Be Happy Be You: A Guide for Teenagers
Be Happy, Be You is a new book which has been written specifically for teenagers. Later this year, I will have not one, but two teenage gir...
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Extreme Anxiety Overload or Meltdown
January 15, 2020
skating
For lots of people living with extreme anxiety, and those with the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism, it can often be a build...
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...
Wednesday, 8 January 2020
Art and social with Potential Kids
January 08, 2020
social group
You know how sometimes you wish you could kiss someone, but you know it’s totally inappropriate?* That was how I felt yesterday, as Sasha ...
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Why being out of school is no holiday...
December 05, 2019
school refusal
Yesterday, a comment popped into my Instagram direct message inbox, referring to the fact that I'd taken our younger daughter ice skatin...
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. ...
