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Invisible?

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Autism.A hidden disability.Invisible perhaps. That’s how it felt today, how I felt. My girl stepped out of her taxi, watched it drive away as she headed inside, and then…wham…meltdown.We didn’t even make it indoors. She bolted.Ran with no thought to herself or others.Driven by thoughts never to be revealed.I followed on my shoeless feet as…… Continue reading Invisible?

A hidden disability.

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Do I look different? What does Autism look like? It has two eyes and a nose. What else can you see, It has ten fingers and toes. Has it got any legs? Yes, two ankles and two knees, Is it green and hairy? No it looks like you and me. It must look a bit…… Continue reading A hidden disability.

Just because it is hidden

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​If it so happened I grew a third hand, I’d have a disability you’d all understand, I wouldn’t need to explain, or put up a fight, Or argue why I think the diagnosis is right. It would be there, on display, for all to see, Confirmation of how things are different for me, But because…… Continue reading Just because it is hidden