If you are a regular reader of my blog you probably know that my two boys both have a diagnosis of high functioning autism, sometimes called...

Securing an Education, Health & Social Care Plan to support your child's special education needs feels at times like being forced to...

Today we sent a letter to our local education authority, we have made a request for yet another of our children to be assessed for support f...

I love Christmas.  I love the preparation, the carols & cheesy songs, the parties, the socialising, the decorations - in fact I g...

I have four children, their current ages are 16, 14, 11 and 8.  In the eyes of the law however my eldest child is in a grey zone, hovering b...

There is currently a measles epidemic in South Wales.  Measles epidemic?  A disease that was almost eradicated in the UK? But we have a ...

I remember being about 8 months pregnant with Xanthe , Theo had just turned two, I was wracked with guilt about bringing another child...

A couple of weeks ago, someone somewhere googled “I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers”. The phrase popped up in a blogging dashboard and str...

I'm participating in the Define Normal Blog Hop  this week where the challenge has been given to us special  needs mums to define what w...

The quote above appeared on facebook a few weeks ago and for me it was a eureka moment, it encapsulated what life is like for a person...