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Autism poses undoubted challenges in our life, and there are days I wish I had never heard the word. Days when the Bear’s anxiety overwhelms…
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In hindsight there were a million clues that should have alerted me. The moment I knew my daughter has autism should have come sooner. I…
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In our house we’ve dealt with more than our fair share of tricky eaters. Aside from the Lion’s reluctance to swallow, for many years the…
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In my day job as many of you know, I am an Autism specialist teacher. I work in a unit for students with Autism that…
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As I sat last night and watched the feature on Channel 4 news about girls with autism being underdiagnosed it made me sad. As much…
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Dear Mummy, Everything is going to be ok. You have got this. I know everything feels very scary right now. I know the world has…
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Having spent most of my teaching career working with children who have behavioural difficulties caused by their anxieties, and the last nine years parenting a…
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When it comes to Autism, I’ve worked over the years at both ends of the spectrum, from non-verbal infants to highly articulate teenagers, from Options…
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Navigating the SEND world isn’t an easy journey. It’s complex at the best of times. But in the current political climate with reducing funds and…