BAPS Awards 2020... finalist!
Over the last ten years, I've shared a lot of our family's experiences and my thoughts on autism and Pathological Demand Avoidance ...
Monday, 24 February 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 ...
Monday, 3 February 2020
Snoozzzy Weighted Blanket Review and Discount Offer
February 03, 2020
weighted blanket
A weighted blanket to help with sleep issues is something I've considered on and off for our autistic daughter. I kept putting the deci...
Sunday, 2 February 2020
So that was Summer.... Part 2
February 02, 2020
Summer holidays
Time for a very delayed post to follow on from my ' So that was Summer Part 1 ' post last year (how did it get to be 2020 already?!)...
Friday, 31 January 2020
Top tips when your child won't take medicine
January 31, 2020
medication
When you have a child who is poorly it can be very stressful; when you have a child who won't take any medicine, days can become unbeara...
Friday, 24 January 2020
Circle of Friends
January 24, 2020
Splatoon
When our daughter moved up to Junior stage of her mainstream school (in the UK this covers age 7-11), the local autism advisory service sugg...
Thursday, 16 January 2020
Be Happy Be You: A Guide for Teenagers
January 16, 2020
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 ...
