Normal service will resume soon

Just a short note to say that the lack of blog posts recently is deliberate. We are currently in our latest battle with KCC over Victoria’s education and I don’t want to jeopardise or prejudice proceedings by writing about our experiences here. There is also such a thing as “too much autism”… there is...

Ability Football

Back in November I wrote about Victoria’s journey with football, how we questioned whether disability football was right for us? and how she had become a member of the U11 Ability Juniors team at Swancombe Tigers, a local team that play within the Kent Disability League, and I think it is safe to say...

Football

During my abc of autism posts earlier in the year I stated that F is for Football and I described how Victoria came to join Sutton Dynamos FC‘s first all-girl team. It’s been a steep learning curve for both of us, and I don’t just mean my lack of understanding of the beautiful game....

Holiday

2015 was the last time we went abroad. Becs, Victoria and I had a great week in Menorca but that feels like a lifetime ago in a life pre-autism, pre-Emily and pre-Jasper. For one reason or another we’ve not ventured outside the UK since but that’s not been an issue, we’ve hd some excellent...