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Grandad’s Ghost, or, How To Fuck Up A Funeral

Closeup of a pile of vintage family photos

Time, so boundless at first blush, is a shrinking prison, and it now seems to me ever more important to know the truth, to render the furrows ploughed into memory as accurately and authentically as possible.

How else can you know who you are?

Published December 17, 2015
Categorised as Autobiographical Posts, Blog Tagged betrayal, childhood memories, Family, funeral, grandad, identity, surprise, truth

Why An Autism Diagnosis Is Like Finding Out You’re Adopted

Surprised tabby cat

Getting a diagnosis is like finding out you’re adopted – it’s not that you’re odd and don’t fit in, you’re just part of a different family.

Published November 6, 2015
Categorised as Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged adult autism, Aspergers, Autism, Diagnosis, self-discovery

Adult Autism: Is That A Thing?

Eggs in an eggbox with faces drawn on them, the majority looking at one different coloured egg among them.

If people realised how hard autistics have to work to connect, they’d understand… empathy is a two-way street.

Published October 28, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged adult autism, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Awareness

How do you know your interracial marriage will work?

Black and white image of a crowd protesting race mixing in the US
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When K and I decided to be together it turns out, looking back, neither one of us gave it a lot of thought…

Published October 16, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Interracial marriage Tagged cross-cultural marriage, intercultural marriage, interracial marriage, Love marriage, mixed race relationships

How People With Autism Fake It

Decorative purple carnival mask
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Recently, the mere anticipation of writing has resulted in instant mental paralysis, until this morning when I spilt an entire cup of coffee – the second in a fortnight. To put it succinctly, I lost my shit.

Published September 30, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged acting, actors, Aspergers, Autism, isolation, mask, neurodiversity

Making A Meal Of Ramadan

Table with various arabic food served
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Is it just me or does Ramadan seem to get more air-time and column inches with every passing year?

Published June 22, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Islam Tagged Fasting, Muslim, Ramadan

Doing Autism Differently

With a lump in my throat I described my beautiful, clever, mischievous daughter and discussed all the ways we could help make her future the antithesis of my past.

Published April 2, 2015
Categorised as Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Awareness, Autism Positivity, disability support, Early diagnosis

An Apologist’s Apology

Black and white, woman offering man flowers
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Instead of building intercultural bridges as I imagined, I was adding my bricks to the prisons so many are walled up in by their own communities…

Published March 12, 2015
Categorised as Autobiographical Posts, Blog, Islam Tagged #AnApostatesExperience, apologist, apostasy in Islam, belief, Muslim, Religion

The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something

Yonge Street, downtown Toronto

They said on the radio today this was the coldest February since eighteen-something. After a certain point cold is cold is cold.

Published February 25, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canadian Winter, coldest February, Food, pancakes, photography, snowmageddon

Accepting Disability – A Work In Progress

Woman in novelty sunglasses stares into the camera

I don’t need to take on the responsibility for changing other people’s misconceptions. Learning to be honest and authentic – standing in my own truth – is more important right now.

Published January 28, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Life With Autism, Mental Health Tagged acceptance, adjustment, Aspergers, Autism, bipolar, disability

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