The Home for Writers with Neurological Conditions
Family: An Anonymous Story After a long conversation with a friend about a subject that really matters to me, I began to think (and so did she) that this might be a subject that matters to a lot of others like me. The subject is family, most especially the families of those with an Autistic […]
When I was 11, my father went on holiday to Mexico City and brought back too many photographs, a Mayan calendar coin inside of a glass pyramidal paperweight, and a story about the Mayan calendar coming to an end on the winter solstice, 2012. No one knew I had OCD at that time. If they […]
When I was a child, I watched the film What about Bob? For those who have seen it, you may recall a scene where Bob tells the little boy that he likes to pretend he has Tourette Syndrome so he can get away with shouting obscenities. The pair of them jump on the bed swearing at […]
How many parents out there can relate to this? The following is a genuine complaint letter written by a parent to a hospital in connection with desperate attempts to get in-school support for a child. All names have been changed. Dear Sirs I wish to make a formal complaint about the lack of service my […]
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MY TOURETTE’S – by Garry (aged 39) My earliest memory of being told that famous quote (the one known worldwide to all young ticcers as they grow and their Tourette’s becomes more noticeable) – “STOP DOING THAT” – was by my Mum and my Nan in the kitchen on that lovely sunny day in the […]
FATHER & SON: A GAME & A BATTLE WITH PARKINSON’S By: Gary Keating When you are the son of a basketball coach, some people ask if you were born with a basketball in your hands. Maybe there was, or maybe it was just an inborn love of a game inherited from a family gene. Buffer
A Personal Story by Lisa I have lifelong dyspraxia and a Masters Degree too. I think I was born to be an extrovert, but finally became an introvert due to all the hostility I have suffered from others due to my Dyspraxia and my ADHD traits. I don’t like people to watch me doing anything, […]
By Triss My official diagnoses are OCD and bipolar II disorder. I guess what I’d like to demonstrate here is how much more these conditions are than what you typically read in the books, and how many other problems and oddities can come along with mental disorders. Buffer
An Anonymous Story I have both epilepsy and Arnold Chiari malformation type 1. The epilepsy is controlled by Tegretol. I have a tremendous amount of pain from the ACM. I get headaches all the time, neck and back pain. I used to like drawing but I shake too much from the pain. I can’t lift […]