I have never been good with the food I eat, surprisingly I don’t eat a lot, I just eat all of the wrong things. I’m not a lover of fruit or veg but I changed my eating habits when I was pregnant and with the help of Annabel Karmel we ate very well whilst I was […]
I’m a planner, some have called me a control freak! I like to know what direction my life is going in and what we are working towards, I even set myself goals. Darren and I have had many conversations where do you see us in five, ten, twenty years… Since the realisation that autism is now
At Ethan’s results meeting we were also given some homework one of those being to learn some of the Makaton Signs and start using them in our everyday language. For those of you unaware of what Makaton is The Makaton Charity website states the following… “Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help
Well yesterday was the day I feel like I have been waiting for since the 1st of June last year. That was the day when the penny dropped for me that Ethan was showing autistic traits. I feel like I have travelled a world of emotions since then and it feels like we have been
Today was Ethan’s final observation. We stayed in the nursery room with him this time as the speech therapist came to see him again. She watched him as they tired to make Ethan take turns at shape sorting to see how he reacted when he was made to wait his turn. She talked to us about the techniques
