Autism and fiction aren’t commonly mentioned in the same sentence. It took me some time to realize that there seems these days to be fewer fiction writers in the world who are considered to be on the spectrum.

Whether a message came from the sun, the moon, the stars, the rain, an animal crossing one’s path, a bird in flight, or a tree one had a rapport with, one could stretch one’s mind, use one’s intuition, and apply that experience to what was going on in everyday life.

We tend to see ancestors of the ancient past as wispy fleeting things, but they are not so wispy and fleeting when they make an impact on your life in the way I experience them.

This is why I do the work I do. I hail f...

What do we do when we meet an aggressive dog? Perhaps autistic synaesthesia has an answer… the autistic or primitive way isn’t always the socially worst way. It may in some instances just turn out to be the right way.

We were taking a leisurely family walk in our favorite wood, the four of us – Milo’s 8 and Will’s 6. There’s a wooden bridge where it’s good to stand and watch the narrow river flowing below. We thought we’d take some photos. A beautiful day, bluebells beg...

Problem solved. Or is it?

Working as I’ve done in the arena of perso...