Can you hate autism?
I have heard this discussed a few times recently and the general consensus has been no because you can’t hate something that is so ingrained into the person without hating…
The hidden side of autism
We are constantly being told that autism is a superpower and I am a firm believer in ‘what works for you’, this however does not work for us as a…
“I don’t know how you do it”
It is amazing how many times I hear this from strangers, family members and the random lady at the bank when the cheque was taking a while to go through…
Waking up from burnout
So I have been in burnout now for several years, I have been existing rather than living. Walking around with my head down desperately trying to get from one day…
Accepting the true (Disabled) me
I have always been broken however, growing up I never knew it. I knew I was in pain, I knew it hurt when I ran or climbed trees and that…
Our first caravan holiday in 4 years and we survived
Back before we had the children diagnosed, long before we had any clue what was going on with them, we used to go on caravan holidays. We used to do…
Educational reset
We lost our way this month (October) and my goodness did life give us a kick in the A...hem bum. Remember how I told you the children wanted to incorporate…
Continuing to find our rhythm
One of the things I say about our life is as a family, we are adaptable, which is lucky as we seem to need to be everchanging. We settled into…
Where we are starting from: Education
We were told to leave our children’s education to them. Don’t teach them to write their name, don’t teach them the ABC’s because you will do it wrong and then…
Pumpkin exploration week
We had a great week of exploring our pumpkins before we culminated our learning in carving them and using as much as we could minimising waste, this is what we…