The Aupair

The Rose has been away baby sitting for two weeks during this summer holiday. She went to my home town near Wales and stayed with my sister and brother in law to look …

Proud

This week The Rose completed her first year of college. Like the rest of her large year group, she is with people who all failed to achieve any recognised paper …

SOS

Any parent worries how their offspring will cope in an emergency. We try to prepare them as best we can, but short of covering ourselves in tomato sauce and lying …

Waving (not drowning)

In many ways parenting an autistic person is like being autistic yourself. It’s so difficult to explain and so bloody complex- it’s like being on a desert island with no …