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Siblings often drift into unpaid interpreter, co-regulator and advocate roles one small request at a time. This is a practical, non-sentimental look at role creep, boundaries, scripts and the UK support that exists for young carers and siblings.
Autistic young people reach puberty at the same age as everyone else, but the support around it often arrives late, thin or not at all. A practical look at sensory-friendly period care, pain that gets dismissed as behaviour, and how to teach consent as a skill rather than assume it.
When a young person approaches 18, the paperwork does not wait for the birthday candles. This practitioner-facing guide sets out a calm, realistic handover plan for children's neurodevelopmental services, with a family checklist you can share.
Teachers say he copes beautifully; you describe nightly meltdowns. Neither account is wrong. This piece looks at why a child's presentation can split so sharply between settings, and how to gather evidence that holds both stories together for GPs, paediatricians and SEND meetings.
We spend a great deal of energy getting autistic and developmentally different children into appointments, then ask them to cope with environments that were designed for nobody in particular. This is a practical, opinionated checklist for teams who want to make small, affordable changes — with an honest look at the constraints we all work inside.