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What Is Autism To You? OK, here goes..."What is Autism to You?" from an Autistic adult's perspective. Part 1 of 3 in our "What's Normal Anyway" video series. TRIGGER WARNINGS: incl...

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Stimming | What's That? This week's episode of "What's That?" is about autistic STIMMING.

Love this video - really explains why some of our children need to move and fiddle so much

Stimming | What's That? This week's episode of "What's That?" is about autistic STIMMING.

Calling all adoptive parents we're doing a survey on support and would value your input..
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We are holding a conference in November for those working or living with vulnerable children and young people. What are the top five issues you would want to hear about?

Summer time and the living was easy....sometimes. http://www.braveheartadoptionsupport.co.uk/blog/2014/08/summer-time-and-the-living-was-easy-well-some-of-the-time/

Summer time and the living was easy….well some of the time! | BraveHeart Adoption Coaching Thoughts are off summer and back to the daily routine of school and work for next week. As I reflect back on our summer break though I am encouraged in some ways that we have progressed as a family over the last six years since our children were placed with us. I remember the very first summer when…

It's been a while since I've done a blog due to summer madness but few thought this week on the pressure on marriages for adopters
http://www.braveheartadoptionsupport.co.uk/blog/2014/08/the-adoption-relationship-dilemma/

The adoption relationship dilemma | BraveHeart Adoption Coaching This week I was asked to give my opinion on a dilemma discussed on our local radio show BBC WM. Whilst I don’t like to make judgements on other peoples lives I have thought a lot since about this particular dilemma and how the essence of it impacts most adopters I know.

For those with teenagers.....
Wow this explains some things for me - how the teenage brain works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiduiTq1ei8&feature=youtu.be

http://www.braveheartadoptioncoaching.co.uk/blog/2014/04/a-lonely-place/

A lonely place | BraveHeart Adoption Coaching Being an adoptive parent can be a lonely business sometimes. When you feel that very few understand the pains involved and the challenges. When your child tells you they just want to be with their ‘proper’ mum or that they wished you would have a heart attack and die or that they wished they never c…

How much should we expect of our children? http://www.braveheartadoptioncoaching.co.uk/blog/2014/01/how-much-should-we-expect-of-our-children/

How much should we expect of our children? | BraveHeart Adoption Coaching The balance between unrealistic expectations and hoping for the best is sometimes had to strike with adopted children. I am forever trying to temper my expectations of what my children can do with the reality of their difficulties. This week whilst we were on Christmas break this struggle hit me har...

Life is a series of problems we must solve....http://www.braveheartadoptionsupport.co.uk/blog/2013/11/life-is-a-series-of-problems-we-must-solve/

Life is a series of problems we must solve | BraveHeart Adoption Coaching ‘Life is a series of problems that we must solve – one then the next then the next until we die’. – Downton Abbey

http://www.braveheartadoptioncoaching.co.uk/blog/2013/10/birthday-bizarre/

Birthday bizarre | BraveHeart Adoption Coaching Our youngest had a birthday this week – all three children now in double figures and don’t we know it! I just had to reflect on it all this morning as how my children react to things sometimes fascinates me. The birthday boy woke bouncing around the house saying “it’s my birthday, it’s my birthday”…