Five 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
THE 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
Once 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
6 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
The 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
Autism 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
