Sunday, 14 May 2023
Mental health and our autistic son
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Trying to tell if my pre-verbal autistic son is in pain?
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.
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Helping my autistic kids feel a bit better when they are under the weather
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Ways to teach our autistic kids about the natural world
Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Will increased free childcare, in the budget, discriminate against autistic, SEN kids like mine?
Monday, 13 March 2023
What is alternative provision?
I have been working in various types of education for nearly 15 years. I have three children (if you can call my teenager a child) in education - two of these with special educational needs attending specialist provisions. One of whom started in what's called mainstream (a regular government funded school) and has ended up in a special school as mainstream became unsuitable for him.
Friday, 24 February 2023
Helping our autistic son sleep when he is feeling stressed
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
The joy I get from fictional autistic characters
Whereas some people wonder if Sherlock Holmes had Asperger's Syndrome, it's difficult to tell if this fictional character was designed on the autistic spectrum. However, there are some absolutely brilliant novels which are, in my opinion, better for their autistic adult characters.
Thursday, 26 January 2023
The clothing of an autistic teenager
Anthony is rapidly heading towards his 15th birthday. He is well and truly into his teenage years and it shows. He is changing all the time - he's now way taller than me, struggles with his new array of emotions and constantly wants to assert his independence (when before everything was help me). But even as a relatively well functioning autistic teen, change is challenging. And to top it all off the wardrobe of a teen changes too.
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