Autism overload
My mind is whizzing at 100mph. All my thoughts swoop in and out, like a washing machine spin cycle. I can’t quite grab any one of them to focus on it for more than a […]
autism
Dating again after marriage: how everything has changed, including you.
This has been a giant learning curve for me over the last few years. I was married 17 years before it broke up. But, I am also 17 years older and the world is also […]
Being Autistic: the challenge of explaining and understanding how you feel
I got my autism diagnosis in my early 40’s. Prior to that I had been an autism specialist teacher for many years. You would think that made me an expert in my own autism wouldn’t […]
Poem: Don’t Pretend
Sometimes poetry happens for me on the spur of the moment. No one real topic, just a collection of incidents that lead me down a path.
It’s hard work being autistic.
Ok, now bear with me, because I need to put some context behind that title statement. For those of you who don’t know, I used to be an ASD specialist teacher until I stopped teaching […]
Melanie Magowan 