Where are all the women?
By Molly Siobhan Parker
The day I was told I might be autistic I had a big fat juicy meltdown (very on brand!) my heart was racing, breath shaking, my chest pounding like Travis Barker was beating it with his drum sticks. I was confused.
There was no guide, nothing to look to or reference. I hadn’t seen myself in famous autistic characters like Raymond Babbitt (Rain Man) Christopher Boone (Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night Time) or Sam Gardner (Atypical.) I tried to picture myself as one of those characters but I couldn’t. I’m chatty, outgoing, not good or remotely interested in maths or science and oh yeah…
Neurodivergent vs Neurotypical
By Nicci Lou
What is the difference between being neurodivergent and neurotypical and how does autism differ to adhd? This 'not a diagnostic tool' will help you see your strengths and symptoms more clearly, whether you are autisitc, have adhd, are audhd or neurotypical.
Biodiversity
By Caroline Osella
I heard David Attenborough on the TV –
Says the planet needs diversity.
Multiplicity, complexity, plurality of form
Makes the norm
For the ecosphere,
It seems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
They are 11 when it starts. Too early, too scary.
The body that had held them, played with them, had fun with them
Begins to
Betray them.
...
Schooltime Cacophony
By Katz
Tap. Tap. SNAP.
Down comes the ruler to desk.
Eagle eyes assume my inattention.
Pursed lip sneer at my confusion.
What was her question?
Monday’s child loses face.
Fairness isn’t in this place.
Whee. Whee. TWEET.
Crashing blindly into the divide.
Clip board records my transgressions.
Whistle jeers at my ill-f...
Roots
By Emma Clowsley
She’s grown roots but this vase is too small to hold,
sit back watch this process unfold.
She is beautiful, strong like a tree,
the bark is her skin and the inside is me.
Roots can be powerful,
breaking through concrete that’s pasted over them,
stifling them, leaving th...
A Protodontopteryx Robot
By Xeno
I kick at the sand. But then the stomp of my feet fades as the music does. With one movement I pull the mask from my eyes with a sigh. Let it drop to the beach to collect on my return. The stars fill the sky as patterns in the night, but I am too distracted by our conversation to appreciate them. I ...
Monkeys of Three
By Katz
Born with the cord wrapped around my neck, blue to a new world.
Indifferent to my silence, you left my care to the hands of others.
Caretakers driven by coin, empty smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.
Hidden bruises covered in taffeta and silk.
Stand up straight and smile for th...
A Mudlark's Mourning
By Xeno
It is barely six in the morning, and the acrid mist already hangs low enough to obscure the dome of St Paul’s. The sky is only set to thicken as an ever increasing amount of coal fires are lit; perhaps ten per household in freshly blackened grates. There is no wind to carry the fumes, so all is stil...
I am Yenn
By Yenn
Simply a name. My name.
New, different, wonderful
Borne out of Yearning
Of striving for identity
That ongoing discovery of the unlikely and intriguing country which is me
The true description of my self
My love...
Where are all the women?
By Molly Siobhan Parker
The day I was told I might be autistic I had a big fat juicy meltdown (very on brand!) my heart was racing, breath shaking, my chest pounding like Travis Barker was beating it with his drum sticks. I was confused.
There was no guide, nothing to look to or reference. I hadn’t seen myself in famous autistic characters like Raymond Babbitt (Rain Man) Christopher Boone (Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night Time) or Sam Gardner (Atypical.) I tried to picture myself as one of those characters but I couldn’t. I’m chatty, outgoing, not good or remotely interested in maths or science and oh yeah…
Neurodivergent vs Neurotypical
By Nicci Lou
What is the difference between being neurodivergent and neurotypical and how does autism differ to adhd? This 'not a diagnostic tool' will help you see your strengths and symptoms more clearly, whether you are autisitc, have adhd, are audhd or neurotypical.
Biodiversity
By Caroline Osella
I heard David Attenborough on the TV –
Says the planet needs diversity.
Multiplicity, complexity, plurality of form
Makes the norm
For the ecosphere,
It seems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
They are 11 when it starts. Too early, too scary.
The body that had held them, played with them, had fun with them
Begins to
Betray them.
...
Schooltime Cacophony
By Katz
Tap. Tap. SNAP.
Down comes the ruler to desk.
Eagle eyes assume my inattention.
Pursed lip sneer at my confusion.
What was her question?
Monday’s child loses face.
Fairness isn’t in this place.
Whee. Whee. TWEET.
Crashing blindly into the divide.
Clip board records my transgressions.
Whistle jeers at my ill-f...
Roots
By Emma Clowsley
She’s grown roots but this vase is too small to hold,
sit back watch this process unfold.
She is beautiful, strong like a tree,
the bark is her skin and the inside is me.
Roots can be powerful,
breaking through concrete that’s pasted over them,
stifling them, leaving th...
A Protodontopteryx Robot
By Xeno
I kick at the sand. But then the stomp of my feet fades as the music does. With one movement I pull the mask from my eyes with a sigh. Let it drop to the beach to collect on my return. The stars fill the sky as patterns in the night, but I am too distracted by our conversation to appreciate them. I ...
Monkeys of Three
By Katz
Born with the cord wrapped around my neck, blue to a new world.
Indifferent to my silence, you left my care to the hands of others.
Caretakers driven by coin, empty smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.
Hidden bruises covered in taffeta and silk.
Stand up straight and smile for th...
A Mudlark's Mourning
By Xeno
It is barely six in the morning, and the acrid mist already hangs low enough to obscure the dome of St Paul’s. The sky is only set to thicken as an ever increasing amount of coal fires are lit; perhaps ten per household in freshly blackened grates. There is no wind to carry the fumes, so all is stil...
I am Yenn
By Yenn
Simply a name. My name.
New, different, wonderful
Borne out of Yearning
Of striving for identity
That ongoing discovery of the unlikely and intriguing country which is me
The true description of my self
My love...
