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All of the blog posts, neatly arrange by year and category… neat

Archive of: Move

Keeping Busy.

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Getting into the office more, babysitter continues to be amazing. Support gaps are posing a challenge and we are still waiting for social services to write a "report" to propose future plans. Finally, next week i am speaking at the NAS Autism + Tech Conference,

Exploring the limits.

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Last week was really full. I had many adventures big and small and explored lots of limits. Along the way I learnt a few things too.

Carrying Momentum.

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I am just home after a lovely weekend at my friends. I thought now would be a good time to do an update on how last week went and to look ahead at the week to come.

Starting 2016 Positively.

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I took a 2 and a half week break from sleeping in my flat over Christmas and the new year. Today it is Thursday (and new years eve) so heres a short update on our plans for next week.

Burnout. Abort.

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Last week was pretty rough. I went into the week exhausted and the burn out really set in. After two days of managing meltdowns and massive amounts of anxiety I aborted my flat to go stay with friends.

Exhausted.

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This post is going to be bullet brief. I just need to get it written! This is the 5th or 6th draft.

Just keep swimming.

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For this weeks update I am not going to talk so much about what is happening and instead focus on how I am feeling.

I am feeling really weird at the moment. There is lots going on.

Double Update

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I have written this update multiple times, but its never got published! So here’s a short version.

Things are going well. Were establishing routines and there are plenty of small achievements along the way.

Building Tall Towers.

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An overview of this weeks achievements and some plans for next week.

Steady as she goes.

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A review of the achievements and challenges of week 5 and an overview of the highlights and planned adventures of week 6.

Focusing on speech.

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Refocusing on routine and structure with the hope it brings better sleep and speech. Taking a 2 week break from nights sleeping alone.

New routine, small achievements adding up

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It’s Sunday which means this is the start of my forth week in my new flat.

This post is a quick summery of where we are so far with new things plus a run down of this weeks achievements.

Travel things.

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It’s been a busy few days. Traveling up to Salford from london for work meetings.

Here are some notes.

A Plan Comes Together.

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We’re about midway through my third week in my new flat so time for an update on how it’s going. This week we have a new babysitter and my first work travel for a while.

Going Solo

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First week in the new flat has gone pretty well. This post talks about the goals and plans and presents the case for a slightly different form of indepedence

And we're in. Now the hard bit starts.

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The move, the first night, the first morning a bit about shutdowns and a funny comment about antelope.

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