Many kids with autism struggle to develop their imagination and struggle with enjoying imaginative play.  It's something we've reall...

We were so pleased when Anthony started using his imagination. Many children with autism struggle to use their imagination, at least in t...

Sometimes it's not easy to think about others.  It's easy to think about ourselves. And that's the most natural thing to do. ...

It's not uncommon for some kids to have delayed fine and gross motor skills.  When you find things like doing up buttons, picking u...

Jane just loves dressing up and role play. Put a foil pencil in her hand and she is a magical fairy or a prince with a sword.   A pirate ...

The Gruffalo has been very big in our house since last year.   Jane even got the Gruffalo Crumble and other recipes cookbook for Christm...

We were so pleased when our eight year old son with autism started using his imagination . After years of not understanding, Anthony su...

Books have always played a big role in our home. From helping our autistic boys access their imagination to immersing the all our childr...

This week's wonderful Wednesday share came from understood.org  via Life with ASD & the Rest .  It's a blog post by Stephanie...

Getting our eldest son to read anything is challenging.  He's an eight year old boy interested in Formula One and there aren't man...

Jane and I were walking through a nearby park.  The sun was shining and if you stepped off the shady path into the sun you could almost forg...

It's not uncommon for Disney characters to appear to have the odd autistic trait. The little mermaid was obsessed with the human wo...

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

Anthony's school topic of this term has been the Ancient Egyptians. Anthony's class have been busy writing about pyramids, discus...

Every now and again, there is a test published to help the reader see if they might be on the autism spectrum.  Often they coincide with ...

Anthony needs extra help to participate in a lot of activities. When he was diagnosed with autism aged 4, we started to understand why ...

It might be starting to get cold outside by that's not why I'm freezing.  Nor am I upset by a scratched disc acting up or poor st...

We were so pleased when Anthony started using his imagination. It was something we absolutely encouraged. Suddenly Anthony was Tree Fu To...