So today’s new thing is I submitted a collection of six of my poems to University of Illinos’ literary journal the Ninth Letter. Although I am well aware that nothing will probably come of any of this I think the main thing is that I am trying to make a positive change in my life […]
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Dreams
When we are young we have dreams, we have hopes and ambitions. A lot of the time those aspirations become diluted and quite often fade altogether. Things happen, we become worn down by life; or we meet someone, fall in love and put our dreams on the back burner as we think there’s still so […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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Tummy Toners do they work
So like any woman who needs to lose a few pounds I am on a diet (see earlier post) and as I am a wheelchair with severe muscle weakness and movement problems the ol’ exercising thing is a bit of a bugger. I mean I try adapting exercises to a sitting position but it’s not really the […]
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DIET
Those four letters are enough to strike fear into even the strongest of hearts. If you think about it, it’s not the nicest of words, there’s no escaping the word “die” in it. And if you misspell “die”, it tells a loveable extra-terrestrial to go top himself (Di ET). Horrid word. Anyhow, despite my disliking […]
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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 […]