An Update from Emma on Living With Autism
Since we began serialising the story of Emma Wishart’s life and her challenges with autism, she has made some changes. So many people have read and commented on her story that we wanted to...
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What A Clever Knit
I can’t remember how or when I first learned to knit. I do remember that my nan was always knitting, and I watched her carefully and eventually worked out how to do it on...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 12
DESTINATION MILFORD HAVEN Once I was diagnosed, I set about trying to improve my life, starting with moving indoors. It was lovely living in the middle of the wood but I was getting...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 11
HOW I LIVE NOW Something that I find extremely difficult to explain is how I choose what to do in my spare time. People try to persuade me to do things or go to...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism –10
DIAGNOSIS AUTISM Since I was 19 I had not been to the dentist, and I had lost a filling when I was 25. When I was 43, in 2013, this tooth became infected and...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 9
CLEARING IN THE WOODS During 2008 I had sold my campervan in the UK and had managed to get hold of a very old caravan which someone kindly donated and towed down into my...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 8
MIGRATORY… I bought a campervan to live in in New Zealand and joined their caravan club because they sold a pass to the isolated campsites where I intended to hang out. This would be...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 7
LIVING IN THE WOODS So began 12 years of living in the woods. This was exactly what I needed and it was an extremely healing experience. I was almost entirely left alone with a...
To Be Left Alone: Living with Autism – 6
RUNNING AWAY AGAIN I went to New Zealand for six months and spent most of the time camping out in the bush, sleeping in my car, completely alone, only venturing near a town if...
To Be Left Alone: Living with Autism – 5
MOVING TO WALES So I commenced what I hoped would be a peaceful life in the countryside, but it didn’t really turn out that way. The road outside the house turned out to be...
