This blog post is two years in the making. I've been writing my thoughts as a parent of an autistic teenager and my notes on my Iphone read like a cryptic crossword in The Times. Trying to decipher my thoughts and my difficulty in figuring out the way forward. If it wasn't for Anna Kennedy, we would be in a worse situation having no information on what autism issues Natalie was struggling with. Autism is a puzzle I’ve needed to learn about. I did a test many years ago when my flatmate in Edinburgh was studying child psychology gave me a form to fill out asking various questions. She told told me according to the results I have autism and should speak to a Dr about it. It didn’t surprise me. I found a lot of people fake and trying to impress and lie about things which I’ve never understood. I’d be happy in my own company, climbing trees or walking in nature trails. Now I’m a mother, my youngest has autism and everything I thought I knew about parenthood went straight out the w