On the planet Thwart, the dominant species is much like humans: bipedal, bilaterally symmetric, two sexes.

As with us, there are some male Thwarts that are sexually attracted to other males, and similarly for females. As with us, their society had a problem with that for awhile, but they got over it and now nobody gives it a second thought.

But there is one large physical difference from us: with about a fifty-fifty split, Thwarts have either a face that is on the front side or on the back. Since they're used to it, their culture and infrastructure have been built to accomodate it. But it does cause one big problem: "spooning" with a lover, which they enjoy as much as we, is thought to be normal only between two "fronters" (like humans) or two "backers".

As with sexual matching, there is a minority that doesn't go

are we still alone if the radio's on

is God many-hued

is He color blind

where did you sleep

my girl don't lie

did God put that Leadbelly song in my head

are the blues ever bluer than anger is red

is sunlight His smile

are raindrops His tears

if the radio's on can He still be near

are we many-hued

are we color blind

does God know that song

in the pines

I am writing about autism spectrum disorder as an autist (level 1) who was diagnosed as an adult at age 40 in the US.
Looking at the existing write-ups, the majority of them are close to 25 years old and reflect the understanding of autism of the 80's and 90's.
Much of what was said about autism was at that time were out of date ideas being pushed by the medical field and organizations like Autism Speaks who do not have autistic peoples’ best interests in mind.
Autism Speaks pushes