CASE STUDIES

Jay

Jay spoke well and early and was reading long before the start of school. When he moved into an all-boys private school however, it was the beginning of his private hell, details of which were not learned until many years later. At 21 he was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia. 

Christina

As a baby, Christina screamed like an irritated animal and she didn't sleep. Now she engages little with the outside world, has a poor sense of danger and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

Michael and Christopher

Michael appeared to be in a little world of his own. To this day I still hear my daughter's voice over the telephone saying “Mum Michael has autism”. But then another dreadful shock, his brother Christopher was diagnosed with high-functioning autism.

Tim

At 10 months he would push his wooden trolley filled with them round the kitchen and living room making the exact noises you would expect to hear from a Massey Ferguson tractor. By 17 months there were no sounds, no eye contact, no smiles. The fact is that our little boy had disappeared.

Giles

Giles was our only child, a beautiful baby. I'd aimed to give him a quiet, secure life and he was so contented as a baby that at first I thought we were doing rather well.

Cameron

The fact that my son Cameron, at 6, uses the simple sentences he does is due to myself, his school and a local autistic charity rehearsing them over and over again with him.