I wasn't hugely popular at school. In fact, I was bullied at school.
I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people.
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.
A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.
I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.