A Boy Less Ordinary
A window on my bumpy journey as a parent of an autistic PDAer: helping my neurodivergent son navigate the world, empowering myself with knowledge and redefining my understanding of parenting.
Blog Posts
- Are you a parent carer?This is an article I wrote for Carers UK and Special Needs Jungle about parent carer identity, what it means to me and how I feel about our place in society. If it touches you I’d love to hear your thoughts. Although I, like many of you, seem to spend every waking moment thinkingContinue reading “Are you a parent carer?”
- Moving house and baked beansWell, we moved house. It happened, finally, after about sixteen months. Like everything in our neurodivergent family, it’s been a bit like driving a formula one car, without any training, on unfamiliar roads. And you keep running out of petrol. And the steering wheel doesn’t work… JJ coped really well in the run-up toContinue reading “Moving house and baked beans”
- Picture Perfect?I’m really aware that recently my Facebook stories have been filled with lots of pictures of us out of the house. After two years of being practically housebound due to JJ’s anxiety, this has been life-changing for our family and I really want to share this happiness. I want to give hope to otherContinue reading “Picture Perfect?”
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