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Yesterday was the day people with hidden disabilities had long awaited, applications for Blue Badges were open to those with non-physical disabilities in England. Previously it was up to individual councils whether or not they would accept these applications. Whilst this is a positive move for those that will benefit , it also brought … Read more
You may or may not be aware that we have just had Tourettes Awareness Day on 7th June. You may have missed it as despite being a member of many Tourette’s support pages etc I barely noticed any publicity. Tourettes Action have a “Move for Tourettes” campaign running throughout the month of June where they … Read more
In June we had our first appointment at CAMHS, this was more of a triage appointment with the idea of referring you on to parenting classes as they don’t refer children under 6 for diagnosis. Fortunately we had already done the recommended courses plus others with George so we didn’t have to do them again. … Read more
This is a late post, I meant to have finished it a while ago but better late than never. We had been really struggling with Faye’s behaviour during the last few weeks of summer term. I was called in several times about an escalation in inappropriate behaviour. We had several appointments with CAMHS over June and … Read more
In my previous post I talked about embarking on a new journey to get our daughter diagnosed. Girls with ADHD and / or Autism are under diagnosed. Typically, girls on the spectrum are less disruptive, keep up better academically and are able to mask symptoms better than their male peers. Despite this we were optimistic … Read more
Just as we have finally got George fully diagnosed and breathe a sigh of relief that fighting for assessments is over we find ourselves starting the journey all over again. This time with our youngest child Faye. Faye is now 5 1/2 years old and in year 1 at school. Back in September 2015 we … Read more
I’m sure most of you will have heard about the country’s latest playground craze Fidget spinners / Hand spinners. You may also be aware of the divide amongst the ADHD / Autism community about whether these toys should be used by children without special needs. I had been aware of the fidget spinners for a … Read more
When we received George’s ADHD diagnosis back in August we were refered by our local CAMHS to a more specialist hospital for another ASD assessment. George was initially assessed for ASD via a DISCO interview back in 2010 when he was 3 1/2. At that time they felt he didn’t meet the criteria for any … Read more
It doesn’t seem five minutes since I wrote a post about visiting secondary schools for the first time last September. George was in year 5 then and it seemed so far away. The year has flown by and in September we were asked to officially name the secondary school we wished to be named in … Read more