Autistic Pride online
Submitted by Janine on
19/06/2021 - 17:15
Janine will be ranting, rhyming and revolting as part of this day-long jamboree of autistic voices.
Log-in details to follow.
Poems about autism
Opinionated
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You expressed your opinion.
In response, I expressed my opinion,
which was different from your opinion
In response to me expressing an opinion
different from your opinion
You shouted
I'M ENTITLED TO EXPRESS MY OPINION!
as though by expressing an opinion
at variance with your opinion
I had been denying your right to express your opinion
which, of course, I hadn't.
Video: The Stealth Aspies
Submitted by Janine on
The all-autistic theatre company performed this show in Brighton in June 2019. Janine and fellow performers offer insights into autistic experience through poetry and personal testimonies.
Video: Speaking Up for Osime Brown
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Janine addresses the protest in support of Osime Brown outside the Home Office on Friday 4 September - includes the poems Free Osime Brown and Bearing Down.
Please sign Osime's petition here.
Your Place
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Last year, I wrote a poem (a pantoum) called 'This Place' about visiting my son in the adolescent psychiatric unit where he spent four months (read it here).
He now has his own flat, living independently with support. So I decided to write a follow-up poem of the same length in the same style, hoping that this will illustrate the wonderful progression.
This Place
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I come to see you in this place
A train, a bus, a longish walk
A mask of growth veneers your face
We picnic, catch up, laugh and talk
A train, a bus, a longish walk
They brought you here to make you well
We picnic, catch up, laugh and talk
You've questions, jokes and tales to tell
Why can't you just be normal?
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Why do you like that tuneless music?
Wear your hair the way you choose it?
I think you get it it, then you lose it
Why can’t you just be normal?
Can’t you make yourself conform?
Do anything that’s near the norm?
Don’t you know there’s a uniform?
Why can’t you just be normal?
Autistics Anonymous: Stealth Aspies on Tour
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The Stealth Aspies are touring our one-hour show, Autistic Anonymous, over the next couple of months.
Digital flyer attached.
Stealth Aspies at the Marlborough, Brighton
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08/06/2019 - 19:30
Stealth Aspies at the Brighton Fringe
Submitted by Janine on
15/05/2019 - 18:30
On five consecutive evenings, Janine performs her poetry as part of the remarkable hour-long Autistics Anonymous show by the Stealth Aspies at the Brighton Fringe Festival.