Thoughts from the Budding Daisies - part 6
Guest blogger, 9 year-old Magic Bunny, tells us about autism from her perspective Friends: They’re so important! Friends. Aren’t they...
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NeonDaisy
- Jul 27, 2023
Thoughts from the Budding Daisies - part 5
Guest blogger, 9 year-old Magic Bunny, tells us about autism from her perspective Girls like pink and boys like blue…Whoever came up with...
Laura Webb
- Dec 6, 2022
Ways to make your girl’s Christmas more neurodivergent-friendly
Last December I wrote a blog about how my family celebrates Christmas, and how chicken nuggets are always acceptable at the Christmas...
Laura Webb
- Nov 23, 2022
Keeping our girls safe in relationships
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Although we try to look at the positives here at...
Laura Webb
- Nov 14, 2022
The power of a positive self-image
Today is the start of Anti-Bullying Week, something which we feel strongly about here at NeonDaisy, especially as both I and my daughter...
Laura Webb
- Oct 10, 2022
Keeping organised: Top tips for people with ADHD
October is ADHD Awareness Month. ADHD is another form of neurodivergence, or brain difference, along with autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia,...
Laura Webb
- Oct 6, 2022
The importance of having peers with similar needs
Next week is Dyspraxia Awareness Week, which aims to raise awareness of dyspraxia and DCD and how it can affect all aspects of a person’s...
Laura Webb
- Oct 1, 2022
Spooktacular? Or overwhelming and frightening?
How Halloween can be a less than positive experience for autistic children. With the build-up to Halloween beginning now that it is the...
Laura Webb
- Aug 23, 2022
…But everyone does that, don’t they?
How your girl’s autism diagnosis might have you realising that you may be neurodivergent too. The older my daughter gets, the more I...
NeonDaisy
- Apr 29, 2022
Thoughts from the budding Daisies - part 2
Guest blogger, 8 year-old Magic Bunny, tells us about autism from her perspective. Coping with autism at school Over the past few years,...
NeonDaisy
- Apr 29, 2022
Thoughts from the budding Daisies - part 1
Guest blogger, 8 year-old Magic Bunny, tells us about autism from her perspective. Hello. My nickname is Magic Bunny, and I am a...
Laura Webb
- Apr 18, 2022
Strategies and helpful work-arounds for everyday living - part 2
Establishing and maintaining a routine, and organisation are things which have a big impact on my ability to function day to day. There...
Laura Webb
- Apr 14, 2022
Strategies and helpful work-arounds for everyday living – part 1
I have mentioned before that sometimes autism comes with additional difficulties that others do not face, or whose solution is taken for...
Laura Webb
- Mar 31, 2022
Positives of having an autistic brain
Sometimes I have seen stickers on cars, or memes on Facebook that say: ‘Autism is my superpower’. This is not strictly true, autism is...
Laura Webb
- Feb 8, 2022
Joyful, peaceful or fulfilled? How our intense and wonderful interests make us feel.
While my daughter was going through the autism diagnostic process, I was saddened to read the type of language that is used by...
Laura Webb
- Feb 2, 2022
Autism seen through the lens of Disney characters
Warning: contains plot spoilers! Sometimes the easiest way to explain autism and neurodivergence is to explain it through depictions in...
Laura Webb
- Jan 12, 2022
Review: The Amazing Autistic Brain Cards: 150 Cards for Positive Autism Discussions
I was given a set of these for Christmas and was so impressed that I thought that I would share a review with you all. This is not a...
Laura Webb
- Dec 1, 2021
A Happy Autistic Christmas (or why Chicken Nuggets are fine at the Christmas dinner table)
Recently I have seen several articles or workshops advertised on Facebook aimed at managing or correcting ‘difficult’ behaviour shown by...
Laura Webb
- Nov 24, 2021
Autism from the point of view of our girls
As a parent filling out forms for formal autism diagnosis, Disability Living Allowance, EHCPs and other things which will eventually...
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