Reward charts belong in the bin . The problems with ABA are widely publicised and well known in the UK. Many parents are aware of staying...

To All The Parents Of Autistic Children…. READ, SIGN AND SHARE https://form.jotform.com/aucademy/boycott-s10k http://chng.it/4dZKHLfcfF...

Back to school blues…. My youngest is about to start reception at mainstream school tomorrow and I’m fucking terrified. He is Autistic...

How can we help autistic children tell the truth… This is a complex and tricky topic to navigate as there are lots of unwritten and...

Pathological Demand Avoidance. What a lovely name…. I much prefer a persistent drive for autonomy. I’ve been asked by several people to...

WHY ARE WE GETTING IT SO WRONG FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN I’m going to preface this post with NOT ALL PROFESSIONALS as there are some that go...

BURNOUT RECOVERY I’M BAAAAACK Well kinda, it’s not quite that simple! I’m probably on a quarter of a tank whereas before I was past empty...

Today I am frozen…. It's the only way I can describe it… I've been in bed for the last almost 24 hours. Unable to do much apart from...

Fabricated or induced illness and perplexing presentations. Every parent of a disabled child needs to be aware of this, especially if you...

Where does parent blaming come from? Let's take a brief look at history for an explanation. Sigmund Freud Frued died in 1939. By this...

Autism in Girls…. People assigned female at birth can indeed present differently to what's widely believed to be typically autistic but...

Taking off the mask…. This one isn't specifically for children… To be honest all of my posts apply to adults and children. This one is...

Internalised Ableism. I'm often asked about/work with newly identified Autistic young people who reject their identity. There are several...

My child is in burnout and isn't eating much. What can I do? This is one I get asked about a lot. So, I thought I'd share a bit of...

One more time for the people at the back! Good morning lovely people. I wanted to address something regarding one of my posts about...

Why is change hard for some Autistic people? So, today is the last day of term for my eldest, and there were all sorts of changes and a...

DISCLAIMER – There are so many more reasons, and I will probably waffle about those in other posts, but I've only got space for this...

It appears quite a few of you are enjoying my little ramblings about all things Autistic so, I thought I'd treat you to a few more!...

WARNING! Slightly sweary, rant post! We should start some kind of campaign to remove the word from education all together! The problem...

DOUBLE EMPATHY It's long been thought that Autistic people are loners, that we don't need connection and that we are happy in our own...