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Hi! My name is Lara-Susan James. I am a mum to the A Team Ninja’s, wife and nurse.

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Faith and Hope. Same same but different.

On Saturday, I went to a Radical Book Fair and attended a workshop entitled Community Is the Answer. A friend had rather brilliantly observed that the book fair sounded like a very middle-aged, very middle-class sort of affair. I couldn’t entirely argue with her. There is something quite wonderfully self-aware about gathering in a room…

It Changes Nothing. It Changes Everything: Reflections on Our Child’s Autism Diagnosis

There is no “right” way to react when your child receives an autism diagnosis. Relief. Validation. Grief. Acceptance. Uncertainty. Hope. Sometimes all of those emotions exist at the same time. This is a parent’s perspective, not that of the child who received the diagnosis. Their story is theirs to tell, not mine. This is simply…

Home Education at Key Stage 4: Our Experience

This is a personal experience post. It describes how we did things — not a recommendation or blueprint for how anyone else should approach home education. Rather, it’s a success story of taking a chance on a different path, one that worked for our family, and one I feel both relieved and proud of. The…

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