Archie has been fortunate enough to be at the most remarkable specialist provision for the last 3 years. “The Link” has given Archie so much and every day he grows in confidence and lets his wonderful, quirky personality shine.
On Monday I was lucky enough to be invited to attend one of their “enterprise” mornings. This is where the students have to come up with small business/money making ideas and use all of their available social skills to promote what they are doing. Archie and a friend were quietly resting in the green room when I arrived but , with some support from Hannah and Tom, two of Archie’s AMAZING educators, he soon got into the swing.
Chris, Hannah, Tom and all the other staff members, THANKYOU! What you continue to do for our son is nothing short of a miracle and we are so grateful for all of your care and attention.
“Autism Unlimited” – campaign focus group. 🙂
Archie and I have been fortunate to work with Autism Unlimited since the beginning of this year. So far, we have been lucky enough to take part in their first ever animation, help to spread the message of inclusion, understanding and autism advocacy and meet some truly AMAZING people.
This week , we had another brilliant focus group meeting discussing the campaign moving forward for the rest of this year 🙂 I cant share the deets just yet, but I want you to know that we have some exciting and informative things in the pipeline. Thanks to Emily (Autism Unlimited’s marketing manger) and the rest of the focus group for making our week a really positive one 🙂
And finally, I DID IT!!! I got my neurodiversity inspired tattoo 🙂
My Husband very kindly bought me a tattoo for my birthday. I have been wanting one for so long now, but hadn’t been able to muster the courage to actually go through with it! Since being a full time non profit, my whole outlook on life has changed. My confidence is growing, my metal health is phenomenal (ssshhhh, I don’t want to jinx it!) and I have, at last, found peace with my own eccentricities.
My beautiful new tattoo has been skilfully completed by Blak Rose tattoo in Parley. It is my own design and it represents many of the things that have had an impact on my own life. Obviously, the last 15 years have been filled with brain research. The neurodiverse brain (and the children that own them) is my absolute passion. This passion has blossomed over time through the birth of our children and, obviously, Archie and Herbie’s own neurological differences 😍. The tea cup is in honour of my beautiful mum who sadly passed away in January. She used to sing an old song called “Army Cup of Tea” and so that felt like a fitting tribute. The tiny Mickey heads represent our four incredible kids and my never ending love for all things Disney. Lastly, the autism spectrum infinity symbol… no explanation needed here 😉
Thanks so much for my amazing new arm 🙂 I will now be quietly advocating everywhere I go 🙂
