>I've been avoiding most things this week but most of all I've been avoiding tomorrow and now it's nearly here... Tomorrow we have to go back to school - the same school that excluded my son recently. The same school that he feels sick about going to. And why? because everyone agrees he has to [...]
>We have been travelling this week. Yesterday me, Laurie and hector left Glasgow at 11.00am and went by train to Chippenham in Wiltshire. We were on the train, accompanied by loads of luggage for 6 and a half hours!!! No toilet stops for the dog and he was, as ever a star…There wasn’t much room [...]
>A wave of relief went through the house yesterday. here is the entrance to our house - called main door taken by Laurie We had our second visit with the child and family heath team. Tim and I had our own psychiatrist and Laurie had his own; ) Laurie stayed with her for the whole [...]
>Oh well - one step forward another step back. After the success on Monday we had a bit of a day yesterday. As we started walking to meet the school educational psychologist Laurie suddenly stopped walking and refused to move. We tried everything we could to get him moving. Tim even tried picking him up [...]
>hector the rescue dog. the sweetest natured dog on the planet and so what we need... hector What a day... Had our first visit to the family and child health psychiatric unit. met a nice woman called Dianne. Laurie actually spoke to her so she's started building a picture. I was so aware of all [...]
>think I survived the school meeting but am feeling very teary and vulnerable (those who know me would be surprised). tried to find ways to encourage laurie back to the school after easter. he is desperate at the idea. We need time to think. I gave the Glasgow family and Child Health Centre a thumbs [...]
>feeling defeated tonight - in anticipation of an early morning meeting with the headmistress tomorrow. I know she'll patronise me and make me feel like shit. I was supposed to meet with the educational psychologist attached to the school today but he put me off till next week. That will leave me exactly one week [...]
>When you've always been strong and feel that nothing could get you it strikes hard that the world can suddenly turn upside down. And even when all of your friends and family support you it is so easy to feel alone when confronted by the mightly faceless powerful "LEA" of wherever you live. So our [...]
>Well a few days later and we're surviving the aftermath of the exclusion. We got the report of the incident and it was a very poorly written document full of subjective comments and emotive language. I have prepared a 4 page reply which is very measured, contains quotations from government documents and the National Autistic [...]
yes I need some buffers. I've been bashed around a bit in the last few days and I need some cotton wool. My son has been excluded from school - his behaviour is unacceptable.... he has had a 'meltdown' (common terminology in the world of aspergers syndrome) there is construction work going on at his [...]
