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I was born in Lancashire in 1975 to parents who instilled a combination of strict discipline and love in equal measures upon myself and my two sisters. There is often a misconception that children with Aspergers misbehave, that they are just naughty. As a child it never occurred to me that I could answer my […]

A friend just sent me a link to a story about polar bears cavorting with huskies in the wild (thank you), and, more relevantly, in my subsequent meanderings on the website of Speaking of Faith, a programme in the american public radio stable, I stumbled across, and am currently listening to its latest offering: Being […]

“The Government’s objective, broadly expressed, is that every person, whatever his level of academic ability, whether he be rich or poor, whether he live in town or country, has a right, as a citizen, to a free education of the kind for which he is best fitted and to the fullest extent of his powers. […]

When a news organisation reports on a “new” treatment for autism, you should hear the alarm bells go off in your head — and that’s certainly the case with the Australian Nine Network’s report this week on the work of Matthew Israel, who runs the Judge Rotenberg Centre in Massachusetts.
Israel is a behaviourist who fits […]

As with many people I came into the autism world because of a child, my son, although he didn’t have that label until he was 12. I’ve checked with him that I can share my version of his story.
My children are the longest and most creative venture I have ever undertaken and as such […]

For some reason I’ve been thinking alot recently of a book that was published last year and that I enjoyed greatly. It is Voices from the Spectrum: Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, People with Autism, and Professionals Share Their Wisdom. It’s the kind of book I would like to see a whole lot more of, a symphony […]

I have just read the article by by Michelle Dawson – Autism and ABA in the UK – a controlled trial. This article has brought me great peace, and validated early advice and my own gut feelings.
I was fortunate enough to have an excellent speech language therapist for a few short months when my […]

Working from estimates that one in every 150 of us resides on the autistic spectrum, I have just discovered, with the Statistics NZ population clock as my guide, the possibility that 27,910 people in New Zealand currently experience life from this perspective.
Added to this group are those who are trying to understand what a position […]

Aspergers syndrome? You may well ask. I did not think or even know about it until recently. I’m in my 40s and have just been diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome. I also found out I’m dyslexic.
Apparently, often people with Aspergers will have other learning difficulties. Dyslexia alone would be bad enough (but I think about 10 […]

The development of the Evidence-Based Guideline for Autism Spectrum Disorder is a significant cross-government project. The Guideline will be for anyone supporting or working with a people with autism, such as professionals or family members, who will be guided by what is known as ‘best practice’ according to internationally peer reviewed research. For those with […]