There is no correct way to react to your child receiving an autism diagnosis .  For some parents it can be a shock, others are worried, some...

Imagine your child reaches three years and still doesn't say a word. They don't point to anything, comment or smile. They sit and...

We are thinking that our son may need a different school.  I imagine all parents consider how to get their kids the best education, wheth...

It appears we are some of the lucky ones. We live in south-west London and our boys were both diagnosed with ASD by the time they were ...

There is no doubt this is going to be an emotive subject.  If we could choose to rule out disabilities in our children, is that something...

You never know what's going to bring that massive grin to your face.  You know the one I mean, the one you can't stop even when y...

This week's wonderful wednesday share is from Debbie Roberts and is called ' Parenting an older child with autism '.  It's ...

This week's wonderful Wednesday share is from Life with ASD and the Rest , and is called ' PDA Awareness Day '.  No prizes for g...

My boys are not in any physical pain. They are not bleeding, their organs aren't failing, they have no broken bones. They very rarely...

There are some things you never expect your children to say. Anthony is crushing his forehead with his hands.  He's making a haunt...

My Wonderful Wednesday share this week is from 'Random Thoughts from a Random Woman' called 'The one with the A word'  abou...

It appears we are some of the lucky ones.  Our boys were both diagnosed with ASD by the time they were four years old and both received appr...

It appears we are some of the lucky ones. Our boys were both diagnosed with ASD by the time they were four years old and they both re...

I've learned lots whilst getting David in to his specialist unit and getting the support for Anthony, his older brother, via an Educat...

If you have read ' Our terribly truthful child ' you will know that Anthony is a seven year old boy with autism who has never tol...

It's been well over six months since I raised the question with our various health professionals. We know our son Anthony has autism...

Yesterday was the 1st of December, and according to Anthony, who has autism, this meant it was now definitely 'Winter', he had to...

Have you seen the episode of 'Friends' where Joey doesn't share food? Joey is going on a second dinner date with a pretty lad...

Having a car is essential for us. Despite living in a place with great public transport links, the reality of living with three very diff...