Tag Archives: blindness

I’m back

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Violets Diary

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 | 2 Comments

Sport – The Gallery

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Violets Diary

When I saw the theme for the Gallery this week is sport my first thought was to post the pictures I took at the Olympic Cycling Time Trials last week, but then I decided I would leave the Olympics to … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Uncategorized, visual impairment | Tagged athletics, blindness, fun, Metro, metro games, park run, personal best, photos, running, sight loss, sport, the gallery, vi, visual impairment, winning | 21 Comments

Greece

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Violets Diary

I’m linking this post to Suzanne at 3childrenandit’s linky “we’re all going on a summer holiday”. So, we are off to Greece in a couple of weeks. Holidays are a strange thing. We spend lots of money on them. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspergers, disability, family, Uncategorized, visual impairment | Tagged anxiety, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, beach, beaches, blindness, children, disability, family, FEELINGS, fun, greece, holiday, independence, memories, motor boats, sight loss, skiathos, special needs, stress, summer, summer holiday, summer holidays, vi, visual impairment | 10 Comments

United we Stand, Divided we fall – Part 1.

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Violets Diary

Anyone who has read any of my blog before will have worked out that I do rather a lot of thinking and analysing of how our actions and behaviour etc. can impact on others. I also worry rather a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in campaigning, disability, Uncategorized | Tagged access, accessible transport, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, buggies, campaigns, disability, disability campaigns, disability equality, disability politics, disability rights, inclusion, independence, parents, prams, public transport, push chairs, rights, social model of disability, transport, unite, visual impairment | 10 Comments

School Induction Nerves

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Violets Diary

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 | 6 Comments

A weekend of Music and Running

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Violets Diary

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 | 2 Comments

A bit of Good News

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Violets Diary

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 | 2 Comments

Anxiety and Things to Do

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Violets Diary

I’m feeling a bit frazzled at the moment. There is too much to do, too many things, not enough time and I’m beginning to get myself in a mess. This is actually a huge issue for me. I have big … Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Aspergers, disability, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, blog, children, coping, disability, disability rights, family, lists, mental health, parenting, parents, rights, sight loss, stress, things to do, vi, visual impairment | 16 Comments

Are We Nearly there yet? – The long wait – for a guide dog!

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Violets Diary

Anyone who is a parent will be familiar with question / whine. “Are we Nearly There Yet?” Well, in our house the question for the last year asked, almost on a daily basis by B is: “Daddy When are you … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspergers, disability, family, visual impairment | Tagged animals, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, assessments, blindness, decisions, disability, dog, escalators, family, guide dogs, independence, london underground, long cane, mobility, pets, safety, sight loss, stress, vi, visual impairment, waiting lists, white cane | 12 Comments

The downs and ups of the Jubilee Weekend

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Violets Diary

In the post I wrote last week I talked about all the different possibilities we had for the weekend and what might work, what wouldn’t and all the issues we have to consider when planning family events and outings. So … Continue reading →