Questions to the parent of autistic children
I thought I would do a series on answering some of the questions that people might want to ask but maybe not know how to ask a parent of...
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My Square Peg Life Blog
My life, loves, my three autistic children, my stepson, music, food and geekery
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I'm Lauren from Birmingham, UK. I live with my partner Paul and between us we have four children. Three of those children are on the Autism Spectrum and it's a major element of our lives. Alongside being a parent carer I also run a charity for disabled children called Square Peg Activities Ltd.
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I enjoy music, American TV, cocktails, pretty much all food, wearing black and am a big leftie!
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What we're watching...
We're currently watching The Marvellous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime, definitely not one for the kids but it is hilariously funny.
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We're always watching The Big Bang Theory...over and over and over especially as L love it too so he sticks it on at every opportunity.
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L and I recently went to watch Dungeons and Dragons which was a great epic fight type of film. L enjoyed it but said their wen't enough dragon in it...fair point.
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A letter from the past
I wrote this letter in 2015 after months living above the worst neighbours I've experienced (and we've had a lot.) I still can't believe...
Progress for the young one
S - Pulling my hand Me- "What do you want?" S - Pulls hand some more Me - "I...want...?" S - "Bed. Sleep." Wow...that's almost a sentence...
My Nan
My Nan was like one of the crosswords that she did everyday, complicated, difficult to understand sometimes, great when you got it right...
B
She squirrels away in her room all day, or she doesn't leave our side. She hunts out any chocolate in the house and clears the lot before...
Private Landlords Suck
I'm not sure I've ever mentioned where we live, it's a private rental and when we moved in 5 years ago it was with an agent but they only...
Untitled
Imagine having a typically developing 4 year old and then meeting someone online who has two Autistic children and imagine just taking it...
Its happening!
He's going to the same special school as Miss B which does make it easier as I already know the staff, the way things work etc but I am...
This too shall pass
This was a post from two years ago. It's all still 100% true, the issues and obsessions might be different but they all seem to come and...
Gift guide for autistic tween girls
Last week Miss B turned 12...shocking! Even though she's not far off my height now I still can't get over the fact she's growing up so...
Jump off the wagon.
Parenting is amazing and fulfilling but it's also all consuming and exhausting. Add in multiple children and then give them all a bunch...
The calm before the storm
When Baby S was born Paul made the decision to leave his career in accounting (which was just taking off... but hated) to work for...
These two
These two children are both amazing and terrible, they bring us such joy and cause us such anxiety all at the same time! The fact that...
A few days in Scotland
I'm sure not many people are actually interested in our trip to Scotland but for those who are... Knock yourself out. We went up, just...
Not all sunshine and rainbows
I'm definitely a cup half full type of person when talking about the children but even I can't pretent that life with Miss B has taken a...
Guilt
I really thought that almost 12 years into my parenting journey that I would be past Mom guilt. It appears not. I'm currently sitting in...
The brown envelope
Is there anything scarier than when this arrives on the doormat? Well actually there is and that is when two arrive! I've just about...
Parent Carer 2020
Being a parent is tough but being a parent carer is on another level. I think it's fair to say that most of the parent/carers I know...
Parent Carers Uk
When are carers going to be taken seriously and actually paid appropriately for what we do? Carers Allowance is one of the harshest...
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