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Showing posts with label ASD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ASD. Show all posts
Monday, 23 November 2020
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Saturdays at Noon (Book Review)
February 06, 2020
Saturdays At Noon
Like many parents of autistic children, I have a pile of books by my bedside. My own mini library. It's been there for years, since our ...
Friday, 10 January 2020
Ten years of blogging; what next?
January 10, 2020
ten years
Ten years ago today, I started writing this blog. Ten years ago today, our younger daughter was diagnosed with autism ( ASD - Autism Spectru...
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. ...
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...
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Our PDA Story {week 42}
March 05, 2019
This is our PDA story
Time for another guest post in the series ' Our PDA Story ', describing experiences of living with Pathological Demand Avoidance . ...
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Our PDA Story {Week 41}
February 19, 2019
This is our PDA story
Here's the latest guest post in the series ' Our PDA Story ', describing experiences of living with Pathological Demand Avoidanc...
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Our PDA Story {Week 40}
February 12, 2019
This is our PDA story
We are now onto week 40 in the long running series ' Our PDA Story '. This is where many other families and adults who are living wi...
Monday, 3 December 2018
Christmas tips for autistic families
December 03, 2018
tips
The Christmas season is well and truly upon us! For some that means the rushing around trying to find the perfect gift starts now, others in...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in the News
October 16, 2018
PDA info
When I run training on Pathological Demand Avoidance on behalf of the PDA Society , I always talk through the PDA timeline. Elizabeth New...
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
World Mental Health Day: the system affecting SEND families
October 10, 2018
World Mental Health Day
A year ago, I wrote a post for World Mental Health day which was titled ' Playing The Game '. At that point, our autistic daughter ...
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Autism Hour; autism-friendly shopping spaces
October 04, 2018
National Autistic Society
This Friday will see the launch of the National Autistic Society's new initiative, Autism Hour . Although it's called an hour, it...
Monday, 1 October 2018
Is Pathological Demand Avoidance real?
October 01, 2018
PDA info
"Is PDA real?" or "is Pathological Demand Avoidance a proper diagnosis?" are two questions which I have often been asked...
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Talking Autism: Parenting Your Unique Child (Book review)
September 05, 2018
Talking Autism
Over the past eight or so years since our youngest girl received a diagnosis of autism, I've read a fair few books on the topic of autis...
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Our PDA Story {Week 38}
July 11, 2018
This is our PDA story
Over a period of about four years, I've been publishing posts in my blog series ' Our PDA Story '. The idea behind it was to sha...
Saturday, 2 June 2018
FestABLE - a Festival of Specialist Learning
June 02, 2018
SEND
Today, I should have been somewhere else; FestABLE, a huge festival which aims to enable young people with disabilities to achieve better ou...
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Positive PDA Action Day
May 15, 2018
PDA Action Day
Today is PDA Action Day ; a day to talk about Pathological Demand Avoidance and to spread understanding as far and wide as possible. If you...
Sunday, 13 May 2018
School refusal and an autism podcast
May 13, 2018
school refusal
So last week I was writing about the positives of autism and PDA , and then this week it all went a bit 'tits up' if you'll pard...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Our PDA Story {Week 37}
May 09, 2018
This is our PDA story
Time for week 37 in my blog series ' Our PDA Story ' which aims to shine a light on the experiences of other people and families liv...
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Our PDA Story {Week 35} - Steph's Two Girls
April 19, 2018
This is our PDA story
Welcome to week 35 in my blog series ' Our PDA Story ', where I have been sharing experiences written by families and adults living ...
