Author: PDA Parenting
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Twinkle Ball 2019
In April, at the end of #AutismAwareness month, back for a second year in a row was the Twinkle Ball. It was hosted by celebrity powerhouse couple, Christine and Paddy McGuinness, at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester Deansgate. The ball is in aid of the National Autistic Society – a charity that is significant to…
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To infinity and beyond: the power of film for children
Films, for many of us, have become part of everyday living. Movies infiltrate our popular culture by the quotes we use, the soundplays we listen to and even the understanding we have built on stories through history. You could say most of our education and knowledge comes from what we have watched on screen. So…
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Autism with Lola – First Book Teaser
I have been very fortunate to have been given a sneak preview of the first book that is being launched in a new series of autism books being aimed at children. It was something I couldn’t wait to share with readers of this blog as I’m sure it will be useful to many families. The…
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Stop!
There are moments when I just need this all to stop. Last week I had one of them. It’s hard enough to push through when you are living in a war zone, the wear and tear it takes emotionally, when it really is just all-consuming and forever unrelenting. But it’s nothing compared to fighting a…
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Pathological Demand Avoidance Conference 2019 by Parenting Special Children
At the end of last month, many may have seen from my Facebook post (quick link here) I was privileged to be invited as a guest speaker at a conference. I was asked to deliver a workshop on some strategies that may be suitable for helping children and young people with Pathological Demand Avoidance. The…
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Me and My PDA – Book Launch
Back at the start of the year you may remember that my daughter and I reviewed the book Me and My PDA (see here) by Gloria Dura-Vila and Tamar Levi. This was a collaborative process and my daughter relished the opportunity to be writing together as it gave her a real sense of achievement. So,…
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The PDA Experience
Yesterday was the debut of Harry Thompson’s new book The PDA Paradox. To mark the event he had a book launch and invited some of his newly aquired friends from the PDA world – something I was privileged to be a part of. We kicked off the event by an introduction into the distinctive features…
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Safety Blanket
*Warning – potential triggers or upsetting content in this post* We all have our safety blankets. Sometimes we don’t even know we rely on them until they are suddenly pulled away from us and our comfort has gone. My eldest daughter, with PDA, had a cousin of the same age who she went everywhere…
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The System
The system is broken. Full bloody stop. We can fight amongst ourselves and try our best to get those individulal wins, but we are just lone warriors – trying to wage our own version of a resistance. It just is one, big losing battle. A war with pocketfuls of parents, here and there, who are made…
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Rewrite the Stars
It’s not impossible. But it feels impossible. Tell me that it’s possible? Ok, so I may have watched The Greatest Showman a little too much!! But it gives me the start to a subject I want to write about and that is thinking about success. So a distinct attribute that seems common in the profile…