“I won’t call you stupid. No.” “What was that, sweetie?” “I won’t call you stupid.” Meg was in the process of learning that you shouldn’t always say something about someone, just because you think it. But she’s yet to develop the finer details of tact. “But nobody mentioned being stupid. It’s not a nice thing…
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Kim Ayres lives in Scotland and is the father of Meg, who was born in 1998 with Down's Syndrome. He can discuss heart operations, fears, concerns and worries but generally feels 98% of raising a child with special needs is just about raising a child.
Just because you think it, doesn’t mean it should be said…
Written on October 16, 2008 by Kim Ayres
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Filtering Friends
Written on October 9, 2008 by Kim Ayres
Does your child filter your friends? I was thinking about this when considering who to invite to my birthday celebration in a couple of weeks. It’s not going to be a huge party – our house is not that big for one thing – but I don’t have a single close friend who doesn’t get…
Lada Owner’s Club
Written on September 18, 2008 by Kim Ayres
This is based on an older blog post of mine, back when I started about 3 years ago. I thought it was worth posting here as in a lot of ways it outlines the foundation of my attitude towards my daughter’s Down’s Syndrome ————- For those who don’t know, a Lada is a car made…
Is Sarah Palin One of Us?
Written on September 11, 2008 by Kim Ayres
Over the past few weeks, Sarah Palin seems to have been mentioned in great depth on almost every blog with a connection to Special Needs, except this one. Given there was so much written about Ben Stiller recently, I must admit this has surprised me. Perhaps with the Stiller controversy, nearly everyone was united in…
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Should I be here?
Written on August 15, 2008 by Kim Ayres
I remember hearing someone once say, that if you were with a group of people and everyone was to chuck their problems onto the table, you would quietly grab your own and sneak back out of the room. This was echoed a few years back when I was suffering from Depression and attended Group Therapy…
Special Needs or Individual Needs?
Written on July 10, 2008 by Kim Ayres
Can you bring up every child in exactly the same way? Highly unlikely. And even if you could, would they all develop in the exactly the same way? Of course not. My daughter, Meg, is a unique combination of her genes and her environment. She is like people with long, straight, blond hair and unlike…
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