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The Princess and the Frog

The film was released here just after we left for our holiday and it had been out for so long in the US that it was no longer shown in most cinemas. So keen as were (me and Lady anyway!) to see this, we just had to wait until we got home again. So a few...

Published 27 Feb 2010 11:13 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, films

Orlando Holiday: Part 1 The Flight

We rose early on Tuesday morning and piled cases, wheelchairs and bodies into the car bound for Dublin airport. Once parked and in the airport, we'd only a short wait to drop of our bags then through security. So far, so fantastic. Duncan used his...

Published 25 Feb 2010 2:21 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, getting away, autism, communication, disablism

Forest Tracks

We took a walk through the forest. Duncan elected to ride in his wheelchair. It's just the right size for him and he's pretty comfortable in it, thank goodness. It's not really designed for forest tracks but as long as we kept on the bigger...

Published 27 Jan 2010 7:32 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, days out, home-education, sport

Social Story Video for Flying with Duncan

Duncan has been a bit anxious about flying to Orlando. He's been asking that we fly with Flybe and Virgin, the 2 airlines we used last time when we flew via London. He kept saying, "no Aer Lingus!" and I didn't push it. A few nights...

Published 26 Jan 2010 9:30 AM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, getting away, autism, communication

Planning for Disney World with Autism: The Flight

We've done this before so I have a better idea of what I need to improve to make this flight across the Atlantic as painless as it can be for everyone. Last time we flew via London and Duncan was fine on the first short flight from Belfast but very...

Published 22 Jan 2010 6:39 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, getting away, autism, disability

Complicated

I've been thinking for years about how to deal with some difficulties I face. This has taken so much of my time and energy, it's drained me. I've had no desire to blog while this was foremost in my mind. But thankfully now I have reached a...

Published 15 Jan 2010 12:27 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, autism, school, blog stuff, home-education

New Moon, headbanging and thinking for oneself

Duncan continues to take great pleasure in producing various pictures of Chuckie from the Rugrats. Is it perseveration? Do I care? Each picture is different in at least some small way. I think they're cute and funny and witty. Thomas doesn't like...

Published 23 Nov 2009 9:26 AM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, health, autism, school, communication, art, films, home-education, friends

Accentuate the positive

Life is stressful now more than ever. But something wonderful has been happening and my inability to blog lately means I have not focussed on it as I usually would. My boy Duncan is doing really well. He is happy, settled, more focussed, talks loads,...

Published 21 Oct 2009 1:23 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, autism, communication

Forge ahead

I've neglected to blog much over the past 2 months, and have been thinking about what I want to write here. I feel like I share too much sometimes, but also that there's much that I keep hidden. The past few months have been a time of personal...

Published 1 Oct 2009 1:16 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, blog stuff

Recap 1

Since I am off-line due to technical difficulties, :roll: do you know if a change of shock absorber comes into that class Even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one; so I have decided to direct you back to an old post. I had visitors recently...

Published 15 Sep 2009 6:11 AM by Grannymar

Filed under: family, Fashion

Flipping and cycling

We had a sporty weekend. Thomas and Lady had their jujitsu class after which Lady tried out to join the new competition squad set up by her cheerleading group. Thomas and I watched and she was great. Afterwards one of the coaches I didn't know asked...

Published 9 Sep 2009 12:55 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, days out, what they do, sport

Summer Ends

The summer holidays have ended and for a few hours each day, my lot are just about the only children around not in school or nursery. We needed new wellies; walks through the forest and down to the beach tend to leave one's footwear rather mucky from...

Published 1 Sep 2009 4:31 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, getting away, blog stuff, home-education

Vanity

When I was young I had a good head of hair. I know because people always admired it. My father called it ‘my crowning glory’. It was thick, lustrous and auburn in colour. There were more natural hi-lights in it than in a New England autumn landscape....

Published 25 Aug 2009 6:07 AM by Grannymar

Filed under: family, memories, Ageing

Lady's birthday

Lady with her Grandma and Pippi. My girl is growing up! A week has passed since Lady turned 11. I still don't understand how I can have so old a daughter! We celebrated with a party, friends, a clown boucy castle, copious quantities of junk food,...

Published 18 Aug 2009 4:31 PM by The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland

Filed under: family, days out, birthdays, friends

Hop Along Family Photos

My ma showed me old family photos last weekend. I learned that my great grandparents emigrated to Belfast in the early 1900's from Scotland. My great grandfather was a firefighter and my great grandmother worked in a mill. They lived in a house just...

Published 10 Aug 2009 10:40 PM by San Fran ♥ Belfast

Filed under: family, Craig, Big Eva, Family Album, Hop Along Tribe

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