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I’ve decided to start a second blog. I know, that’s just greedy but there are plenty of them to go round if you want your own. It’s called “Not As …
I’ve decided to start a second blog. I know, that’s just greedy but there are plenty of them to go round if you want your own. It’s called “Not As …
The news today that eight out of ten doctors need more help to spot autism shows the huge gap in services available, particularly for adults with ASD in the UK. …
Long, long ago, before I was ‘Special Needs Mum’, I had a great career as a television journalist and news reader. I loved it – the job, the lifestyle, the …
A significant number of children with autism and related disorders could be undiagnosed, a study has suggested. (Reports BBC News Online) A Cambridge University team looked at existing diagnoses – …
UK Autism Foundation backs call for an increase in Carer’s Allowance The UK Autism Foundation has backed the call for a substantial increase in the carer’s allowance. There are six …
We’ve just come home from Sports Day. This always used to be a day of tears, upset and general not wanting to go to school. That is, until they started …
I’ve just read in full the House of Commons debate on the second reading of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) bill last Friday. I must highlight one particular …
Source: Epolitix: Conservative MP John Bercow makes the case for his Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons. Through my work conducting …
I have just been contacted through this site by Sharon, a mother from Kent, whose son has been excluded from school following incidents of self-harming. She writes, “My ADHD, ASD, …
The Government has, for the first time, declared its support for what could be England’s first Autism Bill. The National Autistic Society (NAS) celebrated the move as a vital development …
When I was at school, a score of 59% definitely meant ‘could do better’, if not ‘should do better’. But that’s the score received by 10 local authorities in England …
As you may know, we recently got a puppy because we had read that dogs are good for children on the autistic spectrum. Leo is still a puppy and has …
Got the news we had been waiting for today – Son1 has got the Statement of Special Educational Needs we had applied for. Don’t have all the details yet and …
This is an item about a hero of mine, Geoff Adams-Spink. Geoff is a BBC correspondent whom I met when we were both training to be journalists on a Post-Grad …
If you are the parent of a child with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder, you don’t need me to tell you how difficult a ‘normal’ lifestyle can be. Not only will …
I am taking the liberty of quoting from an email newsletter I subscribe to ‘Celebrate Calm, written by Kirk Martin. It is about his son who, like many of our …
As you may have read, we’ve just got a puppy, a labradoodle. He’s very cute and has transformed our elder ASD son’s life. The dog is the first thing he …
Genes ‘have key role in autism’ – BBC News Scientists have produced the most compelling evidence to date that genetics play a key role in autism. They highlighted tiny genetic …
Of course it’s our fault.. Mother’s antibodies may contribute to autism Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:18pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While a mother of an autistic child is …
I am not a doggie person. My husband is not a doggie person. And yet, yesterday, we brought home a puppy. Leo the Labradoodle. We have read that dogs are …