Sometimes it is easy to feel like a fraud. It’s something I’ve said many times at the Fathers’ Club when I’ve listened to how badly some parents of children with autism have it. I hear stories of non verbal, physically violent children that don’t go to school or if they do, are segregated or...
X is for Xperts
There are many, many experts you may meet on your autism journey. Some have impressive titles, degrees and years of experience as a professional. Some, like us parents, are simply dropped in at the deep end and have to become as expert as we can with the tools available to us. Others are a...
U is for Unknown Unknowns
Donald Rumsfeld famously stated that there are “ Unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know” which accurately described my feelings 3 and a bit years ago – the only thing I was sure about was that I knew nothing about what was coming and couldn’t even begin to form the...
K is for Kindred Spirits
I mentioned in my first post that Autism is relatively common, and when you add other similar challenges (ADHD, APD and lots of other acronyms) it’s not surprising that there are a lot of people who can relate in some way to our own journey with Autism. It’s actually the reason for these posts...