30 Unusual Gift Ideas for Children and Teenagers
For my refreshed, updated list of gift ideas, please see my newer post 30 Unique Gift Ideas for Children & Teens Who Are Hard to Buy Fo...
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, Am...
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 ...
Not Fine in School. Week 17
October 03, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Not Fine in School is a phrase far too many families currently relate to. Is it children or parents at fault, or is it perhaps the education...
Monday, 2 October 2023
Helping Your Child With PDA Live a Happier Life {Book Review}
October 02, 2023
review
Helping Your Child With PDA Live a Happier Life is written by Alice Running, autistic mum of two autistic boys. Both her boys have been asse...
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Not Fine in School. Week 16
September 26, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
The phrase 'Not Fine In School' describes the current situation for too many children in this country. There is a one-size-fits-all ...
Friday, 22 September 2023
Where Do I Start? {Book Review}
September 22, 2023
review
Where Do I Start? is a newly published book by Kate Laine-Toner, the founder of charity Bristol Autism Support . Apart from the fact we have...
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Not Fine in School. Week 15
September 19, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
There are many children who are not 'fine' in school, despite their parents being told they are. Welcome to Week 15 of sharing exper...
Sunday, 17 September 2023
Travelling solo to New York City
September 17, 2023
solo travel
Talking about solo travel to New York is not the usual kind of content I have on my blog but after years of writing I've realised that w...
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Not Fine In School. Week 14
September 12, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Time for Week 14 of my 'Not Fine In School' series. For those who are wondering what this is about, I started this series to share r...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
Not Fine In School. Week 13
September 05, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
September is always full of those three little words that strike fear into lots of families across our nation (August for those in Scotland)...
Monday, 4 September 2023
September. Back To School.. for some.
September 04, 2023
SEND
September. I have a love-hate relationship with this month. The weather is often lovely; less hot than full-on summer days (ha, although we ...
Monday, 17 July 2023
Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children {Book Review}
July 17, 2023
review
When I read the book Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children for the first time, I had emotional tears in my eyes...
Sunday, 25 June 2023
How to help children get to sleep in hot weather
June 25, 2023
sleep solutions
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