Not Autistic Enough?
The more I read about being autistic or listen to the stories of those living with autism the more I feel that I may be not quite autistic enough. I’ll explain because that is what the blog is for. People say that being autistic is a definite dichotomy: either you are or you are not.…
You Need a Sense of Humour About These Things
Unlike me, my wife has social interests and many friends. She meets up with a load, a gaggle, a gang, of women every Wednesday and they knit or cross stitch. She loves these meetings and the friendships she has forged over the years are incredibly important to her. So, obviously, when she tells me that…
The Wife Speaks – long read
The husband who can’t be named for whatever weird reason he’s decided has asked me to write this, a memoir of our relationship, the discovery of his autism, the stuff that I just used to think was a bit ‘odd’. So, I shall do my best. Disclaimer: I am not a writer, I am not…
Socialising Over Christmas
At the end of the 1992 Christmas classic film A Muppet’s Christmas Carol Scrooge, superbly played by Michael Caine, arrives at Kermit the Frog’s house with a massive turkey and half of London. Kermit acts happy but inside he must be screaming. How is he going to cook that massive turkey? It takes ages to…
On Being Different
How do you know you’re different? Is it because someone tells you that you are? Is it that you watch people get upset and do not know what to do? Is it that the things they say they think about are not the things you think about? How do you know that you see the…
Selling Yourself (No, Not Like That)
Part of the process of applying for a new job as a teacher is completing Personal Statements. These are meant to provide a potential new school with an overview of you as a person, as a teacher and what you have achieved in your career so far. They are, without doubt, the most important part…
On Meetings
In my role as an educator (teacher, man. You’re a teacher) a surprisingly large amount of my time is taken up by meetings. I understand that sometimes a meeting is necessary to disseminate some edict from on high or to make sure that everything is as it should be. Some meetings, however, feel utterly unnecessary.…
Masking
I was watching Taskmaster which, this year, features the Scottish comedian, Fern Brady. She recently, well as recent as the start of 2022, announced that she had Asperger’s Syndrome and was autistic. She has also made comments about the effect that masking her autism has had on her life, career and mental health. It would…
On Grief
The death of Queen Elizabeth II last week has left me thinking about reactions to grief. Specifically, how a person with Autism may react to losing someone they loved. As the news broke on Thursday afternoon I was left feeling sad but nothing I could describe as grief. Afterall, I had never met the Queen…
Characteristics of Asperger’s
I thought it might be fun to look at an online summary of characteristics of a person with Asperger’s and then painstakingly go through each one to see if it applies, while providing a minimum of one example. Because, well, why not. But mainly because I have been looking at symptoms of ADHD today. I…
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