Thursday 27 September 2018
Three books for parents of newly diagnosed autistic kids
I was pretty sure that our eldest was autistic before he was diagnosed. But it was still an odd feeling to hear it confirmed. The paediatrician seemed to be expecting tears or questions and it made me feel nervous - it made the diagnosis feel like an occasion.
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Autism,
autism parenting,
autismparenting,
books,
diagnosis,
review
Wednesday 19 September 2018
14 weeks till Christmas: The challenges of my ADHD son using his learned knowledge
Anthony is great at his times tables. He learned them by rote. A very popular learning method for many. Sometimes it takes a moment as he rattles through them in his head, but he always gets them right. So if he knows it's 14 weeks until Christmas, why can't he tell me how many days it is?
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ADHD,
diagnoses,
education,
memory,
Time Blindness,
wetalkmakaton
Wednesday 12 September 2018
What Roald Dahl reveals to my autistic son
I remember reading both the Magic Finger and Fantastic Mr Fox at school. Honestly I couldn't remember much about the stories except that I was pretty sure they involved some magic. So I'm not surprised that Anthony has also been reading, or at least listening to these books at school too. But I am surprised that he learned so much from Roald Dahl himself.
Thursday 6 September 2018
Helping my son to focus on what he is doing
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Thinking about melatonin?
Sleep has been fairly absent in our past. Our beautiful kids have a variety of challenges and autism and ADHD are among them. This has resulted in poor sleep for most of the family for most of the time. A few years ago, David started on melatonin. It was not an easy decision to make or an easy prescription to get and in the end didn't work for us. But if you are thinking about helping you or someone you love get to sleep so they can wake up to a good morning, here's some information on it for you.
Labels:
Autism,
medication,
melatonin,
prescription,
sleep,
sleep issues
Sunday 2 September 2018
SEND and SpectrumSunday 75
Summer is past! However it went, I'd love you to come share your SEND & autism posts with me here on our SEND and Spectrum Sunday linky - the place you can share and find blog posts about autism, mental health, education and anything related to autism and special educational needs and disabilities parenting.
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linky,
SEND,
SpectrumSunday
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