Why being out of school is no holiday...
Yesterday, a comment popped into my Instagram direct message inbox, referring to the fact that I'd taken our younger daughter ice skatin...
Thursday 5 December 2019
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Section A of an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) including one page profile
November 27, 2019
Statement of Educational Needs
This week I helped out on behalf of the PDA Society at the National Autistic Society conference about Pathological Demand Avoidance , ...
Tuesday 12 November 2019
BAPS Blogging Awards 2020 for SEND parents
November 12, 2019
SEND
Last year I was thrilled to be able to attend the BAPS Blogging Awards for the first time. BAPS actually stands for Bloody Awesome Parents ...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
When a day out is not what it seems
November 06, 2019
social
Since May this year, there have been far fewer posts published on this blog overall than over the previous year. I've been tending to wr...
Wednesday 30 October 2019
Rewards and Consequences with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
October 30, 2019
rules
The question about whether rewards and consequences work with children who have the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism is one ...
Thursday 10 October 2019
Mental Health: #ChooseKind
October 10, 2019
World Mental Health Day
Today I started to write a short post about World Mental Health Day for sharing on social media, but then I realised I just couldn't. ...
Monday 9 September 2019
So that was Summer... Part 1
September 09, 2019
PDA Life
Last year I wrote a day by day account of our summer holidays on my Facebook page and spread them over two posts on my blog, called Summer H...
Friday 6 September 2019
Not Back To School..... Not Fine In School.
September 06, 2019
SEND
So here’s my Back To School front door photo. I shared this a couple of days ago on my Facebook page and got a huge response from lots of ...
Saturday 17 August 2019
Blackpool Sandcastle Waterpark: Leading the way in disabled access (including autism)
August 17, 2019
waterpark
We visited the Sandcastle Waterpark in Blackpool earlier this year and were extremely impressed with their attitude towards adults and chil...
Monday 5 August 2019
When someone you love has Cancer
August 05, 2019
Macmillan Cancer
Two weeks ago, my mum was given the awful, heartbreaking news that she has cancer in her spine. Our family has all been stunned. I've fo...
Sunday 21 July 2019
Everyday challenges with PDA
July 21, 2019
tooth brushing
Last week, I posted this picture of me on my blog Facebook page . It was a very spur of the moment thing which seemed to grab a lot of atten...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
The challenges of building friendships
July 09, 2019
trampolining
Today was Trampoline Tuesday and so we headed back to the session for home educated children which we were at last week (and a year ago, wh...
Wednesday 3 July 2019
Can't, not Won't. Not school refusal.
July 03, 2019
school refusal
The events of this morning have jolted me into writing this post, because I felt they were good examples of how our life with PDA ( Patholog...
Sunday 9 June 2019
When life isn't easy
June 09, 2019
skating
Back at the beginning of this year, Sasha decided she would like to take up roller skating as a hobby. This came off the back of some ice s...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Books about the Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile of autism
May 14, 2019
review
There are now several published books on Pathological Demand Avoidance , a profile of autism often referred to as PDA. Many of these have p...
Sunday 12 May 2019
VonHaus Garden Banana Parasol Review
May 12, 2019
VonHaus
We were sent this garden parasol to review a couple of weeks ago, but thanks to the British weather being typically changeable we've had...
Friday 10 May 2019
Can girls have autism?
May 10, 2019
PDA
I've seen and heard the question 'can girls have autism?' asked a few times and of course the answer is YES; yes, girls can have...
Monday 6 May 2019
Easter holiday fun
May 06, 2019
St.Annes
Lately I've been finding it difficult to summon much motivation for blogging. There's so much I'd like to say and write about, b...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Nintendo LABO VR Kit review
April 23, 2019
review
We were thrilled to have been sent the Nintendo LABO VR Kit to review over the Easter holidays. We had high hopes, as our autistic daughter...
Wednesday 17 April 2019
Mia Tui Mini Jen travel bag review
April 17, 2019
travel bag
For a while now I've been looking to buy a new travel bag, so I was delighted when I was offered the chance to review the Mini Jen trave...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Our PDA Story {week 45} Positives of PDA
April 02, 2019
positives
As it's World Autism Awareness Week, or Month, I decided to do a special edition of my series called ' Our PDA Story '. The seri...
Sunday 31 March 2019
Autism, Puberty and Periods
March 31, 2019
WUKA
The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods is a very helpful book about puberty, w ritten by an autistic adult. It is particularly relevant f...
Thursday 28 March 2019
Top Tips for families and toddlers at Disney
March 28, 2019
Walt Disney World
It's no secret that I am a huge Disney fan, and four years ago we were lucky enough to visit Florida to 'do Disney' and Universa...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Our PDA Story {week 44}
March 26, 2019
This is our PDA story
Time for week 44 in the series ' Our PDA Story '. This series has been running since 2015 and the original idea behind it was to sho...
Saturday 23 March 2019
Anime and Gacha Life achievements
March 23, 2019
PDA
Today Sasha has given me permission to share this picture with you, one she created herself. I love it!
Thursday 21 March 2019
Food issues and Get Your Kids To Eat Anything book review
March 21, 2019
review
When I heard about this new book called Get Your Kids To Eat Anything being published by A Mummy Too , an old blogging friend of mine (well...
Monday 18 March 2019
Pathological Demand Avoidance: Characteristics and Strategies
March 18, 2019
PDA strategies
After more than nine years of writing posts for this blog , there are now a lot of links to click and pages to visit. I also know that the r...
Friday 15 March 2019
Autism and Imagination.. busting the myth.
March 15, 2019
PDA Life
When our younger daughter was first diagnosed, autism and imagination were not two words that we ever found in the same article or descripti...
