The FDA gave concerned autistic citizens in the US the hump this week after news emerged that it had removed a page from its website warning against drinking raw camel milk, alongside other scientifically disproven and dangerous cures for autism.

I have spent my life wandering towards a mirage; a mecca of high-contrast, over-saturated greys. Signposted by the same tenets of society, that either stake claim to my worth or snuff out my radiance. Ruby, emerald and sapphire shimmers; drowned in a sea of static.