Earlier this week I was sorting through my archives of haiku and haiga. When I saw Sue’s photo prompt for this week I was reminded of this one:-

I created this haiga after a particularly difficult day with my autistic grandson, Herbie. At the time he was around nine years old.

As well as being on the autism spectrum Herbie has severe learning difficulties and developmental delays. Although he is now thirteen his development is more like that of a four or five year old. It isn’t consistent though. Now that he is thirteen he doesn’t enjoy watching children’s TV as much as he used to. He prefers to listen to pop music.

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