High blood pressure, probably caused by stress and anxiety, has seen me visiting hospital and the doctor more regularly than I ever have....

His canvas came from Amazon.  Not rainforest - the other one.  Parcel packed in thin brown card  Dropped through the door and landed...

She is in the summer breeze.  She is in the air he breathes  She is everywhere.  She’s in red skies which promise bliss,  In anything...

The outside world has shed its winter skin.  Marshmallow blossom on the trees, the scent of life hangs in the wind.  Cerulean sky, not a...

Low self-esteem is common among people with autism. Some people have a negative perception of themselves and their worth and might not...

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...

What if Santa were autistic?!

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

Napoli - Naples. Graffiti and rubbish everywhere, vespas zooming through the narrowest alleys, crowded streets and a constant smell of...

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...

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...

Llyn Clywedog is a 9.5km long reservoir in Mid Wales. As a child, my wife and her family used to visit here regularly. They used to sail...

Going somewhere new can be stressful. There are simply so many unknowns. Any change to routine creates anxiety because deviation from...

Saturday morning. No early start, no work, no stress. The only jam today will be on toast. No alarm and no surprises. Well at least...