National Autism Week

That's great swanny. My DD has found just such a hairdresser in Glasgow. The boys can sit, stand or whatever and they work around them. She has also found a very good, patient optician who test the boy's eyesight, and helps them chose glasses. They even went out of their way to find frames for the youngest in red and neon blue, as it was the only colours he wanted.

Has anyone else read "The reason I jump" by Naoki Higashida? Written by a 13 year old child with autism explaining some of his feelings and thoughts.

Yes, and so have my grandson and his parents.
My grandson laughed at some of it, as it was so recognisable.

My autistic granddaughter works to improve public awareness and ways of helping young people with ASD. Going to London for meetings, talking to people with influence, appearing in videos, all these are hard for her but she does them to spread understanding and make life easier for all those whose lives are made difficult by autism.

That's good, watermeadow. I'd love it if my grandson could do that when he gets a bit older.
The problem is you think he's listening to others and then you realise he hasn't really understood.

www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/tmi/actions.aspx