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 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 […]