Loving with Autism Update: Ironing Posted on July 30, 2018August 1, 2018 by Julie Cross Thomas likes to come us on our toes and make sure we are doing the ironing just right! We keep him on his toes with a quick change in who is doing the ironing.
Loving with Autism: Shoes Posted on July 2, 2018July 3, 2018 by Julie Cross One of the many challenges we had with Thomas was buying him new shoes… he wouldn’t sit still, he hated anybody touching his feet and he would start screaming as soon as we got close to a shoe shop… Mostly we didn’t know exactly why he hated it so much, but he did… and I […]
Loving with Autism: Driving to School Posted on May 21, 2018May 27, 2018 by Julie Cross Today as I watched Thomas walk into school… after he had driven there… and I have to pinch myself… he is driving… well I had a moment of reflection… He is doing so great and he is going to be ok… for all of the kicked in walls, the swearing, the spitting, the broken windows […]
Autism Awareness Month Posted on April 20, 2018April 27, 2018 by Julie Cross In this month that is Autism Awareness month I share a poem that captures some of the journey that is Autism. Mum, what will I eat, why are the cornflakes that colour, I don’t like how you looked at me and do you know the name of that fella, Percy is green Thomas the Tank […]
Autism Poem for Autism Awareness Month Posted on April 13, 2018April 16, 2018 by Julie Cross In this month that is Autism Awareness month I share a poem that captures some of the journey that is Autism. Mum, what will I eat, why are the cornflakes that colour, I don’t like how you looked at me and do you know the name of that fella, Percy is green Thomas the Tank […]
Loving with Autism: Tom is 17! Posted on April 3, 2018April 6, 2018 by Julie Cross In true Thomas style he went and bought his cake, made, decorated it and bought his candles for it… he bought his birthday balloons too and we celebrated with him. If you had told me when Tom was 2 or 3 or 9 that Thomas would be achieving what he is today at 17 I […]
Loving with Autism Update: First Official Driving Lesson Posted on March 22, 2018March 27, 2018 by Julie Cross Well I had put it off and today we had to really get started…so first official driving lesson… and the reason I went as well was not just to make sure I was saying the right things to him… because you see we know with Autism, what they hear they remember and remember and remember, […]
Loving with Autism Update: A Letter Posted on March 1, 2018March 5, 2018 by Julie Cross When we were in the midst of our grief and devastation and Autism was so loud and Thomas was smashing walls and windows and swearing and I was doing a lot of howling and a little swearing myself… well we weren’t easy to live beside… I felt the judgements of neighbours and at this point […]
Loving with Autism Update: Senior Badge Posted on February 5, 2018February 6, 2018 by Julie Cross On Friday Thomas received his ‘Senior’ badge as he begins this final year at school. Leaders were presented with their Leadership Badges too… and as we celebrated them and they talked about the role of Leadership and what it looks like I couldn’t help but reflect… Although Thomas never received a leadership role, (which is […]
Loving with Autism Update: Back to School Posted on January 22, 2018January 24, 2018 by Julie Cross As we prepare to go back to school this week, and into Year 12 for Thomas, I was reflecting on his journey, and thinking that back then I really couldn’t see how we could possibly make it to here… From pre-school when he was first diagnosed and still couldn’t really talk too much… and then […]
