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  • 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

Spinning in Circles

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  • 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
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  • 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

Mainstream School!

spinningincircles 8th May 2019

Franklin is now in his final term of Reception (sob!!) at his mainstream school and we are starting to plan the transition into Year 1, and all the changes that come with it. I wrote this blog post shortly after …

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Back to earth with a bump

spinningincircles 8th Apr 2019

3rd day into our Pembrokeshire break and it’s been far from rainbows. Franklin has cried, screamed, rocked in a ball and had meltdowns galore since we arrived. As I always do I’ve tried to prepare him as much as I …

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When amazing things happen

spinningincircles 5th Apr 2019

To be honest I don’t know how I’ve managed to write this now because I am only just about holding it together (as in not at all), but I wanted to post it today so here goes. As a mum …

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Bring on the Blanket

spinningincircles 30th Mar 2019

Children with autism often seek out deep pressure sensations. Franklin does this…. a LOT.  Deep touch pressure is a therapeutic tool used for autism. Created to mimic the benefits of deep touch pressure therapy, weighted blankets have been shown to …

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Happy Birthday Franklin 🥳

spinningincircles 20th Mar 2019

Today my gorgeous boy turned 5.  I never imagined his 5th birthday would be quite like this. I never thought he wouldn’t have a clue that it was his birthday, or that he wouldn’t understand what a birthday even is. …

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The Mainstream Dream

spinningincircles 3rd Mar 2019

Choosing a school for Franklin has been one of the hardest decisions we’ve ever had to make. Everyone; professionals, friends, family said to me “go with your gut, you’ll get a feeling”, but my gut told me nothing and the …

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The beat of the drum goes round and round

spinningincircles 19th Feb 2019

Many children with autism have auditory sensitivities to specific sounds. Covering their ears is one way to lessen the auditory input.  Franklin cannot tolerate some random sounds. If we are in the garden for example and he hears a motorbike …

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Sick and Tired

spinningincircles 10th Feb 2019

It’s been a tough week. I hate when he’s poorly. I know it’s awful when any of our kids are poorly, but what I find heartbreaking is Franklin doesn’t understand and cannot tell me what he’s feeling.  Whenever my daughter …

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Mummy I want a drink!

spinningincircles 30th Jan 2019

I’m feeling incredibly proud today. Franklin has progressed onto 3 pictures on the PECS sentence strip. He now can add a mummy, daddy or Tabitha picture to the strip when making a request to whichever one of us he chooses.  …

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4 and Fabulous!

spinningincircles 25th Jan 2019

With Franklin’s birthday approaching, my thoughts go back to what we did last year. Your child’s birthday is usually such a magical day, filled with fun and excitement. Unfortunately this isn’t quite the case in our house. Not when it’s …

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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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