Category Archives: Autism Specific Posts

A visit to hospital, part two
It is 10pm and we have just arrived home from hospital. The day progressed as you would expect, with my ...
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A visit to hospital, part one
I am writing this from a hospital room where we are based for the day. My son is in for ...
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Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr with autistic children
For autistic children Eid Al-Fitr can be an overwhelming time. Autistic children are even sometimes excluded from celebrations in case ...
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The importance of exercising patience, wisdom and understanding when teaching right from wrong
My daughter and my niece saw the funny side straight away. They were stood behind my sons teacher listening and ...
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Sunday Interviews: The fourth in a series of interviews with autistic adults
Today’s interviewee is Lisa Holt. Lisa is an autistic woman married to an autistic man, who together are trying to ...
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How sickness and injuries can affect autistic children and why
One time we ended up stuck at a toll booth on the way from Miami to Orlando for a good ...
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Perspective
About five minutes from my house is a petrol station and we stopped to fill up the car. My friend ...
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Perspective
About five minutes from my house is a petrol station and we stopped to fill up the car. My friend ...
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A video describing how one parent felt when they were first told their child’s diagnosis
This video is based on my own feelings when my son finally received a diagnosis after 4 years of waiting ...
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Autism awareness leggings?
I saw an advert today for leggings to raise awareness of autism! The leggings were patterned with multi coloured jigsaw ...
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10 great ideas for helping rather than punishing, autistic children in mainstream primary schools
Most the behaviour that autistic children are being punished for in mainstream schools isn't them misbehaving at all, it is ...
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A video explaining how anxiety feels to an autistic child
This video was made to try and raise understanding of what anxiety can feel like for an autistic child. It ...
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