Summer Holiday Planning Using Autism Visuals
We are in the first week of our school summer holidays and to say Ethan is unsettled is an understatement. It isn’t only the summer holidays that unsettle him, it’s any school holiday that is over a week-long. The school try…
Autism and the Toothache
In the last week of term before the Easter holidays one of my biggest fears came true! As we brushed Ethan’s teeth he screamed out in pain and after lots of tears we worked out that Ethan could possibly have a…
Autism and the Tiger Meltdown
On Friday we decided to take Ethan to Colchester Zoo. Partly because he needed to get out of the house and partly because he had been asking to go there. Being that we didn’t have Little E with us we decided…
Autism and Cuddles
When we realised that autism was a part of Ethan’s world I soon realised that Ethan showed affection in a very different way. He would back into you for cuddles and we would touch heads together as a gesture for a…
Autism Awareness Day, But What About Acceptance?
It’s that time of year again when you’re asked to turn everything blue to raise autism awareness. A good thing, but as today is always a hard day for me as it marks two milestones that unexpectedly changed our lives forever,…