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Regular readers of my blog will already know my son has “low functioning” Autism. He’s 8 now and needs a lot of sensory input. Sam has always struggled to rest, and a full night’s sleep is only achieved with the … Continue reading Xalm Weighted Blanket Review
Life with Autism is tough. Life as an Autism parent is tough too. Most parents love to have fun days out with their kids, but it’s not that easy when Autism is involved. Personally, I like to find out as … Continue reading Is Monkey Forest Autism Friendly? We Found Out!
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know we are big Lego fans. So much so, we’ve owned annual passes for our local Legoland Discovery Centre in the past. When I heard about the new Autism friendly … Continue reading Autism Friendly Sessions At Legoland Discovery Manchester
Sam is coming up for 8 years old now, and he has what has been labelled with, “Low functioning Autism, and challenging behaviour”. He can’t talk yet and has profound learning difficulties. Sam gets really anxious around medical professionals. People … Continue reading Visiting the GP with an Autistic Child
Last night, I appeared on BBC Radio Manchester, on the Dead Good Show with Simone Riley. Amongst various topics, we discussed the recent news that Katie Price is looking at placing her 16 year old son, Harvey into residential care. … Continue reading Why I Agree With Katie Price (for once)
If you read my blog regularly, you’ll know that my son, Sam has Autism and severe learning difficulties. He has very little danger awareness, and regularly refuses to walk when we are out and about. While on paper he is … Continue reading Getting Around With A Special Needs Child
Today, I thought I’d share how our Christmas went. I can’t believe it’s New Year’s Eve already! This year seems to have flown by. (Don’t they all, though). My Mum used to say “Some days go on forever, but the years … Continue reading Our Christmas 2018
It’s almost time for the main man to visit…. and take all of the credit! With that in mind, I thought I’d share our Christmas Eve traditions, and our Christmas Day routine. If you’re new to my blog, you may … Continue reading Our Christmas Autism Routine
I have been sharing other bloggers’ Christmas Traditions in the run up to Christmas, and I figured it was time I shared my own family’s… Life as an Autism family means we aren’t exactly “run of the mill” when it … Continue reading Our Christmas Build Up Traditions
Today is world teachers day, and of course, Blogtober is celebrating that! Today’s prompt is “education”. I’ve decided to talk a bit about our experience of special needs school life, today. Our son, Sam is 7 now. He’s been diagnosed with … Continue reading Blogtober Day 5 – Our Special Needs School Life
