Now as you already know if you have read my posts before, changing plans or something is often too much for my son to handle even though he is 10 years old.

I must admit, I am coming to you from the perspective of having a high functioning child on the spectrum. I was about to say that he doesn’t have learning difficulties but I guess it’s exactly how you define them!

A change in scenery can be a momentous thing. Especially if you haven’t left the house for a while.

Do you find unexpected happenings a bit (I don’t know) disturbing or exciting or do you “take them in your stride” as I heard when I was young?

Now I’m not going to talk about people on the spectrum who get frustrated to start with. I want to begin with US when we get frustrated with them.

I want to talk to you about fantasy fiction. Well, I suppose in some ways ALL fantasy is fiction because it’s not real. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have certain fundamentals that need to be followed because it does.

Are there times you see something and you think “”yeah, that won’t work” or “come on, seriously, show me something sensible!”

My son Johnathan and his Dad play most evenings and I enjoy watching and chatting to them about what they are doing and the things I understand about their video games.

Smiling is an extremely important activity in life. Apparently it takes less muscles than it does to frown. Having said that, on my wedding day I smiled so much my face hurt on both sides of my mouth.

Yesterday, I sat down and was looking at my emails and wondering what was in them and in one there was a challenge for seven minutes to write What I really want to say is and just go and get it said.

“What?” you ask. “That’s ridiculous! Why on earth would you worry about ordering something?” Well, let me tell you a bit about autism.

I thought that today I would write about bits and bobs. They are little things you know or have learned for some reason or other.

Do you know, I have felt really bad because I missed it! It was actually yesterday and I just didn’t clock the fact. My brain and body have been so mixed up this last week.

One of the central things that people on the spectrum need is routine. Johnathan was in a terrible state on Monday Bank Holiday after Easter Sunday.

I can’t remember if I’ve told you how much I appreciate you coming and reading the posts I’ve written. You see, I write with my reader in mind.

You might think this is a weird combination to be talking about to you. But there was a beautifully clear rainbow this week that Kevin took a photo of and I’m sharing with you today.

Yes, I know I haven’t written many blog posts but I have been working on starting books and beginning to figure out how to do it all.

You find yourself strangely attracted to a stranger at your local coffee shop.

“Come ON, girl! Make that tea! What’s taking you so long?” I took a quick glance into the sitting room as I passed to go through to the kitchen to work out who was there and what their tea preferences were.

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