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Emotional Stuff

I may have mentioned before that I really find emotions difficult. I think my difficulties with understanding how actions give consequences may be a part of my difficulty with emotions. When I am presented with other peo…
The other day, as I headed for home, from the Boyd Orr building in Glasgow’s West End, I passed the Student Television studios. It occurred to me that, even in my day, there were students who engaged in hobbies like tele…
30 questions for April

Some of you may have noticed that I have, of late, published fewer blog posts on Autism than hitherto. Some people thought, wrongly, that I was becoming obsessed, but the subject was crowding out other interests. I am in…
Market Harborough Moments

I answered a call in the early hours of the morning from someone looking for a number. At first I thought they wanted a taxi, but when I asked them to repeat their request I heard “Dial a Curry, in Edinburgh”. Unfortunat…
Do We Allow Autism To Define Us?

I was looking at Twitter’s suggestions of whom I might like to follow, and was struck by how many of the short bios said things like, “stay at home mom of 3 kids, 1 on the spectrum” or “Aspie mother of an aspie son” or —…
THE TROUBLE WITH WORDS

The trouble with words is that either they don’t mean what we thought they meant, they no longer mean what we thought they meant or they mean different things to different people. As a child I lived in a world where the…
It's Not Clever To Hate Christmas

I am known as one who hates Christmas and, I must admit, it has felt as if I do, but recently Neelam asked me a question, “You used to really enjoy Christmas”, she said, “what happened?” It was a good question and it c…
No Diagnosis, No Aspergers

Ooh, controversial title! True, but if I’m going to upset people I might as well get it over and done with quickly at the start of my blog. The other day I watched Dr Frank Gaskill’s You Tube video, The Aspie Show – The…
Reality Slip

I find that reality is sometimes harder to grasp than others. I have never had a particularly good sense of depth and distance, but when I am feeling unwell it gets considerably worse.I also find it harder to make sense…
Mature Autism: The Secret of My Success

The other day on Facebook Dan Bradbury was being criticised for being too concerned with money, and it was suggested that there were better indicators of success. No one who has observed Dan with his wife and daughter…