S MFive times maskingI’m eight years old. I’ve hurt everybody’s feelings and made the other girls cry. I only want one friend. The others are too much for me. I…Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
S MTHE STRUGGLE TO EXISTThere are huge swathes of the Internet, not to mention books, podcasts, and TV shows, dedicated to “helping” autistic people and those…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
S MOnce upon a time there was a happy little girl.As she grew up, she started to hear the words "different" and "weird" a lot. And she heard worse words, too. People told her she was rude…Mar 10, 2020Mar 10, 2020
S M6 Reasons the Autistic Child in Your Class is Not A Trouble-MakerOur school curriculum here in New Zealand makes some impressive promises to children: child-led learning, participation in assessment and…Sep 28, 2019Sep 28, 2019
S MThe Girl Who Hid Under the TableThere’s a word I’d really like to remove from the dictionary- or at least, from the way we talk about children. This word was often…Sep 7, 2019Sep 7, 2019
S MAutism and meThis isn’t an easy thing to write- in fact I’m fairly convinced that I will never actually post this. It would be easy enough for me to…Jun 29, 20191Jun 29, 20191
