Tag Archives: sight loss

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

Balance

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Violets Diary

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 | 10 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 →

Posted in Aspergers, family, Uncategorized, visual impairment | Tagged asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, celebration, children, days out, diamond jubilee, disability, family, jubilee, London, picnics, royal family, sight loss, special needs, vi, visual impairment | 6 Comments

Why?….Why?….But…..WHY?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Violets Diary

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 | 7 Comments

What shall we do at the weekend? – the complexity of plans!

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Violets Diary

So the big question on everyone’s lips at the moment is ‘What are you doing at the weekend?’ For months the big Jubilee weekend has been looming and now it is nearly here. The children are all having jubilee street … Continue reading →