I know, know……. every month should be Autism awareness month! In fairness, in our home and in all of our work, our day to day is proudly Autism focused as just part of the nature of what we do! However, Archie and I both agree that its super helpful to have an official celebration month because it encourages those people who are not directly linked with autism to have a slightly greater understanding of what life is like for families like ours. The great bits, the really sad bits, the scary bits, the medical worries BUT also the celebrations the personal successes!
This half term we decided to put our own spin on the awareness spreading.
We created a short illustrated poem (narrated by Awesome Archie himself) and have spent much of the Easter Break creating silly content just to get people talking.
We took our promotional banner on holiday with us to Center Parcs AND we left Awesome Archie badges with positive messages for other families to find 🙂
Link to a clip of our adventures here https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jx1yN_TS9No
Link to our Autism awareness poem here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gj2bi91kYY
Living with a neurological difference can be heavy going, so we wanted to spread some joy 🙂 ANYTHING to get people talking about Autism!!!
These last few weeks have been a real test for me personally. Being a parent carer is tough, especially if you are neurodivergent yourself. I spend so much of my time trying to ensure my kids can regulate when I often need time to regulate myself! This is where my work helps me. Living my tough moments through a Camera lens and sharing these experiences is really helpful for my well being. I have no idea why, I can only assume its because the camera creates a ” buffer” between what’s actually happening and I then feel a lot more in control?. So thank you. Thank you to all of our followers, thanks for the shares, the thumbs ups, the views. We really appreciate it!
So we will continue to endlessly chat about Autism. We will share the good, the bad and the ugly in our continued effort to support the neurodivergent community because lets face it…… you’re AWESOME!!!
