I was late meeting a volunteer at work this evening so I didn’t think twice about taking my normal route through the park. But it was very dark and quiet and I felt a bit freaked out, so I called Laura.…

I’ve been at a disability awareness training course all day. Because I hadn’t received anything asking if I needed any additional support, when I arrived I explained to the trainer that I had Tourettes. “Well, if I can’t handle that I shouldn’t be doing this job,” she said.…

I work in South London in an area that’s affected by gang activity. This morning I was doing some research for a funding application on youth gangs that operate locally. We’ve got the: Claptown Crips, Poverty Driven Children, All Bout Money, G-Street, Stockwell Man Dem and Murder Zone.…

I spent the morning risk-assessing a spooky Halloween party at the playground where I work. The children have been excitedly preparing a trail through the woods for weeks. I risk-assessed everything in detail: the trail, falls, trips, the bonfire, and scalds or burns from the food we’d be serving.…

I share an office with two colleagues who, on the whole, barely seem to notice my tics. However, today one of them had to move to the room next door because my tics were too distracting. She was totalling a series of numbers and was quietly counting out loud.…

The organisation I work for runs three different projects. This means I’ve got lots of keys. I regularly need to show people – important funders or partners for example – around the projects, and that means a lot of unlocking and locking of doors.…

Tonight I went to the Royal Albert Hall to represent the projects I work for at the RockCorps gig.

As I went in, the security woman checking my bag asked if I had anything sharp in it. I said “No. But I’ve got a knife, a Christmas card for my mum, a dog and a bomb.”…

This morning as I was walking back to the office with Left Wing Idiot, who’s working as my support worker, we came across a dead squirrel lying in the road. A vehicle must have hit it very recently because the blood still looked fresh.…

Two of the projects I work for were spruced up today with the help of two hundred young volunteers who came to take part in a RockCorps event. These volunteers give four hours of their time in return for a ticket to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.…

I was lucky to be able to enjoy a funny conversation with a child at my work this afternoon.

We were sitting in the garden by the pond shaded by a green canopy with patches of sun making their way through the leaves.…