I can see the light in you, The one you think is gone, Creation battles for you, Inspiration for your dreams.

Now what shall I move onto next. Ah yes, DENTISTS. OMG! Dentists! Bad enough seeing them in the first place for yourself but for a child? ! And one on the spectrum? Oh no!

Have you ever thought about creative interests and WHAT you could be inspired by? As you probably know there are people who have the love of creativity and others who have the love for science.

Did you think medical appointments were finished with the very first post? Well now you know I wasn’t.

There is a whole new level of need with medical appointments or emergencies with a child on the spectrum. I can’t remember our mother making special comments about the appointment.

I’m going to talk about something I never imagined myself to write about. Games. There are so many different ones. Ones you play alone, ones you play with other people.

I think I have spoken about how people on the spectrum has black and white thinking. In case you don’t know what it is, they see it from one or the other.

I know that you are very well aware of how people on the autism spectrum deal (or don’t) with disappointment if you care for one or know one in person.

When we went to get Johnathan assessed to see if he was on the autism spectrum, one of the things said to me was that anyone on the spectrum didn’t have imagination.

We have just had the school nurse now and it was an excellent meeting. She made some very good suggestions and I thought I might share some of it with you.

And you’re thinking “What on earth is she talking about? Runner or stayer? And combine it with autism? All children run from their parents at some point or other!

I have spoken about how autism can bring terrible rage and frustration in meltdowns. Accompanying that can be head banging.

This is quite an interesting one when you consider the fact that there are already issues with speech already.

I was talking to a friend this morning and she was talking to me about her grandson. He’s about a year old and getting very interested in things.

I don’t know how much you know about frustration levels and autism, but it can be the thing that leads to a meltdown.

Have you ever thought a child has done something really weird and for no reason that you can see at all?

I guess this is quite a weird one for me to write about. You see, neither Kevin nor Johnathan believed in friendship particularly, or were bothered by it.

Masking? What is it? Well, you can be glad that I am here to give you the answer to that. It’s not a subject often raised to parents who don’t have children on the spectrum.

This has definitely been a weird day for us. There are so many things you do without thinking as parents/carer/guardian.

One thing I would like to talk about is the impact on (ok I’m going to use this word for ease in the post) carers who is looking after a person with autism. Because, you see, it often doesn’t end.