Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
An invitation to lead with love.
Food, glorious food!
Trigger Warning: Mentions food, eating disorders and sensory aversions.
Please note the below is my personal experience and I am not a qualified medical professional or dietician.
Food. Glorious food.
Let’s talk ab...
When there's not enough processing time.
Awareness month? Nah, not over here.
Repeat after me... "I am not my child."
You might be doing it wrong.
Many parents and educators will often witness behaviour from neurodivergent people and find it baffling or confusing because they’re unable to connect it to a particular and recent event.
Being autistic means my process...
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) and villains.
Her behaviour was unacceptable.
(Shared with permission from my adult daughter.)
Cleaning out the shed today, I found a box of things collected since my teens.
I felt such sadness when I found this.
I was 18 when my first baby was born.
I was
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