What is autism? Let's take a look at what it means to us....

We recently held our first Life Skills camp and boy, did we have fun? We had a group of our big boys from our regular one to one Life Skills and Social Pragmatics programme. The camp was specifically designed to encourage independence in their daily living. We wanted to enable them to get hands-on experience in different aspects of life like purchasing their personal care item, transportation, cookery, grocery shopping, recreational and social interaction with peers. Here's a quick recap and our take on it. Day 1- Social interaction and shopping for personal care items To break the ice we first engaged in a 'get to know you' game, This was a great start and by the first hour of the d