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  • Coping strategy?
  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…
  • Rituals
  • PECS in action!
  • 🙈
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  • A very Good Bye…
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  • 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

Spinning in Circles

he, me, and ASD

  • Home
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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

Worth the wait!

spinningincircles 5th Aug 2020

6 1/2 years, but my god it was worth the wait! I can’t even begin to describe the feeling of hearing him say ‘mama’ for the first time. I was flooded with every emotion. For so many years I’ve wondered if …

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Three photos that tell a story

spinningincircles 24th Jul 2020

Three photos that capture the story of our holiday perfectly. The first photo signifies the first few days. Franklin always struggles when we arrive anywhere different, whether thats another county or even just a park 10 minutes from home. This …

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Sensory Home Gym!

spinningincircles 3rd Jul 2020

Thank you so much to the wonderful autism support group REACH North West for our fantastic ‘Sensory Home Gym’. What a brilliant project to bring the fun indoors for our children during these uncertain times. ⁣ ⁣ Franklin has huge …

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He, Me and 123

spinningincircles 18th Jun 2020

I’m astonished but also extremely excited! Franklin is actually learning to count!! To put this into perspective, he had done very little to no number or maths work before lockdown and homeschool. He did not know the basic numbers 1-10 …

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Strength in Numbers

spinningincircles 21st May 2020

I’ve been working on ordering/sequencing with Franklin, to follow on from him now recognising the numbers by word, and he’s nailed the 1-10 order within a few days! For info I started by using a 1-5 number line and repeated …

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7 days and counting 🥣

spinningincircles 14th May 2020

7 days and counting 🥣 I’m all too aware we are now getting to the point when this could all change. Franklin has many times enjoyed a particular food and then suddenly developed an aversion to it, to the point …

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One small step for man…

spinningincircles 1st May 2020

One small step for man… one giant leap for Franklin After becoming a hermit for the past few weeks, Franklin is now coping with a little walk every day 🙌🏻 We are showing him a ‘walk’ picture symbol and also a …

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Lockdown Lockdown

spinningincircles 7th Apr 2020

Franklin is struggling. Being completely thrown out of his routine so suddenly has been difficult for him to process. The first week consisted mostly of meltdowns, screaming and tears for the majority of each day. This week has progressed onto …

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Franklin in the News

spinningincircles 4th Apr 2020

Franklin is in The Bolton News! Thank you to The Bolton News for helping to raise awareness of the unique difficulties additional needs parents have in this time of lockdown. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18356800.mum-autistic-child-shares-home-schooling-experience/

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Autism Awareness Week

spinningincircles 31st Mar 2020

Autism Awareness Week last year was incredible, with all the children in Franklin’s school recreating the autism puzzle piece which we captured from above. It was amazing in every way possible and a day I will never forget. (Thank you …

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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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