Last week I joined the distraught ranks of people the world over whoāve felt the true cruelty of this vile Coronavirus. My mother is in intensive care in Australia and I canāt get home. There…
Have you found the lock down nerve-wracking? Well, imagine what itās like if you suffer from an anxiety disorder. Or if youāre caring for someone who does. My 29 year old son Jules is autistic….
Yesterday my son Jules, whoās autistic, opened the London stock exchange. (Now thereās a sentence I never thought Iād write!) He was joining forces with an organisation called Purple who are trying to change the…
Earlier this week I posted a piece about my son Juliusā autistic journey from being badly bullied at school to winning a main part in BBCās medical drama Holby City. The piece has already had…
When my autistic son was nine he came home with a sign sticky-taped to his back saying āKick me Iām a retard.ā Tearing up, he stammered, āThe kids call me a retardā¦ What is a…
So many of you have been sharing thoughtful & heartfelt comments with Kathy on Facebook and Twitter about The Boy Who Fell to Earth and your own experiences of living with autism. Here are just…
As well as being a comedy romance, I do hope The Boy Who Fell to Earth shines a light into the world of autism and helps us all to be a little more understanding of…
The paperback of my latest novel The Boy Who Fell to Earth is out today and Iāve been thinking a lot about the best way to describe it. It’s basically a romantic comedy with a…
Aspergers. If onions make you cry, are there vegetables that make you happy? Is a harp just a nude piano? Is a vacuum cleaner a broom with a stomach? Is āmauveā simply pink trying to…
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