Special needs

23 Jun 2010 - Proud of where we are

Why I'm proud of my family.

08 Feb 2010 - Bedrooms and Bulllying

New beds for the kids and bullying issues at school

24 Dec 2009 - Christmas cheer our own way

Doing Christmas our own way.

04 Nov 2009 - Back from holiday

Back from a holiday in Devon

23 Sep 2009 - Back to 'normal'

Trying to find some time in my life

28 Jun 2009 - For chromosomes and fish

Advances in genetic science may give us an insight into our children's conditions.

01 May 2009 - Getting out

Getting out and about is not so easy.

01 Apr 2009 - Eight and counting

Our son's eighth birthday party is cancelled because of chicken pox

25 Feb 2009 - A series of stuff

ADHD diagnosis, ritalin and cognitive tests

14 Jan 2009 - Christmas Recovery

Recovering from the Christmas break

24 Dec 2008 - Merry Christmas

A Christmas message...

07 Nov 2008 - Empowerment through knowledge

How knowledge and information should be freely available, not restricted till professionals feel we can cope with it.

01 Oct 2008 - Undervalued Carers

How carers are undervalued and underpaid

03 Sep 2008 - Back to School

As the kids go back to school, life returns to normality.

03 Jul 2008 - Discrimination at the Fete

When our children were not allowed on a bouncy castle because of their disability

06 Jun 2008 - Seizing opportunities

Exams, job opportunities and seizing the opportunities which come our way.

20 May 2008 - Trivial irritations

A series of trivial irritations leading to non-trivial hassles

21 Apr 2008 - Can we get Direct Payments?

Finding out if we can get Direct Payments means going through the family history, yet again!

16 Mar 2008 - Making the School Swim Team

An eye appontment and upcoming swimming gala

01 Mar 2008 - Boogie Beebies

An embarassing trip to the newsagents

13 Feb 2008 - When Physio is bad for you

Accidents during physiotherapy sessions at home

21 Jan 2008 - Busy, busy, busy

Busy times as we prepare for building work on the house

18 Dec 2007 - Being Strong

Collective experiences make us stronger people

09 Dec 2007 - Bottling up my emotions

Face2Face training has led me to realise how much I am bottling in my emotions

06 Dec 2007 - Brainwave Update

Update on our progress on the Brainwave therapy programme

20 Nov 2007 - Baby Blues

Emotions on the birth of my neice.

11 Nov 2007 - If you go down to the woods today...

A school trip to the woods and an appointment with a psychologist.

04 Nov 2007 - School progress, appointments and a new course

Elise' progress at school, neurology and nephrology appointments and starting the Face 2 Face training course

15 Oct 2007 - A Birthday Outing

A trip to Longleat made difficult

07 Oct 2007 - Brainwave - one week in

Our first week of undertaking the Brainwave exercise programme at home

29 Sep 2007 - Brainwave Begins

The first few days of the Brainwave therapy programme

21 Sep 2007 - Vomit and ADHD - a bad combination

Wishing that Elise would slow down sometime!

11 Sep 2007 - Chilling Out

After the chaos of the last few years seems to be starting to settle

03 Sep 2007 - Back to reality

Returning from our holiday in France

14 Aug 2007 - Happy Holidays

Tactics for coping with the long school holidays

06 Aug 2007 - Awaiting the Asperger Diagnostic Test

We're about to do the Asperger Diagnostic Test for our son

26 Jul 2007 - The Holidays begin

The school holidays are underway

17 Jul 2007 - A broken collarbone

Our daughter breaks her collarbone

10 Jul 2007 - Attitudes to disability

Difficulties with the attitudes people have towards our children

29 Jun 2007 - A little respect

A borderline diagnosis of autism may be on the cards

22 Jun 2007 - Ups and Downs

Finding that a network of support has helped to pull us out of a difficult patch

12 Jun 2007 - The Adoption Rollercoaster

The 2 years since our daughter came to live with us have been a rollercoaster of emotions

05 Jun 2007 - Autism or not, that is the question

Continuing confusion regarding the diagnosis of our son's behaviour

01 Jun 2007 - Just a little engine noise

Progress with our son's play and good news from Every Disabled Child Matters

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