I don’t know if it is now the fact that we are autism aware that our eyes have suddenly been opened to a whole new world but everyday we stumble across more and more autism reference’s in our everyday life. Every newspaper I pick up at the moment contains an article that has a reference […]
Over and over again I have been told that autistic children thrive on routine and I know that when Ethan was a baby he set his own feeding routine and we happily followed it but I have always thought we are more organised chaos than strict routine. I also feel Ethan is quite happy to take things
It has taken me a while to be able to write this post as I wanted to wait until we had received Ethan’s diagnosis and as this will be my 100th post I thought no time like the present. I have also wanted to write this post in the hope that it may help others on their
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
