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It’s May and I get to cry about my little brother turning 20. I was in Cyprus 2 weeks ago and everywhere I went people talked about how good he is, how handsome, how they miss him and how much they love him. You might think that me writing this is what makes the difference

The “Normal” Cult

It’s autism awareness week if you hadn’t noticed & I read this article on BBC about women on the spectrum – It all made sense when we found out we were autistic . These women are teachers, PhD candidates, artists, comedians, psychologists and they are inspiring (& autistic). About 700,000 people in the UK are on the

Hope arrives on Sesame Street

Julia has been a work in progress since 2015 when she was first announced. (Autism in 2015) Christine Ferraro, a writer on Sesame Street for 25 years, along with the rest of the staff talked about how they realised that autism was something that needed to be addressed. They decided they wanted to teach kids more about

#Project324 – Exception or Exceptional?

I find it really difficult to explain if awareness means making Autism the exception – which would include special learning methods, special units, training, etc; or if it means accepting that Autism is exceptional – and whether exceptional means rare/uncommon, or inspirational/remarkable. Exception: Making Autism the exception would include all the initiatives I have seen

#Project324 Week 9

Week 9 begun with France and Switzerland receiving their cards and starting to distribute this week. Christos’ 18th birthday is ONLY 2 weeks away today. List of Fab Things in Week 8 & 9: FAB 1: After my fab auntie Eleni gave me the idea, I have spent most of my wage on Disney dresses and

#Project324 – Week 7

Only 3 more weeks to go. So far, we received 2 emails from people who found cards in New Jersey & 1 from Cyprus; 17 emails from people who have read about the project; 3 articles have been published (Ambitious About Autism, Vantage Magazine, Ant1wo); and I have loads more pictures to share 🙂 Before the

Wear Blue on April 2nd 2016

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. Last year, almost 5,000 people took part in The National Autistic Society’s first ever World Autism Awareness Week and raised over £235,395 to help autistic people and their families across the UK. Last year, countries around the world lit their buildings in blue in honour of the day. There were

#Project324 Week 1 – The ‘first’ boy

Week 1: I sent out the rest of the cards to Greece, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Iraq and Ukraine. Some have already been distributed! I hope you’re looking out for them wherever you are. The end of week one made me think of the first autism diagnosis – so I did a bit of digging. Donald Grey

#Project324 Week 0

Week 0: 10 envelopes (USA, Scotland, Kenya, Canada, UK, Cyprus, N.Ireland, Iraq, Spain and Belgium) have been dispatched. The only ones left are: Ukraine, Turkey, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Sri Lanka, Dubai and Wales which will be sent this week – as soon as it stops raining and I get my voice back so I

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2016 is a big year; Christos is turning 18 on May 6th. *cry* In honour of this big year, this amazing boy and to celebrate his progress and never-ending improvement I’ve decided to launch an Autism awareness project through the blog. The Preparation:  The idea for the project took many forms over many many months.