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The days are shorter, the schools are closing and the year is ending. It feels really poignant and joyous to me that it is at the darkest point of the year that we choose to celebrate each other and the light which though now is in short supply, we can trust will soon return.
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Columbia University Medical Center has just published some interesting research. Dr Tang looked at 46 children's brains and found that whilst the number of synapses in an non autistic child's brain decreased by about half by adolescence they decreased by only 16% in the brains of a person with autism.
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Honey bees have an important role in our wellbeing. They are responsible for 80% of pollination and 90% of the world's nutrition. Their waggle dance is the most complex form of communication after ours on the planet. And in the most beautiful collaborative choreography they create honey to feed their young and then the whole hive through the winter.
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It can be really difficult and frustrating to live with someone who really needs to do things their way and in their own timing. We ask ourselves why can't they be more co-operative? Why are they so obsessive and controlling?
Read MoreHis mother is so proud of him she wanted to share them. I think the pictures show us not only how much easier it is now for Alex to hold and use a pencil but also something about his relationship to his body and his world.
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We all know how important sleep is. I know it especially first thing in the morning when it's over.
Read MoreA year ago, having put my bassoon aside for 20 years my friend encouraged me to pull it out from under the sofa, dust it down and join our local Concert Orchestra.
Read MoreOur son really loves sweet things.
Read MoreThe Summer holidays are ending and we are packing away the camping gear and getting the school bags ready, though we'll still be heading outdoors whenever we can.
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