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How many blood vessels are in your body?
We were travelling to the swimming baths in the school holidays, all 5 of us. This was somewhat of a miracle. Lately a day out with all of us had seemed out of reach and what usually happened was I stayed with my son and my husband went out with the girls. This was disappointing Continue reading
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Can you practice singing Happy Birthday to me?
We were getting to my son’s birthday. The countdown was well and truly on. He was counting down to his birthday and also counting down to his birthday month. He had a birthday list of presents as long as his arm. He kept asking about it, over and over again. “How many days until my Continue reading
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Why?
This is a question I have asked myself over and over again. Throughout this journey, I’ve dealt with a selection of professionals, and I’ve been completely shocked by the incompetence — and in some cases, the outright lies — I’ve encountered. This isn’t me being unfair. I truly believe I’m a fair, level-headed person. I Continue reading
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Does Tea Keep You Alive? A Birthday Reflection
I used to love birthdays but life has shifted in ways I never imagined, and special occasions often bring more emotional weight now than joy. They remind me of the gap between how things are and how I once thought they’d be. They bring reflection, comparison, sometimes grief — not because life is bad, but Continue reading
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Why do you have your eye on me?
Understanding Eye Contact Struggles in Children If you had read “Have I got one eye or two eyes?” you would know that eyes have been a talking point for my son. You would also know that he doesn’t like being looked at and I take this to mean he struggles with eye contact, but this Continue reading
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Can I go back to school after dinner?
We started a reduced timetable at school w/c 17th March (so 4 weeks ago). The plan was for my son to do half days at school where I picked him up at 12. I wasn’t sure whether this would help or not but of course I was willing to give it a try. So on Continue reading
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Who is the cleverest person in the world?
A brilliant question from my son. And one that happened while we were driving. We have our best questions and conversations while driving. Driving makes me feel happy, I love driving with the music on and I think my son is the same. My son now has his own playlist that comes on and the Continue reading
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The Questions of My Child: Understanding Communication Challenges
We know my son asks a lot of questions – so much so I have written a whole blog about this. His favourite type of conversation isn’t a typical back-and-forth exchange but more of an interview—he asks, and the other person answers. He much prefers one-on-one conversations, and when more people are in the room, Continue reading
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Coping with Stress in School Meetings: A Parent’s Perspective
I knew this was coming, but this letter arrived this week. This had been rumbling on for some time. That fateful phone call from the EWO (Am I Managing Stress and Anxiety, or Just Surviving?) had prompted me to write an email to her and the school, detailing everything I had done over the last two Continue reading
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A Poem – I See You!!!
It’s that time again, time for a poem. These poems (A Poem – He’s Fine!!! and A Poem – I’m Bored!!!) are written from the bottom of my heart and I hope someday to publish them but most of all, most of all I hope that one day way off in the future when my Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 