*Or Who's zoomin' whom if you prefer, the title of this blog post is taken from the 1985 single and album by Aretha Franklin. Zooming is good for you We are social animals, or so I was told on a Tuesday morning interview a few weeks back on BBC 6 music. We need face to …
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On Monday 30th March I published a blog post on why I would not be celebrating Autism Awareness week. https://stevenhpape.blog/2020/03/30/autism-awareness-autism-acceptance-and-why-i-am-not-participating-in-autism-awareness-week/ This is along the same lines from someone with more knowledge than me... Over to Captain Quirk: It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would …
Spirit break out Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 9th June 2019 Wait. Just the one word "Wait," and then a pause was how the sermon started. My day started less well. I awoke tired. Not because I had a bad night's sleep, but because I am thoroughly exhausted. That was not good as I was …
You are not a real Star Trek fan if you watch Discovery Who are the real Trekers? Ts it the fans or is it the holders of the copyright? To a certain number of fans, they are the arbiters, they have their own Facebook groups and online forums, run their own wiki sites and have …
The unknown Aspie Before I come to anything negative, let me say I had fun. Some of it was fun with other children and some of it was fun on my own. Climbing trees when I was supposed to be walking the dog was fun, and dogs are easy to see from a tree. A …
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Tolerate me The world's 5 stories - part 4 There is a difference in the way God sees things and how the world sees things, five of which I am looking at in the first half of Advent this year. And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I …
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Prayer is effective Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 25 November 2016 It was nice to see a djembe being played at the service this morning. Our contemporary worship is getting some interesting instruments played these days. Today the accents played on the guitar were slightly ahead of the beat and percussion accents were laid back …
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Tone Policing Martin Luther King Jr, in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, complained that he was gravely disappointed with the white moderate who was interested more in order than in justice, condemning this form of silencing. This is what is meant by tone policing. Have you ever told someone that you will listen to them if …
Autism and masks a personal story It is Hallowe'en, a time for wearing masks and I have a confession to make. I have always worn a mask. Wanting to fit in I become a mirror of those around me, I mimic mannerisms, I copy phrases used by others in similar circumstances, after meeting someone I …
"Challenging behaviour" and autistic people. A Twitter thread by Ann Memmott, @AnnMemmott, from 8th October 2018, blogged with permission. Autism. Challenging Behaviour. A thread. I see a lot of people writing about 'challenging behaviour' from autistic people. Autism does not cause any 'challenging behaviour'. Let me explain what I mean by this.... 3:50 PM - …
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Making an ass of myself 