The surprising and extremely welcome news today from the Department for Education (DfE) is that there will, after all, be a legal duty on health providers to deliver the provision …
The Department for Education has published an easy to read version of the children & families bill designed especially for young people. The guide uses a simplified layout and language …
Today, 28th February is Rare Disease Day. It’s an awareness raising day for the millions of people around the world who are affected by rare conditions. Most suffer from lack …
Here is the second part of top tips for speech and language therapy from Helen & Elizabeth at SpeechBlogUK. If you have any tips that have proved useful, please do …
As is often the case, I come across great resources and services for children with special needs on Twitter. I then cheekily ask them if they’d like to contribute a …
Rare Disease Day is at the end of February, with the theme ‘Disorders without Borders’. In Europe it’s coordinated by EURORDIS, the European Rare Diseases Organisation. Many children have special …
One of my fellow special needs mums, whom I met over Twitter, Emma Murphy, is spearheading a campaign highlighting the emerging dangers of taking the Epilepsy drug Sodium Valproate (Epilim) …
BBC News today is running a story about Vitamin D deficiency in children. A lack of Vitamin D is linked to a higher incidence of diabetes, tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis as …
There’s been a lot of talk about the re-classification of Asperger’s Syndrome in the new US DSM-V Manual of Mental Disorders – in other words it’s bee ‘abolished’ in its …
I happened upon a new blog via Twitter the other day, which told a powerful and emotional story about a young girl who suffered childhood stroke, was close to death, …
As part of Family Voice Surrey, I have visited The Children’s Trust in Tadworth a number of times as they kindly lend us a room for our meetings. The Children’s …
I recently met Vanessa King, when she joined our Women in Business Network group in Farnham. Vanessa is a qualified teacher, parent, toastmaster and an expert in teaching confident speaking …
The Dyspraxia Foundation is calling on families to be alert to the early signs of the condition in their awareness week campaign from 14th – 20th October 2012. Chair of …
Today I’m feeling a little sad. Youngest is off school again with joint pains in his legs. We’ve just been for a blood test and he is awaiting an appointment …
Tania says: We’re heading off for Italy this weekend and because both boys have special needs, we’ve always rented a villa with a pool and taken their Grandma and Nonno …
A condition that is often misunderstood and that is sometimes seen alongside ASD or ADHD is Tourette’s Syndrome. Often inaccurately characterised as sudden, unexpected outbursts of swearing, which is easy …
Pathological Demand Syndrome is increasingly being recognised as being on the autistic spectrum. People with PDA will avoid demands made by others, due to their high anxiety levels when they …
A couple of weeks ago I featured an article about Floortime therapy for autism. See the post here. We ran a competition for a free ticket and the winner is: Sarah …
One thing that’s become very familiar in the last few years, both personally and from reading your comments and emails, is how outragously hard it is to get the right …
Many children with special needs have sensory issues, including my two. Their school used Body Sox which Youngest absolutely loves. He asked me to source one for him and here …
