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Why do I feel like I have to say ‘thank you’?

It’s the same feeling everywhere I go, at the park, at the pool, in cafes or…
How a typical child develops (from observation, experience and a little background knowledge!)

Watching a typical child develop is a bittersweet reminder of how Trudy’s development differed and differs.…
Are we living in a risk-averse world?

There has recently been a resurgence of discussion around pre-natal screening for Down’s Syndrome because of…
What If?

What if children had time to spend with their family? What if there was no one…
The highs and lows of child planning meetings

We have had two child planning meetings now with Trudy in her new setting. In the…
Do we need paperwork?

It’s not the most exciting content for a blog post but bear with me. We all…
What it actually means to be an almost 4 year old with a learning disability

“She’s got a developmental age of a 2 year old” is a common misconception of what…
Including Trudy

It has never been straightforward to just ‘include’ Trudy. Patrick moved seamlessly up to the next…
It’s not a race

After having a child who has learned everything so quickly, it was very strange to then…