Category: Parenting Advice

Top 5 Books about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

What is PDA? PDA is defined by the PDA Society as ‘a profile on the autism spectrum, involving the avoidance of everyday demands and the use of ‘social’ strategies as part of this avoidance’. The PDA Society have some fantastic resources, videos and webinars about PDA that are […]

Your questions answered about ADHD.

What is ADHD? ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Everyone is unique therefore ADHD will present in different ways for different people, but in my experience children and adults may have difficulty in concentrating, impulsive decision making, may appear forgetful, might be easily distracted, lose focus and […]

Review: DocsPlus

 Many of you will probably be familiar with Clicker, which is basically the ultimate child-friendly word processor (particularly great for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)). It has wonderful features such as word prediction, voice notes, picture support, and the ability to provide topic-specific Sentence Sets, […]

Review- EIGER Standing Desks

It’s not often that you come away from a conversation with someone having gained a whole new perspective on something. But this is exactly what happened to me the other week when I met Nick White for a coffee on Zoom. Nick is Managing Director and Founder of […]

Review: xigxag

I’m sure I’m not the only one who grew up listening to audio books on tape. Long journeys to my grandparents house for example, were made bearable by fun stories to listen to in the car and I would regularly see my mum after school in the kitchen […]