Catching up with Ann Andrews – inspirational author of Positively Parkinson’s
Ann Andrews worked as a television and theatre producer, researcher, teacher and crisis counsellor. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in her fifties, and went on…
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Are we too afraid to listen to disabled people’s desires?
Tuppy Owens, author of Supporting Disabled People with their Sexual Lives, has worked with and supported disabled people for over 35 years. She is the founder of…
Top 5 tips for entrepreneurs on the autistic spectrum
By Rosalind A. Bergemann author of An Asperger’s Guide to Entrepreneurship For many of us on the autistic spectrum, employment can or has been a challenge.…
Try out some exercises from the Autism Fitness Handbook
The Autism Fitness Handbook is designed to address specific areas of difficulty for children, teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Physical fitness –…
Helping a Child with Autism Handle Halloween
Walking around the shops in October it is impossible to escape the ghoulish Halloween theme. The supermarkets are full of masks, deathly hands and creepy…
Why some disabled people might deserve MORE than the minimum wage
Well done Welfare Minister, Lord Freud, for apologising for his recent “foolish and offensive” remarks where he suggested that people with disabilities could potentially be paid…
‘Contact with Nature can be immensely healing.’
Caroline Jay founded and runs the Seeds of Hope Children’s Garden, a national charity which aims to promote the use of nature in helping children manage…
Praise from a reader— An insight into how ‘The Asperkid’s Launch Pad’ changed one mother’s life
Rebecca in England shares how reading The Asperkid’s Launch Pad by Jennifer Cook O’Toole changed the way she thinks about autism: Just dropping by to…
Browse our latest collection of books for adoptive and foster parents.
Here are our new and bestselling titles for adoptive and foster parents, or those thinking of adopting or fostering. For more information on any of…
On the value of writing with traumatised young people – with Marion Baraitser
Marion Baraitser demonstrates the power of writing with traumatised children and young people. Marion’s book ‘Reading and Expressive Writing with Traumatised Children, Young Refugees and…