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  • Rituals
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  • Huge thanks
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  • Mainstream School!
  • When amazing things happen
  • Back to earth with a bump
  • Bring on the Blanket
  • Happy Birthday Franklin 🥳
  • The Mainstream Dream
  • The beat of the drum goes round and round
  • Sick and Tired
  • Mummy I want a drink!
  • 4 and Fabulous!
  • A boys best friend
  • A little New Year plea
  • Festive fallout!
  • Brotherly Love
  • A voice without words
  • To be Frank …lin The Early Signs
  • Hello
  • Diagnosis

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  • OT are you listening?!👂
  • Zip it!
  • Where words fail, Music speaks
  • Celebrating the wins
  • Risk vs Reward – The struggle is real
  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…
  • Rituals
  • PECS in action!
  • Sensory Seeker
  • A very Good Bye…
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  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • Happy Holidays! (kind of)
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  • The Jury’s out
  • Playtime ⭐️
  • OT are you listening?!👂
  • Thunda and Blue Skies
  • Zip it!
  • Where words fail, Music speaks
  • Spinning in Circles
  • Celebrating the wins
  • Risk vs Reward – The struggle is real
  • Coping strategy?
  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…
  • Rituals
  • PECS in action!
  • 🙈
  • Sensory Seeker
  • A very Good Bye…
  • Helpless
  • Sunflower Lanyard Scheme
  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • Happy Holidays! (kind of)
  • Dark Den.. attempt 2
  • Life is a balancing act
  • Just like everyone else…
  • Move up Day!
  • Huge thanks
  • Autism and Play
  • Spinning in Circles
  • Mainstream School!
  • When amazing things happen
  • Back to earth with a bump
  • Bring on the Blanket
  • Happy Birthday Franklin 🥳
  • The Mainstream Dream
  • The beat of the drum goes round and round
  • Sick and Tired
  • Mummy I want a drink!
  • 4 and Fabulous!
  • A boys best friend
  • A little New Year plea
  • Festive fallout!
  • Brotherly Love
  • A voice without words
  • To be Frank …lin The Early Signs
  • Hello
  • Diagnosis

Back to school

spinningincircles 31st Aug 2021

Preparations are in full force now for Franklin’s return to school.  I hope he’s still smiling like this on Thursday morning! 😬🤞🏻 Returning to school is always an enormous struggle for him. One that requires a lot of visual preparation, support …

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Jacuzzi time

spinningincircles 18th Aug 2021

Franklin loves water. It provides a multitude of stimulations in the form of sights, sound, feel and taste (!) and his constant need for sensory stimulation draws him to it. The sensory experience for him must be magical. It also …

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Some days are just..

spinningincircles 2nd Aug 2021

Preparations were in full swing from first thing this morning for a trip to the park.  A calm relaxed morning for Franklin, his sensory needs had been managed and met to ensure he had the input he needs to help …

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Just chillin’

spinningincircles 28th Jul 2021

Franklin is constantly seeking vestibular input. Sensory activities that invert the head stimulate the vestibular system and can provide a strong dose of what he is seeking. This helps to keep him regulated and therefore (hopefully!) reduce meltdowns.  He’s been …

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The Juggle

spinningincircles 20th Jul 2021

We had a little visit to the playground today while it was quiet, before all the other schools close their doors for summer. After a fair amount of preparation, tears and ear defenders (for me, his refusal was piercing!) we …

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Calm after the storm

spinningincircles 25th Jun 2021

After a turbulent week for Franklin, this is how Thunda works his magic. Thunda is trained to put comforting pressure on Franklin’s legs. He also doesn’t move or flinch at all with Franklin’s erratic movements.  The effect is a much …

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Mama

spinningincircles 15th Jun 2021

I’ve had days where I felt so sad and drained and the tears wouldn’t stop, my pity party for one.  Days of not feeling I could get out of bed in the morning, not wanting to.  Watching you struggling to …

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Who would have thought it?!

spinningincircles 6th Jun 2021

Who would have thought it?! This time last year I wrote a post celebrating Franklin’s first walk out of the front door without a major meltdown. It was a short 50 metre walk to the post box and back but …

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Pica party for one!

spinningincircles 1st Jun 2021

So far today Franklin has attempted to eat stones, soil, sand (succeeded, I was too slow), and there was a very close call with a snail 🤢  What fun we’re having in the garden! God forbid I try to get him …

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Sweet Talk

spinningincircles 10th May 2021

Another new word attempt! Not sure I could be more excited right now! I really have to stop myself giving him 30 bags of haribo every day due to my own excitement at hearing him say ‘swee’!  School have been …

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  • OT are you listening?!👂
  • Zip it!
  • Where words fail, Music speaks
  • Celebrating the wins
  • Risk vs Reward – The struggle is real
  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…
  • Rituals
  • PECS in action!
  • Sensory Seeker
  • A very Good Bye…
  • Helpless
  • Sunflower Lanyard Scheme
  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • Happy Holidays! (kind of)
  • Autism Awareness Week
  • Lockdown
  • Super 6!
  • International Women’s Day
  • The Jury’s out
  • Playtime ⭐️
  • OT are you listening?!👂
  • Thunda and Blue Skies
  • Zip it!
  • Where words fail, Music speaks
  • Spinning in Circles
  • Celebrating the wins
  • Risk vs Reward – The struggle is real
  • Coping strategy?
  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…
  • Rituals
  • PECS in action!
  • 🙈
  • Sensory Seeker
  • A very Good Bye…
  • Helpless
  • Sunflower Lanyard Scheme
  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • We’re in Autism Parenting Magazine!
  • Happy Holidays! (kind of)
  • Dark Den.. attempt 2
  • Life is a balancing act
  • Just like everyone else…
  • Move up Day!
  • Huge thanks
  • Autism and Play
  • Spinning in Circles
  • Mainstream School!
  • When amazing things happen
  • Back to earth with a bump
  • Bring on the Blanket
  • Happy Birthday Franklin 🥳
  • The Mainstream Dream
  • The beat of the drum goes round and round
  • Sick and Tired
  • Mummy I want a drink!
  • 4 and Fabulous!
  • A boys best friend
  • A little New Year plea
  • Festive fallout!
  • Brotherly Love
  • A voice without words
  • To be Frank …lin The Early Signs
  • Hello
  • Diagnosis
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