Neurodivergent vs Neurotypical
By Nicci Lou
What is the difference between being neurodivergent and neurotypical and how does autism differ to adhd? This 'not a diagnostic tool' will help you see your strengths and symptoms more clearly, whether you are autisitc, have adhd, are audhd or neurotypical.
Biodiversity written by Caroline Osella
By Nicci Lou
I heard David Attenborough on the TV –
Says the planet needs diversity.
Multiplicity, complexity, plurality of form
Makes the norm
For the ecosphere,
It seems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
They are 11 when it starts. Too early, too scary.
The body that had held them, played with them, had fun with them
Begins to
Betray them.
...
Schooltime Cacophony written by Katz
By Nicci Lou
Tap. Tap. SNAP.
Down comes the ruler to desk.
Eagle eyes assume my inattention.
Pursed lip sneer at my confusion.
What was her question?
Monday’s child loses face.
Fairness isn’t in this place.
Whee. Whee. TWEET.
Crashing blindly into the divide.
Clip board records my transgressions.
Whistle jeers at my ill-f...
Roots written by Emma Clowsley
By Nicci Lou
She’s grown roots but this vase is too small to hold,
sit back watch this process unfold.
She is beautiful, strong like a tree,
the bark is her skin and the inside is me.
Roots can be powerful,
breaking through concrete that’s pasted over them,
stifling them, leaving th...
A Protodontopteryx Robot written by Xeno
By Nicci Lou
I kick at the sand. But then the stomp of my feet fades as the music does. With one movement I pull the mask from my eyes with a sigh. Let it drop to the beach to collect on my return. The stars fill the sky as patterns in the night, but I am too distracted by our conversation to appreciate them. I ...
Monkeys of Three written by Katz
By Nicci Lou
Born with the cord wrapped around my neck, blue to a new world.
Indifferent to my silence, you left my care to the hands of others.
Caretakers driven by coin, empty smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.
Hidden bruises covered in taffeta and silk.
Stand up straight and smile for th...
A Mudlark's Mourning written by Xeno
By Nicci Lou
It is barely six in the morning, and the acrid mist already hangs low enough to obscure the dome of St Paul’s. The sky is only set to thicken as an ever increasing amount of coal fires are lit; perhaps ten per household in freshly blackened grates. There is no wind to carry the fumes, so all is stil...
Neurodivergent vs Neurotypical
By Nicci Lou
What is the difference between being neurodivergent and neurotypical and how does autism differ to adhd? This 'not a diagnostic tool' will help you see your strengths and symptoms more clearly, whether you are autisitc, have adhd, are audhd or neurotypical.
Biodiversity written by Caroline Osella
By Nicci Lou
I heard David Attenborough on the TV –
Says the planet needs diversity.
Multiplicity, complexity, plurality of form
Makes the norm
For the ecosphere,
It seems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
They are 11 when it starts. Too early, too scary.
The body that had held them, played with them, had fun with them
Begins to
Betray them.
...
Schooltime Cacophony written by Katz
By Nicci Lou
Tap. Tap. SNAP.
Down comes the ruler to desk.
Eagle eyes assume my inattention.
Pursed lip sneer at my confusion.
What was her question?
Monday’s child loses face.
Fairness isn’t in this place.
Whee. Whee. TWEET.
Crashing blindly into the divide.
Clip board records my transgressions.
Whistle jeers at my ill-f...
Roots written by Emma Clowsley
By Nicci Lou
She’s grown roots but this vase is too small to hold,
sit back watch this process unfold.
She is beautiful, strong like a tree,
the bark is her skin and the inside is me.
Roots can be powerful,
breaking through concrete that’s pasted over them,
stifling them, leaving th...
A Protodontopteryx Robot written by Xeno
By Nicci Lou
I kick at the sand. But then the stomp of my feet fades as the music does. With one movement I pull the mask from my eyes with a sigh. Let it drop to the beach to collect on my return. The stars fill the sky as patterns in the night, but I am too distracted by our conversation to appreciate them. I ...
Monkeys of Three written by Katz
By Nicci Lou
Born with the cord wrapped around my neck, blue to a new world.
Indifferent to my silence, you left my care to the hands of others.
Caretakers driven by coin, empty smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.
Hidden bruises covered in taffeta and silk.
Stand up straight and smile for th...
A Mudlark's Mourning written by Xeno
By Nicci Lou
It is barely six in the morning, and the acrid mist already hangs low enough to obscure the dome of St Paul’s. The sky is only set to thicken as an ever increasing amount of coal fires are lit; perhaps ten per household in freshly blackened grates. There is no wind to carry the fumes, so all is stil...
