Large family life, travel, pictures, autism living
I thought an update was overdue about my Tom and his use of the iPad as a communication device. As some of you would be aware Thomas is autistic and is on the spectrum as severe, he is non verbal - which means he cannot or won't talk to us. He uses communication pictures to indicate... Continue Reading →
Somebody said something to me recently which really upset me. It was an observation that I know was not meant in any way to be hurtful, in fact the person that said it probably really believes in the statement - and it is a statement that has been said to me more than a few... Continue Reading →
January now has two birthdays in our household. This year see's our littlest man turn 1, sigh my last baby is 1. And our big Autie boy Thomas turned 11. Where did that last year go. I'm not ready for either of them to age just yet! Charlie is almost walking, and Thomas is almost... Continue Reading →
Soon our family will have to relocate to Goulburn, and as one would imagine this is going to be a massive undertaking - I have schools to organise, house to sell/rent, house to find, crap to pack the list goes on and on. In a week or so we'll head on down with the whole... Continue Reading →
At last I have found one! I have been struggling with how to keep the iPad sticky finger mark free, since it gets so much use in our house as a communication device for our autistic children. I also needed something that would give the iPad a little more protection should it hit the floor. ... Continue Reading →
The solitude of Autism.
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