AbsintheMinded

Hello McCardle, My turn to apologise - sometimes life just gets in the way! Firstly, I would like to address the kindness of strangers, which you have indeed demonstrated here, and it is something so very much appreciated. So let me say thank you. Thank you for the time you have taken to address my questions, thank you for trying to help my little boy, and to maybe give him some joy for his life, where he is often excluded and misunderstood. You have made some excellent and carefully thought out suggestions and I will definitely put your ideas to good use. I like the way you ask ab

Hello all, This is my first post here and likely to be a bit off the wall from what is usually asked here. My son is 11 years old and suffers from Autistic Spectrum Disorder, which means that he doesn't communicate with anybody. This makes life hard in many different ways, also affecting Birthdays and Christmas, since his likes are unconventional and he has no way to tell us what he wants. Usually, we don't get him anything as we have spent money before, only for gifts to be ignored. Instead we save the money and treat him to the day at a theme park, like Chessington World of Adventure