Kangaroo brains provide clues about Autism
Kangaroos and Spectrum Truths
Poetry by Keira Fulton-Lees
¹ “…kangaroo brains are not connected across hemispheres the way other mammalian brains are, so studying their brains more closely could provide some clues about neuropsychiatric conditions such as autism. “
Atypical is my normally, it’s typicality so true
Unusually is my usually, but usually I’m like you
Typically an anomaly, atypically I’m just me
Interacting awkwardly, but only if you’re NT
Socially I am challenging, but will probably always be
Masking when it’s damaging, is to live a lie unseen
Remembering this rhyme of mine
Often it’s on my mind
Can’t describe the reason why
Kangaroos and Autistic lives
Surely are one of a kind …
