Category: Autism

Loving with Autism Update: Yesterday I dropped Thomas off to his final Legacy Youth Camp… the final one because he will no longer be the ‘youth’ but will be an adult next year! As we walked in I was immediately swept up in so many emotions… As a new family walked in… a Mum with […]

Truth is since Thomas finished school, work has been busy and I haven’t had much time and space to reflect… and reflect I need to do… somebody asked me the other day what Thomas will do next year and my reply was, ‘I really can’t talk about it yet, I can’t think about it… I […]

I just ring Thomas from an airport coming up from work to check in. Thomas: Hey Mum. Me: How Tom, how are you? Tom: Good! Tom: Mum, are you inside or outside? (A question he asks everybody on the phone ) Me: Inside Tom… inside the airport waiting for the plane. Me: Thomas are you […]

When Thomas started his school journey I remember dropping him off to the class room and left him screaming as I went to the Grade 1 Mummy’s morning Tea and falling into a snivelling mess… wondering how on earth this little boy that wasn’t able to talk yet and communicate with those around him was […]

Three people in my building this week have stopped me and said, ‘That tall young man called Thomas is your son?’ ‘Yes he is’ ‘Well I just have to tell you what a wonderful young man he is… he is always so polite, always takes the time to chat and ask us how we are […]

You may have noticed that Thomas just had his formal… and it is one of those milestones isn’t it? One that while we were in the midst of smashed walls and windows I would wonder if we would ever get to experience with Thomas, but we did and he got a suit and a tie… […]

  Thomas you do us proud! Your Dad is with you in the way you move through the room, the way you laugh and in your gentleness with your Pa… Craig helped you shine your shoes and straighten those sideburns… I was there to gel your hair, cry with pride and delight in how handsome […]

Thomas said to me a couple of months ago… ‘Well, they have told me that I won’t need my support worker at Coffee Club for much longer!’ I say, ‘Thomas that is great news, you are doing such a good job’ He says, ‘Yep, so I guess I won’t be Autistic any more!’ And I […]

I am sitting in the car that Thomas has driven… very grown up and a great driver… getting up those 100 hours and if you look closely you can see Thomas walking on the path here… Why? Well he is going to check out those traffic lights down there… an interest he has had since […]