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Loving with (Autism) Being Thomas Update: Thomas has been doing her Certificate 3 in Hospitality

Posted on September 26, 2019October 1, 2019 by Julie Cross

Loving with (Autism) Being Thomas Update: Thomas has been doing her Certificate 3 in Hospitality… this is Renee from ‘Foot in the Door Training’ where he is doing his Certificate… He is coming towards the end of his course and called in to see how Thomas was going and this is what she […]

Loving with Autism: A poem during tough times

Posted on September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 by Julie Cross

I have been spending some time writing my book around Living and Loving with Autism for the first 18 years… not sure of a title yet… perhaps ‘Fu*# off Mummy and other great moments?’ hehehe Jokes… But found this poem I wrote when we in amongst a tough time… shows where we have been and […]

Loving with Autism Update: Thomas got his ‘P’s

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Julie Cross

Hi friends Julie Cross here. So today something really special happened, and it’s something that’s special that happens in every parent’s life. And it’s already happened in my life once where my other son Jack got his ‘P’s, it was that moment … It’s one of those big moments it’s one of those touch points […]

Shout out Tuesday…

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Julie Cross

Today I want to do a shout out to all of those people flying under the radar… We so readily give applause and recognition to the big comebacks (and I am not saying they don’t deserve it), you know the people that lost the 30 kilos in weight, the people that came back from being […]

Simply great sushi service!

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Julie Cross

Hey friends, Julie Cross here. Gotta tell you about this service experience. I did a post this morning regarding great service and connecting, et cetera, and I just had this fabulous experience and I had to tell you about it. And, it’s just, it’s the simple stuff, it really is. There’s a new sushi bar […]

Loving with Autism Update: Restaurants

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Julie Cross

Loving with Autism Update: You may remember the times when Thomas didn’t really DO restaurants… and then when we finally got him to one they had to have hot chips… and then there was the times he would just eat and leave and I would be left on my own… Well tonight HE asked ME […]

Service, service, service!! What happened to service??

Posted on August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 by Julie Cross

Hi there, Julie Cross here, just want to talk about the power of connection when it comes to inspiring people to do business with you. And that is the one on one connection, from obviously the people at the front which is your team members, the people on the front line. You know, we keep […]

Parenting into Adulthood

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Julie Cross

When Thomas recently turned 18 I was asked a lot if I am ‘worried’ about him drinking… and worried about the drug thing… and then there is girls… eek… And of course I am aware of parenting him through all of this. When Jack got his licence I got asked by people wether I ‘worry’ […]

Loving with Kids and Autism Update: Giving them Space!

Posted on August 7, 2019August 9, 2019 by Julie Cross

As I talk to parents and children around Resilience, risk taking and confidence building inevitably the conversation comes to the balance between giving our children room to grow and keeping them safe… and I have no definitive answers or right or wrong that is for sure… but I do know I recognised this gift when […]

Loving with Autism Update: Mum, look at me…

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Julie Cross

You may have noticed that children and adults on the spectrum really don’t enjoy eye contact so much. So early on it was a big focus. School was focusing on it, we were focusing on teaching him to do the ‘socially acceptable’ thing and look at people when he spoke to the. Our place started […]