by admin | Nov 2, 2025 | Advocacy
Over the years, I’ve listened to thousands of Autistic mothers talk about what happens when they try to advocate for their children. And a pattern keeps showing up. Not in the mothers, but in how professionals respond. In my research with the brilliant team at the...
by admin | Oct 31, 2025 | Intimate Connection
Some moments are so vivid that no dry erase marker could wipe the smiles on your faces. Meeting R was one of those moments. He is a linguist, a researcher, who does similar work to me though in a different sector and a master of many languages. His speech bubbled out...
by admin | Oct 22, 2025 | Domestic Violence, Sexual Victimisation
I first met David Mehan MP when my son, Matty Blakemore, was honoured as Citizen of the Year for the Central Coast in the Australia Day Awards. The photo in this post is of both Matty and David. When we met again on 1st September, it was lovely that David remembered...
by admin | Oct 17, 2025 | Advocacy
Facebook reminded me of a moment that changed everything in my advocacy for Autistic mothers, a post when I was travelling from Manchester to Cambridge for a meeting with researchers from the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University. I remember that train...
by admin | Oct 12, 2025 | Intimate Connection
Before I published this blog, I sent it to Sam. Yes, I asked permission to use his photo.Yes, I checked about the content. His reply? “Just had a chance to read the blog and I love it… It sums it up so well, that our connection was fantastic and it’s something...
