Greg's Birthday Last Friday was Greg's nineteenth Birthday and a day of Birthday celebrations were planned. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how we were planning on surprising him with a surprise Zakynthos 'Intrepid Explorers' group walk (the fun name that we use to call a small group of us that ... [ Read More ]
Surprise!
Surprise! This week has been a week of surprises. Greg's will be celebrating his nineteenth birthday next week (scary - where has the time gone?), and a couple of weeks ago he surprised us by saying he wanted to celebrate his birthday by going on a walk with a few people he's got to feel ... [ Read More ]
The Zakynthos Walking Group Is Great For So Many Reasons
Aspergers And Social Awkwardness Aspergers and social awkwardness go hand in hand, for someone with Aspergers feeling socially awkward is the norm. Feeling comfortable in company does not come easily to people with Aspergers syndrome. Being in the company of others is a constant struggle, as ... [ Read More ]
Parenting A Child On The Autistic Spectrum…
Parenting A Child On The Autistic Spectrum Is Testing Parenting Any Child Is No Easy Task... But for me and many other parents like me, parenting a child on the autistic spectrum has been one hell of a roller coaster ride, and one that I can see no end to (I've never even liked roller ... [ Read More ]
That Bumbling Feeling…
You know the one... It's that feeling where you don't seem to know your arse from your elbow and you feel as if your are bumbling from one thing to the next, never seeming to complete anything. Please don't tell me I'm the only one. That could be the straw that breaks the camels ... [ Read More ]
Learning To Plan
This Week... I've been trying to teach my son to plan. He may be eighteen now, but due to his Aspergers he is unable to plan things for himself. Just doing daily things like washing, dressing, brushing his teeth, eating and drinking can leave him flummoxed and it's worse now he's left school and ... [ Read More ]
Aspergers And Common Sense
Aspergers And Common Sense People with Aspergers Syndrome are no less intelligent than the next person, in fact they are often of above average intelligence (which sadly, isn't always immediately obvious), but they do lack common sense. One Good Example Of Greg's Greg's has always had a ... [ Read More ]
Aspergers Syndrome: Raising Awareness
Aspergers Syndrome: Raising Awareness As some of you may know last year my son Greg's was diagnosed with having Aspergers Syndrome. The diagnosis did not come as a surprise to us. In fact, it was very much a relief, as we have always been aware that he is very different from other ... [ Read More ]
One Of The Problems In Greece…
Is That No One Seems To Know The System... Was it really only ten days ago that I was feeling refreshed, positive and strong for 2015? Oh how things have changed in such a short time!...It is only January the 10th and I am feeling stressed, frazzled and mentally exhausted. For anyone who ... [ Read More ]
Totally Disillusioned…
All Change...In More Ways Than One! I had planned a different, more upbeat post for today, but after taking my son to one of his therapies I am feeling rather peeved and a touch disillusioned to say the least. It was not so long ago that I was feeling full of hope for our sons future, after what ... [ Read More ]
It’s Okay To Admit When Things Are Hard Going
Life Isn't Easy...Not for any of us. We all have times when we find things hard going, but how often do we put on a brave face and pretend that things are all hunky-dory? Why do we feel that we can't admit when we are not coping well or are finding things hard going? It's never easy to admit ... [ Read More ]
Two Months With Flossie…
Flossie is as you may have already read in my previous post The Story Of The Dumped Dog That Has Found Her Forever Home, a stray that we were originally only fostering for two weeks until she recovered from being spayed, but she was so sweet we decided to keep her. How Flossie Has Settled ... [ Read More ]
Yesterday We Learned That There Is Therapy For Dysphagia…
Dysphagia as I learned yesterday is the official name for when a person has trouble chewing, swallowing and eating in general. I have to be honest and say that even though Greg's has had problems chewing and swallowing all of his life, it never occurred to us that it was a recognised condition that ... [ Read More ]
Finally, We Have An Official Diagnosis For Our Son
Finally, We Have An Official Diagnosis For Our Son I want to write this post partly as a way of getting my head around the fact that we have finally got the official diagnosis we have wanted for so long, and partly to let other parents know that they are not alone in getting a late diagnosis for ... [ Read More ]