Motherhood – The pressure to be perfect
On Mother’s day this year, all my “babies were back in the nest” for the weekend and I really enjoyed spending time with them. One...
Archive: April 2017
Sex Education and Learning Difficulties
With all things love in the air around February, I thought I would turn my attention to something that has been on my mind a lot...
Downs syndrome from a communication perspective
It got me thinking about Down syndrome. I have a close friend with a child with DS and she posted a photo of him on facebook recently...
Sign language vs. mime-signing (for ‘kinaesthetic-speaking’ children)
However, it is necessary to distinguish between the natural sign languages used by the deaf community and the invented sign-based codes...
Communication via objects
The advantage of this mode of communication is that it may cover several languages as it is not only visual but also a tactile (when...
