Why my son won’t be accepting his 100% attendance award

By |2020-01-31T16:14:39+00:00July 1st, 2017|Categories: featured, Uncategorized|Tags: , |

VIRAL Blog post from July 2016 seen by over 4 million people and still creating waves. Four reasons my son won't accept his 100% Attendance Award. No. 2 son has been awarded an evening at a soft play centre because he has 100% attendance at school. He loves going to soft play, he loves going [...]

5 little things that make a Big Difference

By |2021-01-29T17:11:32+00:00February 8th, 2017|Categories: cerebral palsy, Don't call me Mum, featured, mum of child with disability, parenting, Parents as partners, Uncategorized|

When I worked as a  nurse in A&E, I knew that even in the middle of emergency procedures, how I treated the patient and family would be remembered. As a parent standing over my fitting son while the doctors fought to stop an hour long seizure, this simple fact went from theory to reality. As a healthcare professional [...]

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Top 6 Disability Hacks

By |2018-02-15T11:30:54+00:00May 6th, 2016|Categories: cerebral palsy, disability, featured, hack, mum of child with disability, special needs, Uncategorized, wheelchair|

Life changes when you become a mum, even more so when your son has a disability. With any baby, normal run of the mill activities become calculated missions of precision and specialist equipment. Leaving the house takes two hours of planning and a boot-load of accessories. Going on holiday requires upsizing your car and is suddenly [...]

Top 11 Advantages to Parenting a Disabled Child

By |2024-07-16T15:06:42+01:00January 8th, 2016|Categories: cerebral palsy, disability, featured, Mother of child with special needs, mum, mum of child with disability, parenting, special needs, The skies I'm under|

Parenting a disabled child gets a bad press, so here is my Top 11 advantages to parenting a disabled child but there are many more.

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