Author: spinningincircles

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Franklin has been at his new school now for 6 weeks and after an initial settling in period, we’re really starting to see some progress, especially with his expanding vocabulary!   Whilst he cannot say any full words at this point, …

An unspoken bond  Thunda doesn’t see autism or difference, he just sees a little boy who needs his love and comfort more than most.  He is the best therapist 🐕🥰

Today is Autism Awareness Day.  A day dedicated to raising autism awareness and acceptance. I set Spinning in Circles up for this exact reason, to give Franklin a better chance of living in a world that accepts him. Franklin was …

After the success of the sensory den I hired for Franklin’s birthday, I wanted to try and recreate this for him. He’s had a huge amount of change to cope with recently, a calming space at home could be exactly …

As each year passes I’m learning to let go of everything I’ve always been conditioned to believe about celebrating a birthday.  Franklin doesn’t need what everyone else might need on their birthday and that’s ok. We celebrate it his way. …