World Autism Awareness Week 2021...
(29th - 4th of April) World Autism Awareness week aims to bring attention to the 700,000 people in the UK who are autistic, whilst educating people about the condition. Autism is a lifelong developmental condition. It is not an illness or disease, which affects how people communicate and interact with the world. World Autism Awareness week has allowed me to pause and reflect about my own personal journey, together with my son Tim who has Autism. Before Tim was diagnosed, I was one of all the other millions out there, who never heard about autism or knew very little about it. I was also a Mummy who didn't know how to understand Tim's own world. I still continue to beat myself over it. I wish I did. It took twelve and a bit years, before Tim was finally diagnosed with autism. I feel disappointed why it wasn't picked up while Tim was at nursery and then school. To be honest he had the most miserable time, in his first four years in first primary school, then one year in his
