Jul 31, 2017
The earlier you know what you’re dealing with the easier it is to seek out the right support and put in place the right plan. This is the opinion of Scarlett, mother to Edith. She believes her daughter Edith will achieve a great deal because her daughter has an in born desire to be independent. Edith's spirit...
Jul 24, 2017
Knowing when to take the stabilisers off, and not just on a bicycle, is key to moving towards achieving any goal. This is the view of Jackie, mother to Joe who has additional needs, including a speech and language disorder.
Jackie explains what works for Joe is repetition and chunking (breaking tasks into chunks) so...
Jul 17, 2017
Holidays are a time to relax, rewind and recharge, but more often than not they end up being less about fun and more about stress. Vicki, an experienced travel consultant, shares tips for making travel less stressful. She understands our perspective because she is also a mother to a daughter with additional needs.
Vicki...
Jul 10, 2017
Laura Ashfield is an outreach worker for the Surrey Wildlife Trust. She believes the forest is a great place to learn about ourselves as well as the rhythms of nature. More than this, she passionately believes the forest is a place that can help us discover our place in the world.
Discovering a place in the world, we...
Jul 3, 2017
Andy, a father to a son with ASD and ADHD, takes a strategic view of independence, rather like a business plan. Because he does this, he and his wife have a clear vision of what they hope their son will be able to do age 21.
If their plan needs a little longer to be achieved, Andy is ok with this. He says, 'Being a...