Have I mentioned before that Duncan likes Thomas trains? Oh I must have. Here are a few examples. I even took part in an NAS survey about a...

It's my birthday today. I'm another year older. I wonder when I'll start feeling a year wiser? I've not felt like writing re...

Duncan just turned 8. He chose to go to the toy shop to pick his present (another train!). He prefers to get exactly what he wants rather th...

The amount of trash that is written about autism just never fails to astonish me. Can people really still be filling column inches in the Te...

We had a new carpet fitted on the stairs. The old one, sort of sand coloured, was irreparably stained with poster paint, oxtail soup, hot c...

Gordon left on Thursday to attend a massive conference in Chicago, and won't be back until Wednesday. Before he went, we all went out on...

Thomas recently turned 6 and is clearly ready for more conceptional learning. He has learned so much with very little formalised instruction...

What follows, is a (poorly done) parody. I have something I need to share with all you parents of children with autism. I have stumbled on a...

Duncan has found a new form of artistic expression; modelling clay. We bought a few blocks of stuff that can be baked and he got to work. Th...

Warning; contains spoilers on Doctor Who episode 6! I do love Sunday mornings. It's the day when Gordon usually brings me breakfast in b...

On our last day, Gordon and Lady went off alone after breakfast to ride on Crush's Coaster. I'd expected them to be back before 11am...

We spent all our of day 3 in the Studios Park. Again, it was very wet and quite cold. Moreover, the park was extremely busy. Obviously many ...

On Tuesday, we woke, wished Thomas a happy 6th birthday, and headed for breakfast together. There were no tables for 6 people available and ...

So we went to Disneyland Paris for a couple of days last week. We left on Monday evening. Duncan was rather worried about flying. Shortly be...

An unexpected but very welcome benefit of my trip to London, is how much closer Duncan has grown to Gordon. He is even more excited than usu...

It was only to be expected, but we had a fantastic time visiting C. in London. When we arrived, we took the tube out of Liverpool Street, an...