autism Archive

Writing to Santa

Weirdly, for the first year in a long time I have a good idea of some of the presents I want to buy…sorry, we’re going to ask Santa for…for Christmas. I mentioned a while ago …

Five things we’d like you to know

I spoke to a friend today and she had been upset following her friends negative reaction towards her son’s behaviour (he has autism) so I thought I’d compile a list of a few things we’d like you …

Chores

So last weekend, this happened…                       Nice technique there Jude!   Yes, that is Mr. Giraffe in the swing – Jude often puts him in there …

Super Parenting?!

SUPER PARENTING by the BBC I’m not going to go into huge detail but I saw this today and it immediately made me roll my eyes. The points in this article are great in theory …

Chewing!

I keep finding chewed up socks and cuddly toys around the house. Jude went through a phase when he was younger of needing that sensation in his mouth, something to chew on and to hold. …

Shoe Shopping

Today, I faced the event I have been putting off for a long time…shoe shopping with Jude. Well actually with Jude, Elsa and Emmeline. Yikes.   We went into town, Jude in a bit of hyper …

Caving in…

Now, I’m not one to admit when I’m wrong and I never back down on an argument BUT I’m caving in and buying Jude his own iPad for Christmas. Sorry…Santa is bringing him one. And …

Family Fund article

There’s nothing in this linked post that you don’t already know but I was asked by Family Fund to write about our support crew and who it involved. For me having a support crew is all …

Hair Cut!

Today, I finally took Jude to the barbers for a well needed hair cut. He has incredibly thick hair which grows outwards if left uncontrolled and we had got to the point where he was …

Autism and change

My mum attempted a brave thing today. She called me up at lunchtime and said she wanted to move the furniture in Jude’s room around and put some posters on the wall; despite knowing Jude …