- Should children with Asperger Syndrome automatically be statutorily assessed?
What's your opinion - should children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome automatically be statutorily assessed? I think they should because despite…
Continue reading » - The Lamb Inquiry – a review
The long-awaited Lamb inquiry has finally been published today. In it, its author, Brian Lamb has called for a major…
Continue reading » - The Lamb Inquiry
The Lamb inquiry, an investigation into the provision of SEN in the UK and the production of recommendations by its…
Continue reading » - New Autism Act Passes Final Hurdle
The National Autistic Society is today celebrating the passing into law of the Autism Act. The following is from their…
Continue reading » - Don’t Write Me Off – NAS campaign
The National Autistic Society has today released figures showing that only 15% of adults with an autustic spectrum disorder are…
Continue reading » - Daily Mirror Launches Caring For Carers Campaign
The Daily Mirror is today launching a new "Caring For Carer's" campaign to highlight the disgraceful situation regarding the level…
Continue reading » - Back to school – but is it the right one?
For the first time since my sons started at their special school, this term we have had no fees to…
Continue reading » - More House – A School To Be Proud Of
Saturday was the last official day of term - Founder's Day. This is something we all look forward to and…
Continue reading » - Books I recommend for Special Needs
I have quite a collection of books about special needs and parenting and thought I would share some recommendations with…
Continue reading » - Journey’s End for our Statement – And a Brighter Future.
Just to update the post about my son getting the statement of Special Needs, we've just heard that the LEA…
Continue reading » - Rose Dyslexia report – will it be enough?
Government adviser Sir Jim Rose's report on dyslexia has been widely reported today. BBC News said, "More teachers will be…
Continue reading » - An Actor’s Life For Him.
My 11 year old has just had his first co-starring role in a school play. He's currently playing Ratty in…
Continue reading » - Asperger’s Links Blog
[caption id="attachment_275" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The new Asperger's Links site"][/caption] I've just started another new site which concentrates on resources for…
Continue reading » - Give ASD children the school provision they need
The Times today (Saturday 13 June 2009) has an article about children with special needs being excluded from school. It…
Continue reading » - Mother behind autism advert meets Brown – London Evening Standard
Mother behind autism advert meets Brown - London Evening Standard A mother who wrote a message to Gordon Brown on…
Continue reading » - Child-Free.. as free as the wind blows..
This morning, without so much as a backwards glance, both our autistic children climbed on board a coach with their…
Continue reading » - See my other blog – Not As Advertised
I've decided to start a second blog. I know, that's just greedy but there are plenty of them to go…
Continue reading » - UK lacks Adult Autism/Asperger’s Services
The news today that eight out of ten doctors need more help to spot autism shows the huge gap in…
Continue reading » - Long ago..when I was somebody
Long, long ago, before I was 'Special Needs Mum', I had a great career as a television journalist and news…
Continue reading » - Many autism cases ‘undiagnosed’ – BBC News
A significant number of children with autism and related disorders could be undiagnosed, a study has suggested. (Reports BBC News…
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