Did you know that it’s neurodiversity celebration week? When my son was diagnosed as autistic in 2009 I couldn’t have imagined that we would have neurodiversity celebration weeks and I am so glad that the times are shifting and we are starting to wake up to the fact that different […]
Parenting
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Is your child returning to school on Monday? If so, are you celebrating or feeling a little bit of trepidation about how they will manage the transition back. Maybe a combination of the two? There will undoubtedly be a whole range of reactions and emotions to this change. I imagine […]
In the world of work, coaching is highly valued, in many cases it signals that you have reached a stage in your career when your employer recognises your worth and makes an investment, through coaching, to enable you to become the very best you can be. Coaching is a process […]
We have no qualms about going on professional courses to further our knowledge in our careers. We acknowledge that our early qualifications need updating and fully buy into the idea of continuing professional development. Yet when it comes to parenting, we hold limiting beliefs that we are born to be […]
Lynne’s charger… We all know that when we are tired, stressed, hungry or juggling too many things we start to become undone, we fray, our good intentions on how we parent our children slip away. I remember having those moments of parenting my four children when it all got too […]
For many families in lockdown, it’s feeling like Groundhog Day again. Family life is a challenge and especially so if your family is neurodiverse. As parents of autistic children, we know that when we had the same battles day in day out it could feel Groundhog Day without the challenges […]