Dear Peter, They say you have to experience something to know if it’s for you, and like many young people, you were anxious to fall in love. You fell in love numerous times, and it wasn’t reciprocated, and in the third case, it was definitely for the better. She said…

Dear Peter, Right now, you are feeling mixed emotions. You were feeling anxious about the prospect of a new school, hoping that it will be a new beginning. The lady across the canal from you has sent you a postcard and said that you’ll meet many new friends at the…

Most readers of my stories know that I have no time for the orange haired a-hole who is the first former occupant of the White House to be indicted on Federal and State Charges, and even less time for the red-haired a-hole who scraped back into the Australian senate by…

Being gluten and lactose intolerant and having irritable bowel syndrome can make going out to eat a bit more challenging. I remember at a school reunion last year, they’d organised pizzas, but I couldn’t have any. If I know a food contains gluten, I have to go without and it’s…

When Michelle Obama was photographed wearing a sleeveless dress, the media and the fashion police lost their minds on par with the horror they did when Barbara Eden’s Jeannie costume revealed her navel. …

A number of people on twitter have become justifiably angry with Jacinta Price for referring to herself by an outdated term. I know that I prefer identity first language for my autism, but most people find racial terms offensive, because of how they were used in the Stolen Generation. A…

If you believe the outdated beliefs about autism, autistic people do not enjoy reading fiction. Yet some of the world’s most creative and expressive people are autistic. Take for example Dan Ackroyd. A comedic actor genius. I remember, when I was in a writers’ group with a bunch of neurotypicals…

I know I said that the ridiculous doctor should be a blip on the radar and that he shouldn’t be living rent free in my head, but one other thing has emerged that needs deconstruction. According to this ridiculous doctor, there is a certain amount of a word that starts…

Dear Peter, Today, you proved your high school guidance officer wrong again. You graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, and you had credits and distinctions, including the distinction that you got for your thesis. Remember the words of your Year Nine Math teacher in response to the guy in…