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"I am a huge believer that we should encourage individuals to be the person they are, and not have them change just to be like everyone else."Read more
Every child develops through play; from building bricks where they can hone those fine motor skills, to the make-believe where they make sense of the world around them.Read more
"Repetitiveness often makes people with autism feel calm. They can predict what will happen, because they have done the same thing many times before."Read more
"If I would make that effort for my children, if I would make that possible for my husband, then I need to see myself just as important."Read more
"I often found that I used to take time out and feed it with negative energy, therefore, not really using it wisely."Read more
"Our family motto is "adapt, improvise and overcome" because let's face it, the life of a special needs family doesn't always go to plan."Read more
"It amazes me that I can do this, partly because I’m left-handed. I tried teaching myself before and... I got in a mess."Read more
"How many famous people with additional needs can you actually name without looking them up?"Read more
"Let’s tear down those barriers, because simply by focusing on peoples’ disabilities, we are immediately excluding them from society’s perception of their worth"Read more
"I personally am very grateful for these shows as they spread an important message, that message being that there are people around us with autism, each so different from each other."Read more
Today the NHS celebrates it's 70th birthday, so does Sue.Read more
"People doubted it would last. People doubted everything about us really. In fact doubt has been a huge player in the last 20 years of my life."Read more
"I’ve always been that person who has had ups and downs in their life; don’t we all? But this time it was something so much more."Read more
"Wyatt was born a collodian baby, this means he had extra skin, he looked like someone had poured boiling water over him"Read more
"This was one of the hardest things to deal with, I knew my boy better than anyone and I knew it was more than a phase."Read more