inspire uplift: butterfly in a jar An introduction to me Since moving to Western Australia in 2012 from England (which despite its stereotype is not anywhere near as miserable as people think it is) life has definitely not been uneventful.