#Project324 Helping exceptional children live exceptional lives

Yesterday, 3rd May, a smart toy called Leka was released on Indiegogo. Leka is a super cute, robotic smart toy which was designed to change the way children with developmental disorders learn, play and progress. It’s not meant to replace therapy, it’s meant for enabling therapies; sensory and speech among others. Leka is a Bluetooth-enabled interactive

#Project324 Wishes from Kenya

I wanted to share a video with you today that I got from Kenya. Usmaan was helping me reach people in Kenya as part of #Project324. His enthusiasm was contagious and in less than 3 days we got 20 ‘happy birthday’ messages and over 300 views only from Kenya. Today, he sent me a video. Nothing

#Project324 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The desired outcome of awareness is for people who are not on the spectrum to understand and facilitate – or just allow – the growth and development of people on the spectrum. However, to allow for the good to take place in a way that is beneficial and advantageous for all, we must be aware

#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.