Following on from yesterday's post, I wanted to talk about diagnosis from a parent's point of view — because I think this is where a lot of us are sitting…
Every year or so, it happens again. I have what I can only describe as my annual autistic breakdown. And the really frustrating thing? It follows a completely predictable pattern.…
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Not just as a mum to two autistic boys — but as someone who has spent years watching the world slowly... slowly…
Can I tell you something I've noticed about my boys? They see things differently. And I don't mean that in a vague, inspirational-poster kind of way. I mean it literally.…
When most of us think about communication, we think about words. Talking, explaining, asking questions, telling stories. But words are just one piece of the puzzle. For a lot of…
If there's one thing I've learned from raising two autistic boys, it's this — the world doesn't need to change our children. It needs to learn how to listen to…
I want to talk about the word diagnosis for a minute. Because when you first hear it — really hear it, in the context of your own child — it…
Friendship is something a lot of us take for granted. But for autistic children, it can feel like everyone else is playing a game they were never given the rules…
I came across a word recently that I can't stop thinking about. Takiwatanga. It's a Māori word from Aotearoa — New Zealand — and it means "in their own time…
If you've ever watched your child flap their hands, rock back and forth, spin, hum, or repeat certain sounds or movements over and over again, you've probably come across the…