Art & Soul

29/09/2022

Don't get me wrong. I am THRILLED J shares his day with me. It's something I never thought would happen.

I remember when he was preverbal and I would see posts of parents annoyed by the constant questions and such their child would pose while just praying my boy would say his first word.

J's speech has exploded ever since he started school and I am beyond grateful but I still have many conversations with him where it's nearly impossible to follow 🤣🤣

27/09/2022

It's been a hard few days for me but Jasper coming home with this brought a much needed smile to my face.

I'm so proud of the progress he is making and the recognition he's receiving. I've said it so many times but I am so happy we went with his primary school.

The staff are incredible.

23/09/2022

J rarely washes his hands... which is why he has nightly baths. He hates soap and water unless it's in the bath or water play.

Both our bathrooms have hand soap and antibac.

What are your or your little ones quirks?

20/09/2022

His wonderful teachers sent through their learning this week and he smashed it all in a day!

We did number bonds through partitioning and he went on to do some tricky combinations!

We read and watch Squashed and Squeeze.

He tried out Lexia core reading and loved it.

We watched Geraldine and Giraffe on the qu sound and then wrote down all the words he could think of that started with that sound. This led to a scavenger hunt for those words around the house. He ticked them off as he found them.

Needless to say, I'm back in bed!

20/09/2022

Jasper and I are home this week with the dreaded covid. He seems fine in himself but sadly, not the case for me. I'd rather it that way around though!

This morning while I was hibernating in bed, Jasper was right as rain and hanging out with his daddy. He started telling Rich stories and he decided to write it all out word-for-word.

This melted me!

09/09/2022

06/09/2022

Here we go! Reception versus Year1!

20/08/2022

High-functioning and low-functioning are terms I am not a fan of. It isn't that simple. Many see autism as linear and people don't realise how harmful that can be.

I've been told many times "at least he's high funtioning" because he is able to express himself verbally now and is very advanced in his drawing and maths. I know this is said out of love and from a good place but actually, it is not so black and white.

This diagram, I feel, is a better representation of autism. There are so many different components and autistic individuals can be hyper and hypo sensitive to any of these areas.

It can be hard to keep up with the terminology. I know I struggled and unless you live with autism on a daily basis, how would you know? That's why I must stress that this is a judgement-free page where I want everyone to feel comfortable in asking the tough questions.

This is why I've always said on here that I am an open book because through asking the tough questions, we learn and grow. If we truly want , & we need to ask.

19/08/2022

🙋‍♀️anyone?!🙋‍♀️

Some days are hard but hey, we pull through.

03/08/2022

Finally ventured into SJ today with Shan & J. He was AMAZING! I was so impressed with his listening and patience.

Feeling so happy and my soul feels full. Back in Hampton now where a heatwave warning has just been issued.

Inside drawing time now!

01/08/2022

Social stories are absolutely amazing for autistic children but also for neuotypical children as well!

I posted about this book on my story the other day and had many messages so I thought I'd add it to my page.

This has been an excellent resource to share with my friends so they can read it to their kiddos before meeting J.

Children are so inquisitive and have many questions so by presenting this book, it starts a conversation and starts to promote and ♾

Link here:

I Am Autistic: A social story to explain a little about autism https://amzn.eu/d/71ufULY