Last Monday, after an eight week summer holiday break, was the day that Ethan returned to school. I must admit I was very nervous about how he would react to getting on the school bus again. His first day of school didn’t go well and Darren had to put Ethan on the bus as he […]
Ethan has major anxiety issues around doctors, to the point that only seeing a doctor makes him scream uncontrollably. It’s terrible to see you son get so distressed and seeing a doctor often results in Ethan having to be pinned down to be examined. This means I only try to take Ethan to the doctors
With all of Ethan’s difficulties I have never really pushed Ethan with drawing or writing but his nursery worked with him and over the years his pen grip has improved. His interest with letters helped and he loves the manga-doodle. My mum has also been really good with him, showing him how to draw faces
Ethan has been having swimming lessons with the special needs swimming club for about three months now. I have only been to see him swimming twice and it is now something that Darren and Ethan do together. I went to his very first lesson and his second lesson where Ethan threw himself into the pool
Ethan has a quad bike, he has had it for a few years but has needed lots of support to work out how to use the pedal to make it go. Last week when we went to Old MacDonald’s Farm, Ethan wanted to go on a little tractor but I couldn’t get him to understand
