Insights into Autism
On Tuesday 21 June, from 10am to 12 noon, PAVS (Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Pembrokeshire are running a session online on Understanding and Accepting Autism. The session...
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Happy New Beginning for Emma
We were sure those of you who followed Emma Wishart’s serialised account of living much of her life with undiagnosed autism would want to know her latest news. We asked Emma for an...
Emma’s Story: Epilogue
One of the most popular items we have ever published has been Emma Wishart’s story of her extraordinary life with autism. In one of the early chapters she wrote about lost love and the...
Pembrokeshire People First
We asked JON STRAWBRIDGE for some information about what Pembrokeshire People First is doing and he sent us this. We hope to hear more from Jon in the next few weeks and months about...
Lucy Hinksman: Photographer and Campaigner
Born in Wolverhampton and growing up in Hereford, Lucy Hinksman regularly came to Tenby for holidays in her childhood. When her family decided that Pembrokeshire would be their permanent home, she settled here with...
An Update from Emma on Living With Autism
Since we began serialising the story of Emma Wishart’s life and her challenges with autism, she has made some changes. So many people have read and commented on her story that we wanted to...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 12
DESTINATION MILFORD HAVEN Once I was diagnosed, I set about trying to improve my life, starting with moving indoors. It was lovely living in the middle of the wood but I was getting...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 11
HOW I LIVE NOW Something that I find extremely difficult to explain is how I choose what to do in my spare time. People try to persuade me to do things or go to...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism –10
DIAGNOSIS AUTISM Since I was 19 I had not been to the dentist, and I had lost a filling when I was 25. When I was 43, in 2013, this tooth became infected and...
To Be Left Alone: Living With Autism – 9
CLEARING IN THE WOODS During 2008 I had sold my campervan in the UK and had managed to get hold of a very old caravan which someone kindly donated and towed down into my...
