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

Honestly, I don't know what we'd do without the trampoline in the garden and the trees to climb. In the winter I really miss bein...

"That's a lie." "No, it's not." I can not even hazard a guess at how many times I've heard this e...

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 ...

Jane's level of imagination is astonishing to me. Her pre-school teacher says she's the 'role play queen' at nursery. Hav...

By tomorrow all three of my children will be in education. Jane will start half days at pre-school, David will be repeating his recepti...

I had no idea when I woke up this morning that today is ' Play Day 2016 '.  A tweet from Scope that highlighted inclusive play...

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

Play food is great fun and a way of repeating an everyday task as a play activity. Our play and cut fruit are constantly in use with our lit...

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

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

I have been watching Jane repeat the same play sequence whenever she is presented with a tea set.  Jane has two older brothers with autis...