The 10th of October sees the celebration of World Mental Health Day.  This aims to raise awareness and help erode the stigma that sadly still exists around mental health issues.
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Happy September all! I can’t quite get my head around the fact we are this far through the year? I don’t know about you, but to me it still feels
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As an autistic mum, feelings take me about a year to process. In real time, I may come across preoccupied, restless or simply aloof to the bigger matters at hand. 
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Happy June, all. I truly do mean happy because, although we are living in such odd times, I feel and hope that June marks a month where we gently tiptoe
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Some might think it’s odd to train your own assistance dog. I mean, surely the point of having an assistance dog is to make an already difficult life easier? And
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Hello all! As we head towards the end of April, I’ve had some time to think about how I would usually have spent it. Normally, we would be banging the
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I normally start my monthly column with a ‘so, how’s your month going?’ I don’t think that really applies this month because we all know how it’s going. The coronavirus
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So, have we all survived what felt like the longest January ever? I wasn’t sure it would ever end. But February is here at last. And it feels that perhaps
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Time and time again one of the most common questions parents ask me is ‘Why should I seek an autism diagnosis for my child?’ The concerns parents have are often
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Happy October! It’s personally one of my favourite months of the year; the weather turns crisp but not freezing, the onesies and fluffy socks are now appropriate to wear in
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How is everyone’s September going? Kids’ back to school, college or home ed duties ramping up again? I hear you. I am writing to you after taking a break from
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Being a home ed Mum, I am expecting July and August to be much different this year. Rather than it being a time to access theme parks, airports and holidays
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Hello everyone and welcome to what looks to be like a beautiful sunny June! This month, I’m going to be talking about wills which isn’t as upbeat and joyous as
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I’m peeking my head out to see if it’s May now and the overwhelm of April’s Autism Awareness Month is over? Hurrah it’s May! There is much to be excited
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I am normally extremely organised and timely when it comes to writing my monthly column for My Family, Our Needs. Alas, this month, I’m a bit eleventh hour with it.
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This month I am writing to you from Geneva. From the hotel lobby awaiting our taxi to the airport to be precise. It’s at times like these when I feel
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January is a hard month for everyone, right? It’s freezing, it feels like there are about 700 Mondays and payday is a distant memory. It’s been a tough one for
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Hello, my name is Carly Jones, I’m autistic. I didn’t know I was until adulthood. I have no diagnosable learning disabilities and am an expert ‘masker’ so my autism stayed
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