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Define "Normal"
For us, “Normal” is… late nights, even sleepless nights. In depth Conversations on transport, LEGO and wrestling! Visual learning (our home is full of home made schedules)! Laughter… Tears -
Obsessive Special Interests in Children with Aspergers Syndrome
Special interests are great but sometimes pose a problem! Its fantastic when your child diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome has a special interest, one he/she can focus positive attention, gain enjoyment from… -
Coping with Lack of Sleep and Having the Worst Meldown Ever + coping with lack of sleep
Image via Wikipedia I was going through documents I have stored on my Mac and came across this. I’m unsure of the reasons I wrote it, though I think it was meant as a guest post concerning “Meltdowns and… -
The Birds The Bees... and Aspergers
Image via Wikipedia As a twenty-first century mum I thought I had it all planed out! We all know that eventually the day will come when as a mother we are required to have that little chat with our children, you… -
Children with Autism have Significantly Different Gut Bacteria
Today, I’m passing my blogging pass over to the lovely ‘Soraya Janmohamed’ from OptiBac Probiotics : A study published earlier this month has found that autistic children have significantly differen… -
What Does the Future Hold for My Son With Aspergers?
When you mention that your child has Aspergers Syndrome, most that have some understanding of the syndrome, just think the characteristics are a lacking in social interaction skills, literal understanding, or an inte… -
Maintaining Sanity
Image by rosefirerising via Flickr Some days are great and others… not so great… yesterday was one of the latter! Unfortunately a family row commenced at home yesterday (something I wont go into on the… -
Nine Year Old Boy With Autism Bagged up Like Trash
I’ve heard some pretty horrifying stories involving the mistreatment of children with autism spectrum disorders & special educational needs, yet this next story just angered me that little more. -
Christmas Meltdowns, Supermarket Style
Anybody with a child on the autism spectrum will know that meltdowns are that bit different from your more ‘typical’ tantrum and that during this festive time of year they tend to be on the increase. This i… -
Melatonin for Autism
I may have recently mentioned that Little man has had a change of medication. He is still taking Melatonin, however now his on a different brand, ‘Circadin’ which is a prolonged- release tablet. Melato…

