It’s not a label, it’s a diagnosis.
I often hear the phrase why would you want to label your child? Why do you want to label them with ADHD? Why would you want to have them labelled…
Being the grown up is hard
Your child is shouting, refusing to get dressed and is being defiant in every single way you/they can possibly think of. You shout back, you are sick of this. Why…
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…