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Putting anxieties into a “Worry Bag” – Best £1.99 spent EVER!

By | April 15, 2013

First day back at school for D today, like many other children. She didn’t sleep well last night – despite her melatonin – and anxieties overtook her at 3am. Cuddles, reassurance, back to a sleep which-wasn’t-really-a-sleep, a one-eyed-open sleep waiting for her to come back in. A tired girl this morning, an anxious girl. Not […]

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Autism .. The Guessing Game – April is Autism Awareness Month – Day 8 of 30

By | April 8, 2013

As before, tonight’s diary post is at the end of the blog. The post I’m revisiting today is one from March 2012, I don’t think it’s one that will ever have an answer despite the headlines from time to time. Since I’ve been active on Twitter – about 15 months – there have been numerous […]

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#MagicMoments – Seeing Things More Clearly..

By | April 8, 2013

It’s Monday morning again and I’m linking up with Jaime at theoliversmadhouse for another Magic Moment. To read Jaime’s post for Joshua – click here. Today’s Magic Moment is a bit different from one of my usual ones but it’s magic to me. I’ve always used my sunglasses as a mask, these together with eyeliner […]

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Silent Sunday

By | April 7, 2013

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Penny for your thoughts – April is @Autism Awareness Month – Day 6 of 30

By | April 6, 2013

As before, today’s diary post is at the end of the blog. Today’s revisited post is below, Penny for your thoughts, I don’t know what made me join twitter in November 2011 but I’m so glad I did. Written in February last year, everything still rings so true. Here it is: Penny for your thoughts: […]

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Definitely moving forwards – Autism Awareness Month – Day 3 of 30

By | April 3, 2013

I’ve set myself a challenge this next year, you can read about it here, anyone who wishes to join in is more than welcome. Today started early with a distressed D, when I asked her what she’d like for breakfast, she replied “lots of hugs”, which is most unlike her, if D doesn’t have an […]

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I’m “Losing it for Autism” – join me/sponsor me!

By | April 3, 2013

It’s April, it’s Autism Awareness month and I’m upping the stakes. I’ve been joining in with #WobblesWednesday weekly since the New Year, weight loss so far 1stone and 3lbs and it’s time to link my weight loss journey with my wish to make some money for @Autism (The National Autistic Society). I’ve set up a […]

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#WAAD This is Autism …

By | April 2, 2013

There are lots of fantastic pictures being put up this morning, I’d like to a compile a photo blog for later. Please send me some pictures of your child/your young adult/yourself and “This is Autism….”, age and initial would be great too. Happy/sad/favourite toy/favourite food/bouncing/flapping/anything that sums up Autism in your house. Similar to the […]

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Just musically magic …

By | April 1, 2013

Today’s Magic Moment – linking in with Oliversmadhouse – is a Magic Moment/Music Monday combo. Well, multi-tasking is always a bonus! I do a Music Monday post most weeks, it’s a chance to remember a song that I haven’t heard for a while/analyse a favourite one, pick apart the lyrics and remember why I like […]

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It has been a Good Friday 29.03.2013

By | March 29, 2013

The first day of the Easter holidays and all has been calm, much needed after the very emotional week that we’ve had. I know events this week were a combination of tiredness and school for D and it definitely didn’t mix well but at least both her and T have two weeks off now. We’ve […]

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