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School Ground Politics
Do you know life can be worse than a school playground at times, talk about playground politics !!. It’s the usual story that if your face doesn’t fit then your not part of the cool gang. Your...
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Discrimination Or Plain Ignorance
Is this discrimination or plain ignorance that people just don’t understand autism. Do you ever feel that all the cards are stacked against you? . That’s how I am feeling !!. Everywhere I turn there is...
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What If There Were Autism Friendly Hotels ?
Last night I put up a tweet, it was really just a musing but I was surprised of the reaction it received. The tweet was If there are disabled friendly hotels etc why can’t there be #autism friendly...
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What Is Normal ?
What is normal ? Why do we look at people who are not the norm as different ? Aren’t we all different in our own way. Some of us have dark hair, some blonde but do we get ridiculed for the fact, the...
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National Sibling Day – My Wonderful Teen
Today is national sibling day. I want to say thank you to my neurotypical teen, life hasn’t been easy for her as she has 2 brothers with autism and her sister has ADHD. I try to divide my time between...
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Different Is A Good Thing
After watching the program Born Naughty on Channel 4, I thought how much it gives an insight to families that have challenging children. Let’s face it that program can raise more awareness in one hour...
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Think Before You Phone
Last night was one of those nights you wish you could forget. It all started around 9 pm when Zak who is 5 years old and has autism had a massive meltdown. This was all due to not being able to find...
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Doors Close Towards Autism
On my journey with autism ( I am just going on my own personal experience ), I found a lot of doors get closed as soon as you mention AUTISM. People say they there isn’t discrimination towards hidden...
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Last week the autism community were on tender hooks as a new drama started – The A Word on Tuesday BBC 1 9.00pm this is the first time autism has been captured in a drama and we were all wondering how...
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Mr Tumble With Lights and Sounds Giveaway
To help celebrate Autism Awareness Day I have a special competition for a Mr Tumble With Lights and Sounds. Mr Tumbles uses Mackaton (sign language ) to help children to communicate in a fun and...
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