Waking Up To Autism

n October 2014 I attended my daughter’s first parents evening. She had started in Reception in September and six weeks later it was time for that first meeting with the teacher. In all honesty, we weren’t expecting too much, I mean she had barely started school but we hoped that we would hear about how she was settling in and how the last few weeks had been. The teacher mentioned to us that she had observed some behaviours and mannerisms in Olivia which she felt needed further assessment. Baffled, it was me that actually used the word Autism – “do you think it might be autism related?!” I asked. “Yes” her teacher replied.