I am so angry, so very bloody angry! Today my son, my teenage autistic son was anticipating a new transport provider to take him to school. Last week I received a letter from the local authority to tell me that the previous company were no longer going to take him to school because they were… Continue reading Utter Shambles!
Author: AWK
They’re not ‘that bad’
I suspect this is something that many of you have heard from various people who are involved in, or travel through your lives. It is something I am aware that is mentioned about my boys, both to my face, and in general conversation, but, alarmingly so it is also said when I am not present… Continue reading They’re not ‘that bad’
The best thing you can be in life is you!
Today was a tough day. I said goodbye to a friend and neighbour and a fellow SEN Mum. I can feel the raw emotion in me again as I type these words. I'd known Marie for over 20 years and we only lived a couple of doors from each other. Marie lost her brave fight… Continue reading The best thing you can be in life is you!
PIP: why quantifying the questions is so important
We we went along recently for the face to face PIP assessment. Having filled in the forms and provided the evidence requested previously, today was the day the DWP had decided E had to be interviewed to decide how his disability impacted him on a daily basis. We arrived promptly and was, after a few… Continue reading PIP: why quantifying the questions is so important
Love!
The summer holidays are in full swing and now that M is 14 he is adopting many of the usual teenage traits that any typically developing teenager would be experiencing. Autism doesn't make allowances for puberty - It just creates more confusion for M. He doesn't always understand why he feels the way he does… Continue reading Love!
An extraordinary thing happened!
We live in a very small village. It has vehicular access for two ways in to the village and only one way out. It has a small children's play park with a few swings, a church, a village club and a thriving community. The village is surrounded by common land and fields and an abundance… Continue reading An extraordinary thing happened!
And so he’s back!
Well actually he's been back a while but a problem with a corrupt hard drive on my laptop and the task of having to download everything I needed to work again has set me back a week or so. So he arrived back on Sunday 29th Jan - I found it difficult to sleep the… Continue reading And so he’s back!
The slippery slopes of anxiety
The house is very very very very quiet, eerily quiet. I'm not sure I like it very much. M has gone off skiing with his school...For eight days if you include the return journey to Italy by coach. YES ITALY...OMG! Its been a journey in itself getting to this stage with enormous preparation. I will… Continue reading The slippery slopes of anxiety
Where’s Santa!
M is 13 now and we were wavering last year as to whether to tell M the truth about Santa. We were beaten to having to do so due to external circumstances that I have written about below and if I am honest I am quite pleased. This is what happened! 'Well I know who… Continue reading Where’s Santa!
The importance of a good ending!
I haven't written anything for a while. Too much going on to be honest and absolutely no drive to want to write let alone any inspiration. Yesterday changed that! Because of my job as a therapist, I know that endings are important - they can be the defining moment in a relationship if they are… Continue reading The importance of a good ending!
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