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Oh, no! There’s an Aspie in the class.

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A different seat of learning Apparently teachers’ hearts sink when they learn there’s going to be a child on the spectrum in their class. Or so I’m told. I had no idea – having only encountered welcoming, friendly staff throughout Boy One’s school career so far. A slightly snippy school receptionist was as bad as it […]

19/365 Dilated to meet you

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Boy Three made his first trip to the optician today. He’s only three and a half but the staff at nursery suggested it would be a good idea. He’s a clumsy little chap, but I’d put it down to his habit of hurtling everywhere at top speed.But stopping to consider it, Boy Two wears specs […]

Junior bake off – my boy says shoo to the pastry bicycle

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Boy One with James Morton There was much excitement this Sunday. There was a celebrity in our midst. You could tell something was happening by the number of people whose casual weekend morning attire was arranged with feverish precision.And the reason for all this tastefully styled Boden… the BBC Great British Bake Off runner up James […]

How do you spot a terrorist?

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All Boy One’s own work. If you ask someone in security at Glasgow Airport they, apparently, would answer – he is 12, has Asperger’s and is fixated with cake decorating. Really. Yesterday I dropped the big Boys off at the airport so they could fly to spend a few days with their dad in Wales. They […]

Playing space invaders with an Aspie

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How do you help someone with Asperger’s learn about personal space and other people’s need for it?  Honest, it’s our current challenge from planet autism. Boy One seems to just get as close as he likes – in fact often ends up stood on or poked with an elbow. We know he can’t help it, […]