SOME 15 years ago, I watched a Japanese animated video, called “The House of Acorn” ( I think ). It was about the lives of children with learning disabilities and their families. The one thing… Read More
Autism, Nicholas and The Days To Come
Category: Bringing Up Nicholas
Work opportunities for People with Learning Difficulties
Bake4Fund is a small home-based social enterprise and our main focus is to provide work and training opportunities to young people with learning difficulties. However, after reviewing the takings from our baking frenzy which began… Read More
What do I do for my autistic child?
In the early years of trying to make sense of what was happening with Nicholas, I subscribed to a gamut of therapies from the mainstream to the alternative, desperate for help and solutions to a… Read More
Kindness is free
Generally, a 19-year-old would be thinking of pursuing his higher education, skills training, career, love life, recreational activities and oh….the so many interesting and exciting things to do for a young person on the cusp… Read More
Better Than That!
NICHOLAS is 19 going 20. He is tall, almost a six-footer, tanned and quiet, that is, until he sees cars, lorries and buses. Diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) at 2, he has led a rather supervised life.… Read More