My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently

I am hoping by the 2nd of April you will have an idea of why I wanted to share our bath time with you, it's not just a roll top bath picture with three little ducks nor is it a staged picture .... Autism is a way of life for us.                                                                   

Every picture I am about to share with you resulted in many meltdowns and not just from the boys at points I even thought about just giving up, I would say, "Claire its just a silly idea, you are never going to achieve what you want". Then I would stop and listen to myself telling other people to think outside of the box about Autism. I pride myself on teaching my boys to think about this world and everything in it differently !

I had this desire for a picture of all three boys in the bath together to hang up on the wall in the bathroom, my bargain bath that I won of eBay in the early hours of yet another autisticly sleepless night, to everyone else they see a luxury roll top bath, but I knew this bath would be my families lifeline. 

Can you tell I worship the bath, .... this bath will eventually allow us to get lifting equipment in, relieve a little of my sons discomfort a break from the pain and give my other son the ability to bath without me worrying about him overheating. You see I am not just a mum to three boys on the Spectrum, they also have other rare medical conditions to boot !!

Why am I sharing ... well I would like people to have an insight into how hard it can be at times, autism can be so over powering and time consuming for my boys and me, I am hoping by sharing you will appreciate what it has taken for the boys and myself to gain our perfect image to hang on our bathroom wall.  

Come, find me and my boys on Facebook Get together-Cornwall or on twitter under Claire Finnegan-Vyse and you can look up my story on www.gettogethercornwall.org.uk