Buses!

You'll know what I mean by the title - nothing for ages then lots arrive all at the same time! It was like this with Reuben's first term at school, all the departments which he sees decided to let him settle in for a few weeks to see how he managed before starting their work again with him and then after half term everyone seemed to arrive all at once! There have been a few changes since starting school, it became apparent early on that he wasn't able to manage very well and so it was decided that he just does half a day and comes home to work in quiet in the afternoons with me using the same work which he would have done at school sent home from the teachers. This is going really well and we're really enjoying being together at home for the afternoon doing the homework and learning. He has visits weekly at school from the occupational therapy who are helping him reach a few goals with his hands like trying to use cutlery, fasten his clothes and a few other practical things which he will need to learn. The condition he has with his hands called bimanual synkinesis means that it's difficult for him to do these things.
Reuben has a new speech and language therapist who visits him every 2 weeks at school and he has improved communication amazingly over the past few weeks, we have been focusing on questions like what, who and why to help him understand more about the world around him which he finds quite confusing at times due to the autism but he is doing really well and loves to read books which is helping with his communication.
Spinal stuff - Reuben has healed from his last operation and the next one will be late January / early February, so far everything  is going well, he still has a  long way to go and many more operations but we have  an amazing surgeon and are blessed with a fantastic team of doctors and nurses at the hospital who Reuben really likes.

That's just a quick update for now! Just thought I'd let you all know how we had been getting on! Have a lovely Christmas x