Monday, 20 November 2017

Autism: About, "I want my child to use spoken words so they can have an easier life"

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"But my autistic child has to learn to speak using words.  It's how to ask for things and it's important for a successful li...
Tuesday, 7 November 2017

"Autism-Friendly Event" What do we mean?

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I see a lot of venues starting to offer, "Autism-Friendly" events.   Some are very good.  For example, perhaps they think ab...
Monday, 30 October 2017

Autistic Children and Misleading Reports on Violence

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We have seen recent media reports claiming that half of autistic children are violent. Let's explore where that statistic came from. ...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Inaccessible Healthcare for Autistic People

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I love the National Health Service.  It has lots of fantastic people in it.  Dedication, expertise, caring aplenty.  It does a lot with l...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Comparing Autism Therapies to 'Chemotherapy'

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In last night's otherwise-fabulous Chris Packham television documentary about autism, a Head Teacher of a large and well funded Applied ...

The Festive Season and your Autistic Child

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The Festive Event. A tale of my past, as an autistic non-verbal child. So many autistic children dread Christmas/other equivalent fait...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017

On being an Autistic Mum to an Autistic Child

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With the kind permission of our fabulous son, Chris (featured in the photo, a couple of years back), a little about life as a parent o...