April is autism awareness month. In recognition of this I want to say a few words about what it's like to live with autism.
You see, I'm not just a dominatrix, I'm also a soccer mom. (Literally - I wrote parts of this while sitting on the sidelines at my daughter's soccer practice.) And one of my children has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.
My son (aka aspie boy) will be eleven in a few months but once upon a time he was a wee lad of three or four years old. And at that tender age he was a dedicated artist, decorating any surface he could reach with any sort of writing or coloring implement he could find. With his determination (and monkey-like climbing skills) he even managed to extend his artworks all the way up to the ceiling in his bedroom.
