Autism AND Mental Health

Autism AND Mental Health

It’s time for this months Autism In Company video. Ros and I are talking about autism and mental health. We discuss the differences between mental health issues as part of autism, and mental health diagnoses as a co-morbid condition. In addition we suggest some...
Ten Ways To Reduce Anxiety

Ten Ways To Reduce Anxiety

Senses heightened, everything is amplified, the world feels too fast and too loud. The feeling that something is wrong or that something bad is about to happen. This is anxiety. If you experience it you will want to find ways to reduce anxiety. According to the...
Mindfulness Practise And The Benefits.

Mindfulness Practise And The Benefits.

Recently I’ve talked a lot about mindfulness practise and the benefits I’m seeing as a result of regular practise. Today I want to write about mindfulness in more detail. I’ve seen a reduction in anxiety, overwhelm and autistic meltdowns as a result...
Robin Williams

Robin Williams

I woke this morning to the news that Robin Williams is dead. By suicide. The man who has made me laugh all my life was so unhappy, in so much pain that he saw only one way out. The man responsible for Mork, Mrs Doubtfire, Parry and Armand Goldman wasn’t always...
An Update & Some News

An Update & Some News

Last week I wrote this post, explaining the situation I was in with the school taking interest in the contents of my blog. I mentioned that I was pretty sure that another Mother had probably complained about it to the head. Within an hour of publishing the post I was...