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.

Do you ever stop and think about the path you have travelled through the years? Sometimes I like to do so, because although life isn’t perfect.

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

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

Hi all I just wanted to pop in and remind you the Wave of Light is happening on Sunday evening between 7and8pm wherever you are in the world.

In the last ok probably 48 hours, I think I have probably slept 40 of them. The fact I was fighting a migraine and didn’t realise was probably a great part of it.

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.

I don’t know if I’ve told you but with my falls it’s got very frustrating because I know I need to do some kind of exercising but if I do so, I basically have a fall.

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.

I can imagine you understand that yesterday would bring a lot of different emotions in me. But I want to talk about it today, because maybe, just maybe, it can help someone.

One of my friends asked me to write about this, so here I am, doing so. Friendship. Now where can we start on a subject like this?

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

I was just thinking about treasure and the different ways we view it and what we consider to be it. You see, everybody has a different idea.

Do you know I’ve actually wanted to talk about this topic for some time. It’s been brewing away and I hope is finally ready because I’ve tried a couple of times and not got anywhere.

Well here we are at the start of October. This year has gone by SO quickly. I can’t believe we are so close to the end of the year.

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.

Yep, I am moving from lions to degrees. Why? Well, my sister just mentioned the schooling for her daughter and it took me back to my degrees.

was asking one of my friends if she felt that meltdowns were anxiety from her experiences?

Do you know that before I started counselling, I didn’t really think about what I did or the reason why I did it? As I’ve been having more sessions I have been thinking more about the characters I create.

Today I want to talk to you about lions. Lions? After talking to us about ELEPHANTS. Yep. Well, I can probably promise you one thing - you won’t be trying to eat a lion piece by piece.