One of the most enraging phrases a parent of or person with autism can hear is 'they don't look autistic' there is no look. So no, they don't. I've not had the pleasure of correcting anyone on that; and hopefully I won't ever have to. There is, however, a difference between 'looking' and 'seeing' many …
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I’ve got your back kid; let them come.
**Warning long ranty blog alert** Because Sam doesn't talk. I have to be his voice. I can't ask him his opinion I have to make his decisions. You know what's best for your children but when the people holding the purse strings say something else to what you believe is right and they have zero …
Raindrops on roses…
Just me thinking out loud!
Picky, with pica
We struggled for quite a while over the food Sam would eat or more specifically the amount he wouldn’t touch with a barge pole. Slowly but surely though he is trying new things. We look to him for miniature signs of what he might try.
Living in an autism bubble
When you get the diagnosis for your child, the world can suddenly become a very frightening often lonely place. Nothing will ever be the same again. When we got a diagnosis for Sam and for quite a long time afterwards; every screaming child I looked at for signs every adult I saw wearing headphones I …
How are you?
I'm lying here on my sofa at 1 on a weekday afternoon. Connor is at school and Sam is asleep in the crook of my arm. I should wake him up but I don't want too. He started pre-school on Monday. He is supposed to go for 3 hours a day 5 days a week. …
Trying to learn a new language
The hardest part of helping Sam be is figuring out what is wrong or what he needs me to do. Come into my house and you'll often see me in there frantically handing him things, turning the tv to something that doesn't make him scream only for him to scream until it's put back on …
Food glorious food…
For the longest time Sams daily food routine has been brioche for breakfast, crisps and biscuits for lunch with a token chocolate spread sandwich put on the plate though he'd eat it maybe one day out of 5. Dinner consists of those tiny little popcorn chicken things with chips or potato waffles. Every. Single. Day. …
It’s always harder for him…
I remember being in the park a while ago and meeting another autism mum from my estate. She was asking me how everything was with Sam and I'd reply with something along the lines of 'yeah he's not sleeping, and I am so tired' or 'he's had a few meltdowns this week, it gets so …
