Something that I have been thinking about a lot lately is happiness. There is so much focus from schools and SEN teams on meeting...

When my son was still in school, we were constantly told "he's fine once he's here in class, we don't see any problem". The implication...

We had a bereavement in our family last week. My father-in-law sadly died after a prolonged period of illness in hosiptal. My children...

I have been thinking a lot about siblings lately. My daughter is such a little trooper - she is so positive and strong, and loves her...

There has been a lot of talk in the last few months about the lost generation of children who have been unable to access school due to...

It's Children's Mental Health week and I thought this might be a good opportunity to talk about something that really helps my son's...

With another lockdown meaning that siblings are thrown together full-time again, many families will be feeling the stress. As always,...

Thank you so much to Lola for sharing these words of wisdom on how to support autistic kids with their Christmas anxiety (especially...

It has been 2 years since my son received his diagnosis of autism (with a demand avoidant profile). Although I'm not usually one for...

Last week I had the pleasure of chatting to Simon Macaulay, dad to Jamie (in his 20s) who is autistic. Simon has been hugely proactive,...

One of the things I regularly hear from parents who think their child is autistic, but don't have a diagnosis yet, is that they don't...

I always thought I was a cat person and would never get a dog - they were too much (too noisy, too smelly, too busy). I should have...

There's a growing recognition that in order to understand autism neuro-typical people need to hear directly from autistic people and...

I find it hard to believe that 18 months ago I didn't know anything about Dungeons and Dragons (DnD). It is now my son's absolute...

Our family has come a long way in the last two years - from having a child who was so traumatised by school that he was unable to attend,...