Young Driver driving lessons review
Several years ago, back when I used to publish posts more regularly, we were given the opportunity to review Young Driver driving lessons. O...
Monday 23 September 2024
Friday 13 September 2024
Podcasts and videos about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and Neurodiversity
September 13, 2024
videos
Do you like podcasts, or watching YouTube videos, rather than, or as well as reading? Recently I realised that I'm a visual learner and ...
Monday 26 August 2024
How to deal with big spiders
August 26, 2024
Spider
This week I have seen several posts in local Facebook groups that are all asking the same thing - how to deal with the big spiders that come...
Friday 23 August 2024
Thinking about Exam Results Days and mental health
August 23, 2024
mental health
Every year in England, in the middle of August, there are two all-important days when children are given results from either their A-Level e...
Thursday 15 August 2024
Black Rainbow {Book Review}
August 15, 2024
review
Have you heard about this fab new book called Black Rainbow ?! (*Some of the underlined text and the pictures in this post are affiliate lin...
Thursday 18 July 2024
How to cope with summer holidays with neurodivergent children
July 18, 2024
Summer holidays
It's that time of year when some parents realise how fast the end of the school term is approaching and begin to feel a bit panicked abo...
Tuesday 25 June 2024
The Teen’s Guide to PDA {Book Review}
June 25, 2024
review
I am always thrilled when there is another addition to the growing library of books about PDA ( Pathological Demand Avoidance ) and The Teen...
Thursday 6 June 2024
Play Therapy with Minecraft
June 06, 2024
therapy
Have you heard about Play Therapy? Play therapy is a way of supporting a child to express themselves, something that was first used to help...
Monday 3 June 2024
What is Declarative Language? {Book Review}
June 03, 2024
speech and language
The Declarative Language Handbook is a best-selling book that I've been meaning to read for a while. Written by Linda Murphy, a speech ...
Tuesday 28 May 2024
So, I'm Autistic {Book Review}
May 28, 2024
Book review
'So, I'm Autistic' is an introduction to Autism for young adults and late teens. Written by Sarah O'Brien, a young autistic ...
Wednesday 8 May 2024
PDA Day 2024 - more about Pathological Demand Avoidance
May 08, 2024
PDA info
Hello, and happy PDA Day! Whether you've just found my blog recently and you are new to PDA, hoping to understand a little more about th...
Wednesday 17 April 2024
A Different Sort of Normal {Autism Book Review}
April 17, 2024
review
A Different Sort of Normal by Abigail Balfe was published a couple of years ago and I feel like I need to apologise for not reviewing it so...
Monday 15 April 2024
MindJam Support for young people
April 15, 2024
tutor
MindJam is an organisation I first heard about a few years ago, when our PDA daughter was unable to attend school and was struggling to enga...
Saturday 6 April 2024
Top Tips for visiting Summit Skyscraper New York {review}
April 06, 2024
NYC
This year I took a trip up the amazing Summit One Vanderbilt building, the latest destination skyscraper to visit in New York City. The view...
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Girl Unmasked {Autism Book review}
March 27, 2024
review
' Girl Unmasked - How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life ' is an awesome new book written by 22 year old Emily Katy. (*Underlined te...
Monday 25 March 2024
Pathological Demand Avoidance information (autism) - PDA Summit 2024
March 25, 2024
PDA Summit
Would you like more information about the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism? Do you know someone else who might benefit from l...
Friday 8 March 2024
Life Stories Written by Remarkable Women {Book Reviews}
March 08, 2024
World Book Day
In the last few years, I have read a lot of books. Most of them have been written by remarkable women who I greatly admire. Most of what I&#...
