Our Autism Journey !

In 2014 my Wife and I had a Son, Riley. We both realised that Riley's development had stopped when he was around 18 months of age. We decided to speak with our local GP who referred him for occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech & language tests. After many appointments over an 18-month period and just before Riley turned 3 years of age, we received a formal diagnosis of Autism.

My wife and I were both shocked an unprepared for the fact that our lives were going to change forever. We looked for information online but didn't know which information to use. Riley's Pedestrian gave us some information about Autism workshops for parents, which we attended and found very useful. Upon attending these workshops, we found the advice we received from other parents invaluable as well. One piece of advice I remember more than anything else was to learn to accept the condition. From that point, we as a family, chose to Embrace Autism and accept the challenges ahead.

Riley is 7 years old now and doing very well. Over the last 4 years, we as a family, have learned a lot. With the experiences we have gained I felt it to be the right time to offer support to other parents who are starting the same journey. We know how difficult it is to get support and advice and therefore, I decided to create this website to help support other parents.

Website goals !

  • Helpful advice - take a look on theresourcespage for information that could help you and your family embrace Autism.
  • New ideas available each week. Please take a second tosubscribeto get free ideas that could help in your jounrney.
  • Useful links available at the bottom of this page.

It's estimated that around 700,000 people in the UK have a diagnosis of Autism with 1 in 100 children in the UK that have a diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Source: bma.org.uk updated September 2020

The next step!

As a visitor to Embrace Autism, you will feel part of a large, supported and fantastic community. I strongly recommend taking a look on the resources page which can give you some new ideas to try straightaway. More ideas will be added regularly, therefore, please bookmark this site to make it easy to return back and feel free to visit as often as you like. The best option to get regularly updates and ideas is to click through to the subscribe page and register for free.


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