My Eldest Child and his Ongoing Ritalin Saga

I don't often talk about specific issues with my kids on this blog preferring instead to tackle general topics which could benefit every...

Drawing the Line on Media Access for your Child with Asperger's Syndrome: Part 4 Developing a Plan

In my last few posts, I've looked at the positive and negative effects of media and device access for children with Asperger's syndr...

Anxiety in Cub Scouting (Some things we'd like to tell parents)

This is post is part of " Best of the Best : Series 6: Anxiety and Stress. Anxiety in children is a topic which is very close to my hea...

What do the Scouts actually know about Special Needs?

For my blog readers who are getting sick of the scout stuff you can relax, this is the last post (it's only been the topic of the last 3...

Why is Scouting Particularly Suitable for Children with Aspergers and other ASDs. (Part 2)

This post follows on from part 1 . In part 1, we looked at the idea of "fallback friends", the opportunities for parental involvem...

Why is Scouting Particularly Suitable for Children with Aspergers and other ASDs. (Part 1)

I've just come back from a scout leader "training-conference" for special needs scouting and I'm inspired by their accepta...

So... Your Child has Aspergers - Part 2

"Congratulations! Your child has Aspergers!" I'll often say this to parents and the blank/astonished looks that I receive mak...

A Recent Experiment with Eye Contact

As discussed a few posts back, I've been doing a lot of cub scout leader training recently. It's been very interesting because it h...