Whilst having a sort out of the children’s artwork and school work they’ve brought home, I came across this Poem. In year 2 George’s topic was Superheroes, at the end of the topic he took part in a class assembly and read out the poem. I thought it was very appropriate for all those fighting … Read more
In September we began our search for a secondary school even though it doesn’t seem five minutes since he started nursery school. As George has a statement of special educational needs, we have begun to look around now, at the start of year five rather than year six. This is so we can have our school choices and … Read more
Sometimes we forget about George’s difficulties, his behaviour and tics are just part and parcel of everyday life for us. Then something happens that bring it all back into focus and my heart breaks all over again when I see how hard things can be for him. George has had a love of penguins ever … Read more
One we’d had time to process the diagnosis, we had to make the decision on whether or not to medicate to help control the tics. We spent a while discussing the options. We included George in this decision and we all decided to try Clonidine. To see George in pain and crying with his mouth tics, … Read more
Following the diagnosis we explained things to George and to our surprise he took the news really well. He was confused the first few days and told everybody he had “twits”. He was so pleased to be able to tell people “I can’t help it”, I also found the way people reacted to George changed … Read more