30 Unusual Gift Ideas for Children and Teenagers
We probably all know someone who is difficult to buy gifts for - this can often be the case for older people who have had the chance to accu...
Friday 1 December 2023
Monday 20 November 2023
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic {Book review}
November 20, 2023
neurodiversity book
Having followed the Neurobeautiful Facebook page for some time, I was delighted to be offered the chance to review the author's book, ...
Wednesday 8 November 2023
20 Advent Calendar ideas for autistic children
November 08, 2023
Christmas
The days of buying advent calendars are finally over for me, a fact I'm both happy and sad about. For a few years the first of December ...
Monday 30 October 2023
Pathological Demand Avoidance. What's in a name?
October 30, 2023
trauma
Pathological is a word that wasn't in my everyday vocabulary, until I had a 'lightbulb moment' upon hearing the phrase Pathologi...
Wednesday 25 October 2023
I can see things in my own colour {Book review}
October 25, 2023
review
Megan Horan is a young autistic adult who has written the book I can see things in my own colour. Megan was diagnosed with autism and anxie...
Monday 23 October 2023
Luka and the Food Cloud (ARFID Book Review)
October 23, 2023
review
When this new book, Luka and the Food Cloud: A story about ARFID , turned up on my doorstep, I wasn't prepared to find out I would love ...
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Not Fine in School. Week 18
October 10, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Already we are up to week 18 of the Not Fine in School series - so many stories of children and their families being failed by the educatio...
Monday 9 October 2023
Low Demand Parenting {Book Review}
October 09, 2023
review
Low Demand Parenting is a recently published book that I think many parents and carers of PDA individuals will find helpful. The author, Ama...
Tuesday 3 October 2023
PDA in the Family (Book)
October 03, 2023
review
PDA in the Family: Life After the Lightbulb Moment is our family's story of living with the type of autism known as Pathological Demand ...
