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Spreading the love around... 1 Jan 2013 | 04:29 pm
I've migrated to Wordpress for a while, with a whole new blog. It's information and action focussed. It's always updating. It's just growing, so be kind to it. Treat it like a kitten, just for a whil...
Stand by... 17 Dec 2012 | 04:43 am
The forces are rallying. In 2013 (Mayan Apolcalypse, not withstanding), I'll be back. Re-branded, re-polished, re-energised and re-focussed. Fewer charming anecdotes about living with autism, more i...
The screeching of brakes in the theme park... 2 Oct 2012 | 12:57 pm
I'm not sure where to start... I think I'm done blogging about autism. There we go. That's a start. I'm not much of a systematic thinker, so I'll just make a list. It won't be a long list, I promis...
Moving the goalposts, again... 21 Sep 2012 | 12:56 pm
I'm not sure why, but I've hit a wall in autism world. Maybe I need a holiday, maybe I've reached my limit, maybe autism world is hitting a wall and I'm just along for the ride... who knows? Here's ...
Why we need to talk... 17 Sep 2012 | 05:49 am
Billy will be nine in a little over a month. He is a long, tall boy now, though he's still all cheeks, ears and eyes to look at. He is, now, as he was the moment we realised we'd made him, the most e...
What's your problem... 10 Sep 2012 | 05:56 pm
Gosh, autism world is a grumbly place. Everybody's got a gripe of some kind. Perfectly legit ones too. It makes me slightly uneasy that if I ran out of actual challenges, there are so many more disgr...
At Hopeful Parents... 6 Sep 2012 | 02:11 pm
Roots, wings and scary things doctors say. Click through to Hopeful Parents, and read some other people's stuff as well.
Ice, Ice, Piglet... 4 Sep 2012 | 02:36 pm
We are in the middle of a battle of wills with YouTube. Why are we battling a video sharing website, when it doesn't even know we are battling it? Ugh. If I knew that, well... we wouldn't be battlin...
In the name of autism... 31 Aug 2012 | 10:20 am
In the wake of the publication of an article about autism (with astonishingly beautiful pictures of Billy included) in Australia this week, it has been a real pleasure to see a broad discussion about ...
The point of a point of view... 29 Aug 2012 | 10:17 am
It's been an interesting few days. A Canadian documentary about autism went to air in Australia, and the wave of reaction was something to behold. First, autism parents and families went 'Wow, finall...
