Categories
Autism Life and Loves

My Little Monkey: an ode to an autistic child

A short poem about autism and my son My Little Monkey   My little monkey is a cracking little fellow He runs round like a lunatic and is never, ever mellow He likes to twirl in circles and crashes into things He doesn’t understand the world, or the joy he brings   My little monkey, […]

Categories
Autism

Autism (Relaxed) Panto Performances….. what do you think?

So today we went to see a relaxed performance of Jack and the Beanstalk at Southampton’s the Mayflower theatre.  It was our second panto of the season but our first officially aimed at those with autism and sesory or learning difficulties. It was a bit of an odd experience, at first I could not hear […]

Categories
Autism

Autism oh autism……..

So today we had a meeting at meltdown moo’s  SEN playschool, a thing which to be honest I always dread.  It’s not the dealing with staff, I know I’m an intelligent woman and I can hold my own in any conversation, especially where my son is concerned.  No, the problem for me is that our son […]

Categories
Autism

Autism Friendly Film Screenings

Now I don’t know how many of you have tried going to the cinema with an autistic child?   We tried once to go with our toddler and meltdown moo.  After the nightmare that was we vowed we would probably not go again….. there are ony so many narky looks I can take. I understand our […]