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Tag Archives: young people
I’m back
Hello world. It’s been a long time since I wrote here. So I thought I’d drop you a line to let you know i’m still around and give you a brief update. So much has happened over the last month. … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, visual impairment
Tagged anxiety, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, children, disability, family, FEELINGS, high school, inclusion, parenting, school, special needs, stress, vi, visual impairment, work, year 7, young people
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Enjoying the holidays and Planning for School
Do you remember your first day at school? I have to admit to having no memory of it at all. I think as parents we build it up and worry about it much more than the children do sometimes. I … Continue reading
Posted in family, Uncategorized
Tagged anxiety, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, changing school, children, family, high school, holiday, new school, new school journeys, organising, parenting, parents, planning, school, school bag, school equipment, school uniform, secondary school, startimg school, young people
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High School Panic on Hold
Hello all, I just thought I’d drop you a little update following my rather frazzled post on Tuesday and the worry about the High School induction. I’m pleased to say things are all a little calmer here at the moment. … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Uncategorized, visual impairment
Tagged anxiety, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, boys school, disability, high school, inclusion, induction, parenting, parents, relief, school, school transfer, special needs, starting high school, stress, tutor group, visual impairment, worry, year 7, young people
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School Induction Nerves
So, we’re off to High School this evening. This is our first official induction visit. Mums and Dads and Kids. First the children will be split into their tutor groups and taken off to classrooms whilst us parents are given … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, visual impairment
Tagged anxiety, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, children, disability, high school, inclusion, induction, parenting, parents, school, special needs, stress, vi, visual impairment, young people
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Balance
I can’t do ‘balance’ Whether its ‘stand on one leg’ kind of balance or ‘life balance’ kind of balance. It doesn’t matter which, I’m crap at both. I get an idea and I’m hooked, I can’t do things by half … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, family, Uncategorized
Tagged anxiety, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, balance, children, depression, disability, disability politics, family, FEELINGS, life, parenting, parents, perfection, school, sight loss, special needs, stress, visual impairment, work, work life balance, young people
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The Road To High School Begins
Well the end of primary school is getting ever closer and things are starting to get more difficult round here. For all children the transfer from primary school to secondary school is a big deal and is fraught with stress … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Aspergers, disability, family
Tagged anger, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, behaviour, children, disability, family, FEELINGS, high school, parenting, parents, school, school transfer, seondary school, siblings, special needs, support, visual impairment, young people
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A weekend of Music and Running
I mentioned in Wednesday’s post that we had a really good weekend. It was one of those weekends where all the social buses come at once and we had to decline about 3 invitations to a wedding, a party and … Continue reading
Posted in disability, family, visual impairment
Tagged asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, athletics, band, blindness, children, clarinet, competing, disability, family, Metro, music, paralympics, parenting, parents, running, sight loss, special needs, sport, success, vi, visual impairment, young people
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A bit of Good News
Just to prove that I don’t spend my whole life ranting about the system and that I am capable of sharing the good things, I thought I’d tell you about a little bit of good news we had this week. … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, Aiming High For Disabled Children, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, children, children & families, disability, disability rights, disabled childrens register, family, holiday, Local Offer, parenting, parents, respite, short break, sight loss, social services, special needs, vi, visual impairment, young people
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Neighbours, Everybody needs Good Neighbours.
I wrote this post last week, but for various reasons have left it until now to publish. This post has been inspired by two things I read last week. The first was something that made me really cross. I read … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, disability, family, Uncategorized
Tagged asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, assumptions, autism, children, disability, family, fear, meltdown, neighbours, parenting, parents, police, special needs, stress, teenagers, understanding, young people
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Why?….Why?….But…..WHY?
He,He. This one’s a bit of fun. It’s all new to me, so I hope I do it right. I’m still learning what these blogging and internet terms all mean. I’ve been tagged by the lovely Claire at A Boy … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, family, Uncategorized
Tagged asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, children, family, fun, parenting, parents, questions, sight loss, special needs, tags, visual impairment, Why, young people
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