High blood pressure, probably caused by stress and anxiety, has seen me visiting hospital and the doctor more regularly than I ever have....

His canvas came from Amazon.  Not rainforest - the other one.  Parcel packed in thin brown card  Dropped through the door and landed...

She is in the summer breeze.  She is in the air he breathes  She is everywhere.  She’s in red skies which promise bliss,  In anything...

The outside world has shed its winter skin.  Marshmallow blossom on the trees, the scent of life hangs in the wind.  Cerulean sky, not a...

Low self-esteem is common among people with autism. Some people have a negative perception of themselves and their worth and might not...

When a work colleague asks to have a word, I assume there has been a complaint made about me, and I will be fired. When a friend doesn’t...

Masking is a strategy used by autistic people to help them to fit into society and to try to conceal their autistic self. Autistic people...

What if Santa were autistic?!

Anxiety can be debilitating and can remove enjoyment from all aspects of life.

I recently visited the German Christmas market in Birmingham in search of authentic Currywurst while the rest of my family hit the shops....

Napoli - Naples. Graffiti and rubbish everywhere, vespas zooming through the narrowest alleys, crowded streets and a constant smell of...

This week marks the first anniversary of a football club which is very close to my heart. The club in question is my own Under 8 club of...

What I love about writing poetry is the way words lock away memories and release them when read back. I wrote this in the run up to...

Whether to obtain a professional diagnosis is a personal choice which must not be taken lightly. With waits in the UK of up to three...

After a great deal of umming and ahing I bite the bullet and click. Tickets purchased. Not next to each other but they seem pretty close...

In 1848 a group of students from Cambridge University wrote a set of 11 rules for the game of football. These were nailed to trees...

In 2020 I received a diagnosis of autism. In the extremely limited “Next Steps” leaflet which I was given, I was advised to research...

At the start of this month I was in Berlin leading a school group. On our first evening we visited an American diner for our evening meal...

The festive season has rolled around once again and where did those twelve months go!? With Santa, elves and all-day chocolate, Christmas...

Wow! It’s been ages. Months. The last time I wrote a blog was back in the summer. I’ve wanted to write but it’s been impossible. In...