What actually helps parents
Texts about the moments that really happen in everyday life with extra-ordinary children. Written to be understood, without a clinical label. Pick what fits right now.
What is a shutdown, and what does it feel like from the inside?
A shutdown is your nervous system’s quiet way of protecting itself: instead of reacting outward, it turns inward.
What is a meltdown, and what really happens during one?
A meltdown isn’t a tantrum or a tactic, it’s an involuntary reaction of the nervous system to overload.
Bullying and neurodivergence: getting strong without getting mean
Neurodivergent children are bullied far more often, and some eventually lash out hard themselves.
When your child gets aggressive: behaviour is communication
Aggression in children is usually overload and dysregulation, not a character flaw.
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychologist: who does what?
Diagnosis, prescriptions, therapy and assessments sit with different professions, knowing this saves you time.
Parental burnout: you're not weak, you're burned out
Parental burnout is a phenomenon in its own right, not a character flaw and not imagination.
Masking: what it costs your child to seem “normal”
Masking is the constant effort to seem “normal”, and it exhausts, even when it can't be seen from outside.
The path to a diagnosis: explained step by step
The path to a diagnosis has five steps, from the paediatrician to the first weeks afterwards.
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