Category: PDA
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PDA Space Summit 2024
26th – 28th of April FREE The 5th PDA Space Summit is returning in a week’s time and I couldn’t be any more excited. For those new to the summit it is a free online conference – with over thirty key note speakers – giving a range of views and information on PDA. I have…
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Parental blame and the PDA profile of autism
In April 2022, I got together with Alice Running (author of Helping Your Child with PDA Live a Happier Life) to work on a very important issue. Our research into ‘parental blame and the PDA profile of autism’ was born from our combined personal experiences. You see, we have both been subjected to misaligned scrutiny…
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Good news amongst the silence!
I have been vacant on this page for quite some time (what with the current situation of having three children out of school) finding the time to achieve personal goals seems to have gone out of the window. So, in a nutshell, my eldest child (who I started this page mostly about) is currently on…
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Black Rainbow – cover reveal
Yesterday, Jodie Isitt (author of Autism With Lola) and I were due to go live to talk about the details of an exciting project we have been working on, but due to unforeseen difficulties we were unable to do this. We were both gutted as we have been working towards this deadline for quite some…
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Black Rainbow – NEW BOOK
This has been quite a long time coming, to say the least, but this week I will finally be able to announce details about a new book that I have been working on. This will be my first adult novel which is titled Black Rainbow. The design for the front cover will be launched this…
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Publication Day: I’m Not Upside Down, I’m Downside Up
It is with great excitement that Thursday 21st April was our official publication day and it has dawned on me that I’ve not put that information readily accessible on this page. So as some of you will know already I have been working on a writing project with Harry Thompson (a highly influential voice from…
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SEND Tips for Parents at Christmas
What tips would you give to other parents to help them survive over Christmas? I know personally that we have had many difficult experiences in the past as it leads up to the festive period. Often, the best learning can be done when parents haven’t got it right the first time, but have learnt how…
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The Amazing Autistic Brain Cards
I had to wait my time for an opportunity to try this resource and to see if could be effective for my children – but the wait was certainly worth it. The Amazing Autistic Brain Cards, by Dr Gloria Dura-Vila, is a new resource aimed at helping professionals, parents and anyone working with autistic young…
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Being Julia – Book Review
I have just finished reading Being Julia and I feel very honoured to be able to review such an insightful resource; a book that I will be returning to time and time again. I first discovered Julia Daunt and her blog Me, Myself and PDA back in 2016 and I’ve been learning from her words…
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Being the Goldfish
🌟Explaining the anxiety block🌟 Last week I had prepared for a weekend away with my children and some of our closest friends. It was going to be fun and full of treats. And yet still my middle child refused to go. At first it started with a no, eventually leading to a week of crying,…