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...

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

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...

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...

After 17 years I am changing jobs. I am moving to a new school to take up a new role and will teach new students in a new classroom. I’ll...

I have a list of twelve things. I know how to get there, where to park and where to pay. I know the store layout, having been in...

Everything is good. Better in fact. Everything is fantastic. No butterflies, a head empty of worry and I’m feeling quite relaxed. It...