Bloody Headlice!!! I hate these fudgenuggety things. They're the bane of my existence. I have 2 children under 10 and they keep getting the bedduggery things...and as any parent knows, it can give you a complex.The moment you read or hear anything about them, you start scratching. It's worse than yawning... *yawns*Anyway, like I said,…
Warning, Rant ahead – KIDS!
Don't get me wrong, I love my family and their unique ways of looking at the world, their excitement about their passions and their joy in the smallest of details. This is one of the good things about being an ASD family. However, when you are ASD yourself, you often find that those things irritate…
Morning musings on Autism, Social Media and the education system.
Due to my caring responsibilities and the younger children, I don't get a social life unless there is a free creche. Social Media has become the lifeline that I cling to, stopping me sliding into the abyss that I regularly swing over. I realised a long time ago that due to my difficulty in communicating…
Self doubt and paranoia…
I am trying very hard not to scream. I just had a convo with the Health Visitor - PW had been referred for ASD assessment by the previous HV through the GP and it had been turned down, new HV doesn't know why. So new HV contacted the Nursery Teacher to get the school to…
A New Arrival…
Surprise Bump lived up to his name... He was due on 30th January (aka today!) but decided in his impatience to be out and about in the world, that he'd come early. I'd already decided (along with the consultant and the midwife) that an induction on the due date would be happening. The idea behind…
How to bring up a Neuro-Divergent Family without going crazy... 