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ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to unforeseen circumstances we haven’t been able to finish the books so they will be produced next year instead.

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Anticipation and Autism

There are two types of Anticipation I believe - when you expect something good or something bad. For example you can look forward to a birthday party, or you can dread a letter.

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Wedding Dresses

I don’t know if I have told you that one of the things I enjoy is watching wedding things on tv. And sometimes they can be stressful because of the person.

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Dove of Peace

The dove of peace comes flying in, With an olive branch in his beak, Early in the morning to hear, Now there’s nothing bad to fear.

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Contemplate

One of the things I have discovered as a positive thing about myself, I guess, is that I tend to contemplate on a lot of things.

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Autism

There are so many people on the spectrum that are good with learning science, indeed for some like Einstein was and that I am grateful for all the work he did for science.

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Early signs of autism

We were actually quite fortunate when Johnathan was born, because I half expected him to be autistic (there is autism in my family) and I believe Kevin is probably on the spectrum too.

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Johnathan And Me

I have been thinking about our relationship and I would say it’s actually beginning to get better, in spite of the double stay in the hospital.

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Critical Thinking

There is so much we can think about in our day that is actually rather critical. And we can talk to ourselves about things we think we know about ourselves. But that doesn’t mean that is true.

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Margins

Today I had a, let me say an unusual predicament. I had a line of one of my poems and each word was lined up nicely on the left hand side.

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