Redoing☆Childhood

In September of last year I moved to London for university. Cycling seems so much more common in London than my hometown of Birmingham and I often noticed the bikes that were around and available for the public to use. Admittedly I'd gotten pretty out of shape over the extra long, lockdown-lengthened holidays we'd been having (not that I was ever partically in shape in the first place) and was looking for more fun ways of excerising.  There's a saying that goes, "It's just like riding a bike!" which basically means that even if you don't perform a particular action for a while you'll be able to get back into it easily. Despite the saying, in the past that hadn't been the case for me with cycling; I had to relearn the skill about 3 times when I was kid. I would learn while I was away at a summer camp or something then I'd go home and not really have the opportunity to do it again for the rest of the year. Then, when I went back to camp again the...

This isn't my first blog and will it be my last? Who knows? So here's a story I'm almost tired of telling at this point; I have autism. A common 'symptom' of autism is what's known as special interests. What are special interests then? Special interests are a particular topic, thing, person etc. that a person with autism will develop a fixation with, often causing them to neglect other interests or even necessities in favor of this one thing that seems to demand all of their attention. Special interests aren't always a bad thing. The image of autism that's often painted in media afterall is of the autistic person who may have poor social skills or be lacking in other areas but their almost 'obsessive' interest in a particular subject has led them to become an expert at it, allowing them to achieve great success. For a lot of autistic people though, this can be far from the truth. What happens when your special interest is something other people d...