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.
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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 in 2012. So, I already knew that for people on the autism spectrum, the effort needed to ‘appear normal’ is intense and when life is stressful autistic traits are more visible to others. But, I have never noticed this within myself with such clarity until now.
Continue reading “It’s hard work being autistic.”New relationships: feeling more autistic!
I have had so much steady state certainty for so many years that it has been easy to forget sometimes, that I have autism. When a mainstay relationship ends, the danger can be that an autistic person is sent into a spiral head spin, overwhelmed by the vast amount of change and new things that have to be learned. The one I want to focus on is relationships and two elements in particular today.
Continue reading “New relationships: feeling more autistic!”When the autistic spills out
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m under a lot of stress with this whole leg drama or what, but wee things keep popping up – autism’s perhaps. I mostly usually manage to tick along as normal (and keep the differences to myself or swallow up the autism’s into my general daily behaviour – yeah exhausting but that’s how we roll.. all day every day.) lately they are spilling out and becoming rather noticeable to me.
Continue reading “When the autistic spills out”Day 19: Full lock-down continues
It surely is a worrying time for everyone all around the globe. This increasingly feels like a war, but there is an enemy that is invisible to the eye. And its stealthy, unforgiving and its hiding around the corner from each and every one of us.
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