I've had over 1 million impressions on my tweets this week alone. I've got emails from journalists asking for my opinion on various autism related issues, and countless messages from parents and professionals saying our tweets are helping them, i joined twitter at a time my…

Morning all, here's one of my favourite pictures of us, taken a few years ago, when we stayed at a former RAF camp, Ryan loved it, he got to sleep in a helicopter🚁 , which had a tv and a fridge loaded with goodies. Have a great day everyone.

So I had a message asking me not to say I'm a 'autism parent' I honestly don't ever remember saying this, i say parent of a autistic child , anyway I pointed out to the person that I am indeed autistic to which they replied are you sure 🤦‍♂️. I am a parent of autistic child,and I…

Popped in asda with Ryan and someone from his daycentre spotted him. She was there with her carer, and she saw Ryan from a distance and started excitedly signing R for Ryan in sign language over and over again, when we got close to her she put out her hand Ryan gave her such a…

Morning all, we were due to go for a long drive today and then a walk around stroud markets and then the town,im really tired, I've had very little sleep this week, Ryan's tired too, so I sit with Ryan and explain I'm tired so it'll just be a short drive,he just looks at me then…

Smiled and sang all the way home from his daycentre.

I did a tweet about how I helped a lady with severe anxiety with her pip application she couldn't do a face to face so I helped her with her telephone interview.....she got her pip award today!!!

Good morning all, around 2am Ryan came in my room, sat on my bed, and started singing Christmas songs, he did go back to sleep but not before wishing me a very merry Christmas, he's now dressed and ready to go to his daycentre today he's cooking toad in the hole for his lunch,…

Ryan went to Weston today on the train with his daycentre,I picked him up and he was beaming he had a huge smile on his face, we get in the car and he's clearly worn out but he's so happy he sang all the way home, I can't remember the last time I saw him so happy he had a…

I've had lots of lovely messages this week. One that stood out is from a health care professional who said that she shares my twitter account with colleagues and its helping her and her patients, to think that our page is actually helping people and making a difference just by…

Good morning all, Ryan's off to Weston today on the train with his daycentre. He's wearing one of the t-shirts that OMD kindly sent him. He's been dressed, waiting to go for hours.

Ryan had a fantastic time at the pub today, burger, beer, and ice cream, I'm told food took a long time coming out, and Ryan coped absolutely brilliantly he happily stayed in the pub for almost 2 hours!!!

Ryan's going out for a pub lunch with his daycentre today,I drop him off he kisses me goodbye like every day, I turn to go out the door and he proudly announces...dad I'm going to the pub, was a time he never spoke a single word,wouldn't leave his daycentre, and here he is saying…

I've been speaking to my doctor about the very real possibility that I have adhd im 51, im going to have to wait around 3 years for the assessment,people are going to read this and say well you got this far why bother, or you can clearly cope fine,being undiagnosed doesn't mean…

Ryan has his own space at his daycentre , it's a small room it has other tables and computers but it's just Ryan in the room, been this way since covid, staff asked how to prepare Ryan for someone new going into the room this person will share the room, I suggested put a picture…

A few weeks ago I did a tweet about Ryan going for a drive to cheltenham racecourse with his daycentre, not in just a drive around.Racehorse trainer Fergal O'Brien got in touch and invited us to the stables to see the horses and meet the staff , we've been swapping emails for a…

Morning all, Ryan slept a full 6 hours for the first time in weeks!!!!

We have been awake since 4am. this morning, we are exhausted, Ryan keeps asking if I'm OK because I keep falling asleep, so im going to say goodnight, night, everyone. 😴

When we were on holiday in Spain last year, Ryan really liked the characters at the kids club,he talked about them every single day , I contacted the hotel to find out their names ,then found 2 of the soft toy characters for sale on ebay, he still cuddles them every single…

I've had a social worker ask me for some advice she has a family whose young child has recently been diagnosed autistic and my name was suggested to her by a colleague, ive said this before it always blows my mind that my name comes in meetings or between professionals i joined…