It was my birthday on Monday. Gordon booked a night in the Slieve Donard hotel in Newcastle, and arranged for my dad and step-mum to come a...

Last Friday, I went to my cousin's wedding. Gordon wasn't able to go with me; work commitments. Instead I travelled across to the we...

Today, June 18th is Autistic Pride Day . Autistics Speak. It's time to listen so have a look through some of the links on the right, esp...

Mom26children has a post which got me thinking. When I introduce my children, I do not introduce them as Autistic children. My children are...

I was tagged by EF and Allie to list 8 facts/habits about myself. What kind of things shall I write about? I'm not such an interesting...

Yesterday, we visited some home-educating friends for the first time at their house. Their home is big and beautiful, and they don't hav...

It's Duncan's 7th birthday, though he insists he is still 6. He's had a nice day. His Granda came around yesterday with a presen...

Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do, when they come for you... He's a tramp, but I love him, breaks a new heart every day... Accidents...

I watched a documentary on Monday called 'and many children came' about the local Camphill Community . The film's director wrot...

It's been a while since I last posted. I've been busy, and did much reading and thinking over the weekend. However, life has gone on...

There's this meme doing the rounds, called The Thinking Blogger award. Mike Stanton was kind enough to tag this blog. It's quite an...

The travellers returned on Sunday morning. They'd had a fabulous time, meeting/catching up with family and enjoying all sorts of outings...

I've read in a few places lately about early autism diagnosis and the (debatable) importance of early intervention. There was an interes...

Last Saturday, I took the boys to meet up with 2 of my brothers and their families, at the zoo. It's the first time Duncan has been in o...

We easing back into normal days again...well, normal for us anyway! The boys are watching 'Come Outside' on Cbeebies. They both love...

Today, is Blogging Against Disablism Day , hosted by Diary of Goldfish , in which lots of people; write about disability and rail against th...