As my eldest heads towards the end of his time in secondary school, I'm running a few posts to support kids in the run up to their exams. Today it is about breaking things down into smaller parts.
As my eldest heads towards the end of his time in secondary school, I'm running a few posts to support kids in the run up to their exams. Today it is about breaking things down into smaller parts.
Our son has had a special interest in cars and racing since he was about seven years old. It's really common for children with autism or ADHD to have something they are 'super in to'. Being very interested in a subject provides Anthony with lots of joy and in some cases it provides comfort in being able to talk about something familiar. Knowing lots about something takes away fear I suppose.
David is not like most other twelve year old boys. He's not got a favourite football team, he doesn't eat pizza and he's never played a game of Fortnite. But that's not surprising. David is autistic and part of this means he's also never tied his own shoes, independently brushed his own teeth or used spoken words to tell us anything other than his basic wants. One of my greatest concerns is that David will need to tell me something and he can't.
And one of the things I worry about him not being able to tell me... is if he is in pain.