Friday, 12 August 2022
Some simple sensory activities for autistic kids
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Tips for restarting a self-care routine
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Tips to help prepare for a camping trip with autistic kids
Labels:
activity,
autistic spectrum disorder
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Our essential travel items for our autistic kids
If you've managed to get your passport renewed then you may be heading away for a summer holiday soon - and we are looking forward to it. Obviously there are all the normal things that we think about a a family travelling with autistic kids. Where we are going, what type of accommodation works for us and so on. But it's been so long since we went through an airport or stayed in a foreign country I've felt a bit nervous about it. But there are things we take that make things a bit easier on holidays for us and our autistic kids.
Labels:
activity,
autism parenting
Friday, 1 July 2022
5 tips for parents of recently diagnosed autistic children
When we were told that our first child was diagnosed with autism, we were handed a small bifold leaflet for the National Autistic Society and another for a local organisation that supported parents of children with disabilities. We were referred to Speech and Language and Occupational Therapy but that took a while to start and I didn't know much about what to do to help our son. Before the kids were born I had a newborn checklist but there wasn't anything to help with what to do following their autism diagnosis. Here's what I thought could go on such a list.
Thursday, 16 June 2022
One day son, you will be an autistic adult
Monday, 30 May 2022
Ideas to help our autistic kids celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Labels:
activity,
autismfriendly
Sunday, 22 May 2022
The books that helped us as our autistic kids grew up; from pre-school to teenager
Labels:
autism parenting,
books,
reading,
review
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Supporting an autism mum through pregnancy
Being a parent to my autistic and neurotypical kids is definitely the best and hardest thing I have ever done. They are amazing little people - except for Anthony of course as he's now an amazing tall person since he became a teenager! I was pregnant with our second son, David, when we were sat in the Paedatrician's office and autism was first mentioned by the professionals. The Paediatrician said that it was possible that autism was genetic but they don't really know.
Labels:
autism parenting,
pregnancy,
siblings
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