My mother, Dorcas Walker, was an esteemed schoolteacher and curriculum adviser at a number of Birmingham inner city schools in the 80s. She loved her job and hoped I would follow in her footsteps. I didn’t! When I left University, my head was turned by the colourful world of media, PR and communications. I enjoyed …
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Eight years ago, after a series of evaluations by our local school district, our then three-year-old was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We were provided with a 30-page report of the diagnosis that included numbers, charts, and future recommendations. I had inklings of what this meant but nothing really concrete. I remember feeling numb …
I have a 19-year-old son diagnosed autistic and ADHD, and he is absolutely amazing. He is a happy, contented, raising an Autistic child and the value of lived experiences and endearing person with a fantastic memory and just loves people! However, due to his severe learning disabilities and speech and language/communication delays, he still requires …
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Can you introduce yourself? I’m Sanira Emon, or Paper Fight Art as I am known on Instagram. I enjoy printmaking especially linoprints and I have a love of hand drawn illustration. I started with linoprint as a hobby and then wanted to share the activity with others so I started running my own workshops at …
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My son was overdue and unresponsive for 10 minutes when he was born. ‘A’ met all of his milestones from 0-3 according to the baby red book, ‘A’ was totally forward to having a sister 8 years older than him, there was nothing he didn’t know. Shapes, colours, objects and being able to count past 20 …
Ask me sixteen years ago if I would still be practically a full-time carer for my son who was born extremely premature and I would have laughed! Sometimes life changes so drastically and unexpectedly that all we can do is sink or swim. So many factors come into play when you have a new baby …
I was speaking to a friend recently and we were discussing how schools spend money that are for children with SEN. Every child’s EHCP normally come attached with a set amount of money specific to the needs of that child/young person. Any monies received for them should be spent on them and nothing else. There …
Today is 2nd January 2023, how was the Christmas break for you? Our Christmas was quiet, we don’t have any small children at home with us just nieces and nephews that you can give back at the end of the day. Christmas used to be a fuss but now Tegan is much older, the excitement …
November 2015 is the month that Voices for Autism opened its doors and wow what a journey. Last week I received a notification that it was our 7th year anniversary of running this organisation and I must say, I didn’t even think about how the time has flown by. What started off in a local …
