Author Archives: Sarah

About Sarah

Mother of an autistic child wanting to write about my personal experiences

Forgetting

Sometimes I forget that Beth has autism. Not fully, not ever fully. It’s pretty bloody obvious at times. I don’t have an issue with her having autism. I’m always telling people she’s the easiest of all my kids behaviourally. She’s … Continue reading

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You Tube!

I’ve started a new project which I’m very excited about. As my regular readers would know I’m not adverse to a bit of fame here and there! One of my readers and I have become friends over the last five … Continue reading

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I’m alive!

Hello everybody! Sorry it’s been so long but I know my regular readers know the reason. A month ago I had a brain tumour removed. It was an arduous process leading up to the operation, I was feeling pretty shite … Continue reading

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2 more sleeps til op

I thought I’d pop in quickly and say a few things. Beth has been rather hilarious lately and I didn’t want to forget what she’d done. As often there’s not much to tell on here it’s nice to share how … Continue reading

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Curriculum Day

Beth has a curriculum day today. We have an appointment at Centrelink which I think is ridiculous. I got sent an appointment via email for her to come in for a job assessment interview. I called them and explained that … Continue reading

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Beth’s birthday – 16!

Can you believe my baby is 16?! It just goes so quickly. She’ll be getting a pension shortly (not that I will tell her that at this stage), she’s doing VCAL, she wants to get her learners. I’m not sure … Continue reading

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March 12th 2015

I’ve had Beth home sick for the last 2 weeks. She of course is delighted with this. I haven’t minded it either. She’s pretty easy, she knows she has to stay in bed and read and I don’t have to … Continue reading

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Sorry!

Sorry everybody, I’m back! We bought a new computer in November and when my Bill played some games on it, it got lots of viruses so we had to set it back to factory settings. I had no idea how … Continue reading

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Holidays

We’re having lovely quiet holidays. We bought a second hand spa a couple of months ago and had it installed properly last weekend so we’ve been in it every day since. Our backyard isn’t very big and we had wanted … Continue reading

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Day 2

It’s only the morning of day 2 of the holidays and already I’ve had an eventful morning. We spent yesterday literally doing nothing which was wonderful. I’m finding it hard going, lots of yucky things going on that I wont … Continue reading

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