College: Part One

College…. Choosing a course, choosing a college, living at home or in a dorm, shared flat? What about the support?? These questions can excite a family or start anxiety in others or even a bit of both. For our autistic youngest, now 19 having spent their gap year in a pandemic, it was definitely a […]

The Gap Year

I had planned to write a blog at the end of my autistic youngest’ gap year (see here: A Gap Year…..). one that was full of photos of adventures they had, all the achievements, all the discoveries, the difficulties overcome, the fun…. We had planned on visiting various museums, exhibitions and Expos. We planned on […]

The Great Divide

(Poll) Has being an #Autism parent had an impact on your physical or emotional health? Please ReTweet 🙂 https://t.co/RTjvutb8Bs — Rob Gorski 🇺🇦 (@theautismdad) December 18, 2018 So the tweet above caused a bit of a twitter storm recently…. The Autism Dad posted a poll that said… “Today’s Autism Poll asks a very important question, has […]

A Gap Year…..

It was while replying to numerous emails about this year’s annual review for my autistic teen’s EHCP that it hit me….. Why are autistic/neurodiverse young people made to jump through so many hoops? Why is it that something so simple and usual for a non Autistic/neurodiverse young person considered “unusual” for one who is? My […]