Neurodivergence and PDA
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Who Even Am I?
I changed everything to help my PDA son thrive — but somewhere in that process, I disappeared. This is the rawest thing I’ve written yet. Continue reading
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Can I have pasta?
We were heading for the trenches. I couldn’t tell you what week of school we were on, but we had survived so far. And by “survived,” I mean my son had been attending. Does that count as doing well? According to the government, yes. But were we doing well? I was hanging on by a Continue reading
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What happens if the banks run out of money?
Recently my son developed a new special interest: money. For a couple of weeks, we spent hours talking about it, counting it, stacking it, and recounting it. Then he went on holiday with his dad—the longest we had ever been apart. While he was away, my mind wandered, as any parent’s would: “Will he be 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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Why Have You Bought Me Vitamins? Understanding PDA in Kids
My son takes vitamins—nothing fancy, just some strawberry-flavoured Mr. Men ones from Boots. I had accepted he wasn’t the best eater a long long time ago and taking that vitamin is probably the only bit of vitamins he actually gets…..and then I am not completely sure of the efficacy of the Mr. Men vitamins but Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 