Autism Families And The News
Meltdown: The aftermath I’m just going to come right out and say it: I am terrified of my autistic son. He is sixteen years old, stands at about five foot eight and has the strength of three grown men....
View ArticleThe Weekend That Was
Friday: Just for a change I was completely organised and had to do very little packing on Friday morning (toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, laptop). All of my family’s Christmas gifts were wrapped and...
View Article“You Won’t Be Seeing Frank Any More; He’s… No Longer Here”
That was the first thing that my neurologist told me when I met with him this afternoon – a year after I last saw my Epilepsy Nurse, Frank La Rocca. Last August I had to cancel an appointment due to a...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Devotion
I love to write free-form, unstructured poetry. It’s honest; it’s pure; it’s emotive in a way that structured, rhyming stanzas are sometimes not. I dedicate this free-form to my wonderful husband, D,...
View ArticleAutistic Son Psyched In A Bad Way
Psych Unit I have mentioned my autistic son many times before. I’ve shared the good times, the bad times, some photographs of my handsome, cheeky little man. A young man who is basically thoughtful,...
View ArticleIntrospection
Salvador Dali: Journey Of The Peaceful Sun Since the sectioning of my son I seem to have retreated into myself a little bit. Emails have not been responded to – if they were ever looked at – and blogs...
View ArticleAs The World Falls Down, And My Son’s Life Changes Forever
Hello. I haven’t left WordPress. I’ve been reading all of you, but I’ve only left a smattering of comments here and there. I haven’t been ignoring anybody; things have been happening in my son’s life...
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