Managing Autism - A Personal View

It may seem like we’ve fallen off the face of the earth… we haven’t really… just searching for a ’sense of peace’ here at the moment.

After a short bout of illness (nothing serious), we’re all feeling fit and healthy - but quite caught up in sorting out life.

Sometimes life throws things at you - probably just to make you stop and think, and take stock of where you’re going and what you’re doing… and we’re at that point here at the moment.

There are a couple of really fun memes that I have on my list of things to do (thank you to those lovely blogging friends who have inspired me with some fun ideas) and also quite a large awards party to hold (everyone will be invited for sure!!).

So please hang around… it might be a little while before we’re back up and running properly, but we will get there.  It’s just time for a bit of a sabatical… time to ‘find some peace’.

PS - Please leave a message if you need us… we’re not completely out of the picture!

Oh my goodness… oh my goodness!!!

We’re holding our breath…..

Someone please pick the significance of this moment!!!

To our beautiful Jack,

May you bask in the sunshine of your uniqueness.

May you shine in the beauty of you.

May you always know of the blessings you bring to our lives.

We love you to the moon and stars and back… forever,

 Mum, Dad & Annie. xx

Today we celebrate Autism Awareness Day.

Today we embrace what autism means to us.

Today we look with hope to a future of understanding and acceptance.

Today we look forward with love.

Elissa has spent the last few days trying to knock over a headache, as well as general aches and a feeling of not being well. (She thinks she’s just run down after a big start to the year and that her body is trying to catch up!)

So the posting has been entrusted to me!!

Over the Easter weekend, Elissa and I were given the opportunity to enjoy a night out for a few hours, and decided to take in a movie. We had both seen the previews for a local Aussie movie called The Black Balloon, and decided that it would be great to go and see it.

Wow! - A great film with typical Aussie humour, but the best bit is that it is centred around the sibling of an autistic teenager.  The movie deals with the sibling’s struggle to come to terms with his brothers autism, and how it relates to his and his family’s life.

You can view the trailer, and some other information about the film here.

We really enjoyed it! (Could have just been the fact that we were also out alone and acting like adults for the first time in a long time!!) It was confronting at stages, and it was interesting to hear the audiences reaction to some of the more confronting parts.  I would certainly recommend it, and hopefully it will be released widely for everyone to see.

Steve