As you may already know, I am a big fan of the BBC drama, The A Word all about a family dealing with their little boy’s autism. As an autism family myself I like to use the drama to reflect how it has represented my experiences with Autism. I’ve not written for a few weeks,…
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The A Word and a New School
The BBC drama, The A Word, is a great way to get everyone talking about Autism. One of my Autism mum friends the other day said we should be promoting Acceptance rather than Awareness. I can see her point, a lot more people are aware of Autism these days and now they learn how to…
The A Word – Talking to an Autistic Child about Autism
The BBC drama, The A Word, is back on for it’s second series. I really enjoyed the first series and blogged after at lot of the episodes as I have two Autistic children myself. It’s always good to get a program that encourages people talking about autism. courtesy of Keshet International The A Word is…
A Final Word on the A Word – Missing
I didn’t write about the A word last week, it’s not that I didn’t have anything to say, it’s just that I didn’t really know what to say. Unlike many others I was still seeing a desperate mum in Alison, while many others were still disliking her. This week, the last episode, we saw something…
The A Word and the Un-accepting Mum.
As you know I’ve been avidly watching the A-Word, the BBC drama on Tuesday evening at 9pm. Last week the mother of the newly diagnosed autistic child was not painted in a very nice light. As a result she’s not been getting much love or support from the community in general. This week, again she…