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Teaching Your Autistic Child

One of the major issues facing a parent of an autistic child is what type of schooling should the child have. We know that there are many models: inclusion, self-contained, homeschool and within each model there are v…
The Need of Autism Education

Do you call it "awareness"? Maybe you prefer "acceptance"? Whatever term you prefer to use, you're going to be close to the same mark. You can't one without the other and you can't have any of it without education. This…
What Grilled Cheese and Eric Garcetti have in common

I'm not political. Passionate, but not political. I don't read enough papers or watch enough news to feel like I can hold my own in a conversation about politics so when people start talking "candidates" for this o…
An End to A Troubled School Year

Well, here I am sat at my Mac at what some would consider to be a crazy hour. Yes, Ok it is 05:45am and I guess once upon a time I would have been laughing my arse off at anyone who was sat blogging at this time. Well,…
Hindsight

Thinking about where I am right now in my life makes me reflect back to where I came from. It took me while to really understand what it was that I wanted to do with my life. I knew I loved kids and would be great at…
“Communicating Basic Needs” App for Android, Samsung Galaxy Tablet and Kindle Fire

The leading global provider of educational resources for the treatment of autism released the ComApp for iPhone/iTouch/iPad earlier this year with great success. This simple, easy to use mobile app allows children wit…
The Risk Of Being Excluded Permanently

If you have been reading the blog lately you probably know about little man getting excluded from school. Well it gets worse If that’s even possible!
Their Reasons For Exclusion

Exclusion did not go down well with my little man! I was worried that he was going to enjoy the time of a little too much but he was quite upset that he was not allowed to attend. What was worse was his anger at the…
My Stumble In Autism Aarenting

My kiddo when he was doing homework Raising a child with autism is a series of challenges. Parents get flustered and we are no exception. Yes, I've been an advocate for education on autism but that doesn't make…
Exclusion: Twice in two weeks

I’m so disappointed, upset and angry that I found myself writing this. Little man has now been excluded for the second time in 2 weeks. It’s outrageous that a pupil on the autism spectrum and with education…