Not Quite a Bad Day

We all know those bad days that come out of nowhere and catch you unaware. Those days are common enough, but mainly we just tend to remember them very well. Good days are somehow less memorable, even though I wish it was the other way around. Don’t we all? There are some days I dislike more than the bad days …

Do We Still Care?

I can’t help but worry about the world a lot. Not just the planet and our future, I worry about our future as people. I often ask myself: ‘Does any of us really care?’ Last week I told you about Mr. Jester, but I didn’t tell you how he saved me. He saved me because he cared, not about me …

Surviving Our Expectations

What is life really like on the spectrum? Sometimes I think the key to a happy life, when we’ve been diagnosed with something like autism spectrum disorder, is more about how we manage our expectations than anything else. When I was a child I remember sitting in the back of a car with a classmate, we were about 8 I …