Former teacher, now full time single Mum to four boys! My eldest has a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome and my first grader is under investigation for an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), so family life is never dull!
A little information for parents could go a long way to helping them enjoy trips whilst their kids still need a buggy.
I am the proud expectant mother of ANOTHER boy, so that will total 4 in all. And the absent father? Well, he remains just that...
HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO ME? What the hell does he think I’ve been doing the last two years he has been living under my roof? Doing sneaky quickies with the neighbour whist he was cleaning out the ...
I’ve read quite a lot around step families or ‘blended families’ as they are sometimes called and, for once, I count myself lucky. With all the other problems in my life at the moment, the fact that ...
When I was actively teaching, I always had a rather scathing view of people who home educated their children, probably because I was a bit put out at the thought of these lay people thinking they ...
“You’ve more money than sense, that’s your problem” my husband used to say to me. And now that we’ve gone our separate paths you’d think I’d get some sense and realise that I don’t have to do both ...
I guess deep down I knew there was something wrong which is why I didn’t joyously go blurting it out to everyone the moment I found out I was pregnant. I’ve just had a miscarriage. And I was only ...
I’m tired today. My little autistic four-year-old wakes up regularly in the night and doesn’t seem to settle until he’s in my bed. And he’s a wriggly so and so. Least to say that I having been ...
Call me mad if you like – I know many of my friends who are in the know already do, but I’m TTC. In the world of fertility clinics, IVF treatment centres and infertile couples, that means Trying To ...
As a result of my ‘crisis’ last week, I decided it was time to review my network of support and discover what I was entitled to in terms of help, respite, intervention programmes, and whatever else ...
It got to a point with Jack, my eight year old who has Asperger’s syndrome, that I appealed to his Dad to take custody of him because I had had enough. I couldn’t take it anymore.
We can't get an appointment so the therapist sent some advice sheets. What is this? Do-it-yourself speech therapy?!
Now, I know that he is a middle child and may be at a disadvantage. However I believe that he is suffering from the added pressure of being sandwiched between two autistic brothers.