With the diagnosis of autism came the realisation that Ethan’s journey through the education system would be different from his peers. The luxury of making sure you are happy with your local school, hopefully getting the place you want, and then sending your child there for the first time in September, with the biggest worry […]
I can’t believe that it was only this time last year that we received Ethan’s autism diagnosis, it feels like autism has been in our world for a lot longer than that. I honestly felt that I was going to have to fight the paediatrician for an autism diagnosis and I walked into the office
A few months ago the thought of being able to sit with Ethan and play with play dough was unimaginable. This was because of two reasons, the first being that Ethan doesn’t sit still and is always on the go. Secondly Ethan has sensory issues with play dough, he doesn’t like the feel on his
Whilst going through the diagnosis process with Ethan I heard the term Specialist Teacher quite a few times. I knew that other children saw them and I knew that Ethan didn’t, so I did some chasing. As with everything in life most of the time we are waiting on people to pass one bit of
