Both Helen and I specialise in working with children with phonological or speech sound production difficulties. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), 8-9% of …
Youngest has just returned from a week’s skiing to Italy with school. He went for the first time last year and loved it. Son1 also went but did not love …
We often wonder at SNJ, as we all must, how our children with chronic illness, rare conditions or additional needs will cope when they are adults. How will their difficulties …
“We define ourselves as a society by the priorities we choose” Jane Raca Earlier this year, disabled rights campaigner, Jane Raca and I were speakers on the same panel regarding …
Today it’s our pleasure to welcome the two lovely ladies, Helen & Elizabeth from SpeechBlogUK as our latest columnists. As the blog name implies, they are both that endangered species, the …
Today marks World Diabetes Day and we are delighted to have a guest article by Fiona Faure from The Children With Diabetes Advocacy Group. Both of Fiona’s children have type 1 …
Following on from Monday’s post, when I briefly talked about Son2 having Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and suffering from pain, there is help at hand for parents when their child is in …
I was supposed to write a post today about an aspect of the SEN reforms, but as I haven’t managed to read the document published about it yet, that would …
And now for a bit of mutual admiration as we introduce our third new columnist. We love the DownsSideUp blog by Hayley Goleniowski, and when we were thinking about who …
We hear a lot about “invisible illness” and how young people with autism are judged or stared at because of their behavior. But what if your teenager’s illness meant they …
NICE, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, has today published new guidelines for the treatment of autism in children and young people. “Autism – the management and support of …
This report is from Medscape Today and is about a study in PL0S One. Links at the bottom. A subset of children with autism have increased immune reactivity to gluten, …
Tania writes… A new online service for adolescents with mental health problems is being launched today (Friday 5th July 2013). The service at mindfull.org is aimed at young people aged 11 to …
It’s Carer’s Week, organised and supported by quite a few charities in the UK Carers provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, frail or disabled family member, friend or …
There is new research and findings about causes and potential therapies for autism every week, but the following caught my eye in particular. I’ve reproduced a section below and you …
As you are hopefully aware, the beginning of April saw a massive shake-up in the NHS and the creation of GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups as well as Health and Wellbeing …
Tania writes: I am often contacted by desperate parents searching for help with finding the special needs solutions for their children. It’s something that Helen never imagined herself having to do. …
Tania writes It’s Depression Awareness Week, although with the state of the economy and the weather, it wouldn’t surprise me if most of the country was painfully aware of feeling …
Tania writes: Recently, when Debs & I went to Westminster, we met Renata Blower, a Mum who blogs about her life as the parent of a child with an undiagnosed …
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 …
