Why did we put ourselves though what I had a fair idea would be a difficult flight ? Here's why... That makes sense, doesn't it! If ...

This may be off topic, but I wanted to highlight an interesting article on lung cancer research in last Friday's Belfast Telegraph. The...

We're back home form our trip to Florida. Everyone had a great time and we made many wonderful memories. I wrote a short post from Gatw...

So we're in Florida, and for the first 2 days we had very high temperatures for the time of year, then they all started chittering on th...

We've been up since 5am, got the taxi to the airport at 5.20, landed in Gatwick at 8ish and are now in the Virgin Vroom, whiling away th...

People can change things. America has shown us so. I stayed up really late on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning to watch the results of the US...

I took the children to a travelling fun fair last night in Belfast. Duncan was especially keen to go, associating Halloween with Planet Fun,...

Image via stock.xchng Tuesday is swim day. We go at lunch time when the learner pool isn't in use by school groups. It's not so long...

Omigod did you hear about how funny Denis Leary is? I know he's been like, really boring and all for the past few years, playing serious...

The National Autistic Society launched their "I exist" campaign for recognition of the needs and views of adult autistic people at...

I'm one of the moderators at the Autism Parent's Forum , but it's Bullet who does the work there and who keeps that place going ...

At least Nick thinks so, as he's passed on both of these award/link building things to me, and for which I am most grateful. I've o...

I've just had a request from someone I have recently (cyber) met and come to like and respect, to promote a fund raising campaign for Ir...

Yesterday I posted about a shameless campaign by animal rights extremists PETA, that combined anti-science and autism hate in a ugly stew. ...

...or scruples, or integrity, or honesty or consideration for the ethical treatment of a much maligned and mistreated group of people? No, ...

On a cold, dark February morning, I gathered my long-legged but skinny son in my arms and carried him to the end of our street to wait for a...