Danielle JamesHow the church can support families with autism Part 5: Pastoral CareIn the previous posts we have discussed how to make church welcoming and accessible to families with autistic children. This post we will...
Danielle JamesHow Church can help support families whom have children with autism - Part 4: The ServicePerhaps the children always stay with you throughout the service each week at your church or perhaps it's once a month for the family ser...
Danielle JamesHow church leaders can help support autism parents - TrainingI cannot emphasise enough the importance of good quality training in helping your volunteers to have understanding and empathy when looki...
Danielle JamesTeacher Christmas PresentsI have 1 child in a specialist school, 1 child I home educate and 2 children in primary. Around here it is typical for primary aged chil...
Danielle JamesHow church leaders can help support autism parents - The BuildingThe church is more than just the building, as I wrote previously about creating a culture of acceptance. This time, I want to focus on t...
Danielle JamesHow church leaders can help support autism parents - AcceptanceSo church should be a welcoming place to all, Jesus made a point of being with those who did not fit into the social norms. He socialise...
Danielle JamesHalf Term AnticsSo after my last post of losing sight of what really matters. This half term has been a week of rest. However, I do find doing completel...
Danielle JamesOur Family ValuesI have posted before about how important it is to train children on whats expected from them - we have training at work and life is no di...
Danielle JamesHow we moved churches with our autistic childrenAs a family we've moved churches twice. I imagine families with typical children, would research and make sure they are happy with what ...
Danielle JamesHow we do morning family devotionalsSo fitting in weekday family devotional time before we start the day can be tricky... When my children were younger and at the same prima...
Danielle JamesRoutines and Visuals: Part 2First and Then Card Visual As I have spoken about previously here, we also used a First and Then card. This was a visual to help our chi...
Danielle JamesRoutines & Visuals: Part 1How to stay sane whilst parenting children with autism! Routines and visuals, how they helped to keep a calmer household and trained my c...
Danielle JamesHow to handle onlookers when your autistic child is struggling?I just wanted to take my child and leave school, like every other parent was doing in the school playground. Surely that's not too much ...
Danielle JamesMy Top 5 Happy Autism MomentsLiving with autistic children makes you look at the world differently and whilst some things are difficult to navigate, others brighten m...
Danielle JamesWhat 'not to' and 'what to' say to an Autism MumBeing a mother of children with autism sometimes means I am operating on very little energy, strength, sleep and grace. I know people ge...
Danielle JamesAutism Diagnosis, Here Comes Round 2...Perhaps you would think that after already having a son with Autism that diagnosis the second time round would be straight forward - or t...