Your Stories

• Laura's Communication Passport - 23/03/2015
  Laura is 22 years old and has Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. I discovered quite early on that there were going to be many different professionals involved in...    Read Full Story
• Driving Change: Fauzia - 23/03/2015
    My niece, Fauzia, was transferred to a forensic psychiatric hospital in Northampton in 2012, the only option offered to us at crisis point. She had been...    Read Full Story
• Intensive Interaction with Rhys - 17/11/2014
  We discovered Intensive Interaction when Rhys was about 12. He isn’t able to speak and has a limited understanding of language, and those barriers to...    Read Full Story
• Daniel - 10/07/2014
  As I write this our son Daniel now 13 is having his support package reviewed, it terrifies me what the outcome may be, what may be cut, having finally reached a point...    Read Full Story
• Kinton's Story - 10/07/2014
  Kinton is a 10 year old boy, he is lively, bubbly, and affectionate and he loves swimming and chicken. He now has a diagnosis of ADHD, autism, epilepsy and severe...    Read Full Story
• Being a father - 25/06/2014
  It was four years ago when on one afternoon, my wife and I staggered home from our local medical centre. Our then 3 year old daughter had been diagnosed with Autism. We...    Read Full Story
• Enduring Circles of Support - 24/03/2014
  Hello – my name is Pete, I am very happily married to the lovely Wendy and we have been blessed with 2 children – Nicholas (Niki) and Sarah. Both our kids...    Read Full Story
• Facilitating a Circle - 18/03/2014
  Five years ago I had the privilege of being asked to set up and facilitate a Circle for Niki. I had known his parents for a while through my job as Person Centred...    Read Full Story
• Consent to Treatment - 30/05/2012
  My son Adam is 23. He has severe learning disabilities, epilepsy, autism and severe challenging behaviour. Adam often becomes constipated and when he lived at home we...    Read Full Story
• Victory for Katie - 30/04/2012
  My daughter, Katie, has Tuberous Sclerosis, which is a genetic condition and it manifests in various organs, causing growths.  To date, Katie has had growths in...    Read Full Story