It all began on a dark November evening, when out of nowhere a storm brought the town to a standstill. A bolt of lightening hit Whithorn in the middle of the night and killed 8 cows, several computers, internet hubs and phone lines. No humans were killed as far as we know… The...

I have a dilemna due to using a Creative Commons (CC) licence on one of my photographs (see above). The photo is part of a project that I did in 2006 for the flickr UTATA group which aimed to tells the positives and negatives of having aspergers syndrome to increase awareness of the realities...

Things I wish I knew when I first suspected that my son had Aspergers Syndrome… I hope that this post may provide a useful summary of things for parents and carers of newly diagnosed children on the autistic spectrum. Don’t ignore the early signs… What may seem quirky or...

How hard to write about something so brutal and horrific. Whenever I am confronted with a news item about this I get upset and angry in equal amounts and it’s not just because my son has a disability. I am absolutely shocked that this kind of crime and abuse is tolerated. From the...

>a youtube photo montage published a long time ago but lost in the transfer to wordpress so posted again for completeness… it isn’t going to change the world but hell – someone might see it and think just a little bit longer… it has had plenty of viewings and some...

Most people are horrified when I tell them that my son does most of his socialising with his peers over the internet. They are worried because he doesn’t go to school and ‘get’ socialised there (we do home learning – see early blog post to find out why) I think there...