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If I look back and reflect on my own schooling, the overnight residential trips definitely come out high on my list of priorities. But for…
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Today, I dropped off my beautiful, brave, eleven year old girl into your care. She sat in the car and cried, she begged me not…
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If there is one area of Autism which is often ignored, it is Strategies for those young people who struggle with separation anxiety alongside their…
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As much as I love reward systems, the truth is that for some children and young people material objects can cause more anxiety than they…
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If you are anything like me, the mere thought that you are old enough to have a child who is old enough to start secondary…
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For so many girls with so called ‘High Functioning Autism’ support is lacking, not because the girl in question doesn’t need support but because the…
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Self esteem is a fragile beast. Even as adults we spend a lot of our time thinking that we aren’t good enough, could do more,…
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At this time of the year – midway through the summer holidays for those of you in England, and closer yet for those of you…
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Dear #UNIQUEANDSUCCESSFUL Families, Last week I published a post entitled Dear Mums. Maybe I was wrong. You see the reason I entitled it so, was…
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Dear Mum, I know right now things are hard. You look around you and feel as if all those steps, those breakthroughs, those moments…