To most people a holiday is a time to relax, to idle away the hours and forget about your stresses. That’s most people. The parent of an autistic has a somewhat different experience. It all starts rightly enough, you convince yourself this time will be different, you can forego the schedule and pecs cards. But […]
I love my autistic son. He cracks me up so much, it took me over 30 years to become a bit of a misanthrope but he has managed it in under 5. Today has been a bit of a shitty day for him. We are going away tomorrow and so the schedule has gone out […]
I find it very difficult to be honest with myself about my feelings. There is always that inner voice telling you that you’re bad or wrong for thinking a certain way, or that others will judge you and you should keep it to yourself. After a while these feelings become overwhelming and a sense of […]
So meltdown moo does not like playschool. Anyone who asks him will get this answer. Well that is if they ask him over an hour after he gets home from said playschool, as in the golden hour after picking him up he loves it. Now you might wonder why, if we’re home educating, does Milo […]
Please note this post was originally posted on the littledoers blog back in September 2012 As some people who follow me on twitter may know my son recently had his diagnosis of autism confirmed. It has been a strange road since our initial fears over his lack of speech back when he was 18 […]
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, […]
I was uploading another image to my etsy shop today ArtPhotoDesignbyB and it got me to thinking. My camera is probably my oldest friend, I don’t mean the same camera, No I definitely upgraded from the boots diskette camera my parents bought me in the late 80s for my eighth birthday, but it has been my […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]