A quarterly positive parenting magazine aimed at families with young children on the autism spectrum.
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New Magazines & Websites about SEN, Autism, Disabled Kids & Family Life
A new magazine can be a great way to find fresh ideas for you and your family, as well as all sorts of useful information. There are loads out there, some more ‘practical’ than others, covering everything from holidays and autism toys, to celebrity interviews, new therapies and personal stories. Some of the magazines in the links below are designed for you and some are for your kids.
Books for Kids and Families
There are some wonderful books written for you and your children to entertain as well as tell stories about issues that our families deal with every day.
The Children’s Trust have made a range of books so parents can read them with their children and use as a starting point for talking about acquired brain injury.
These include…
Tim-Tron
...about a little robot who bangs his head. Tim-Tron’s story explains acquired brain injury by placing it in a world of mechanical marvels. It even has an audiobook version narrated by Richard Hammond of Top Gear!
Medikidz
...explains acquired brain injury in a full-colour 32-page comic book for older readers follows Tamara after her brain injury. Tamara is feeling exhausted and misunderstood in school, before she’s whisked away by the Medikidz team. This group of superheroes explain her injury and give her some ideas for managing her condition.
Autism Eye
Autism Eye aims to keep parents informed about the best treatments for their child – and to help them avoid the worst. Their articles are independent and unbiased.
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Ouch! is a blog and internet talk show that goes beyond the headlines to reflect disability life. You can add your comments to the frequent posts, and listen to the monthly podcast.
The award-winning Contact magazine is a free quarterly magazine for families of children and young people with cancer. Launched in 2008, it acts as an essential source of information for families and reduces the isolation that families with children diagnosed with a rare disease, such as cancer, inevitably face.
Deaf247
Deaf 247 provides a directory of resources of all things for people with hearing issues and deafness. There is a link to almost anything you can possibly think of…from specialist schools, to courses in sign language, to speak and language therapy even holidays and fun activities.
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Disability Now covers all disability news in its monthly magazine and online.
My future choices is the Transition Info Network's magazine for disabled young people, their families and people who support them. It features stories about organisations and projects that support disabled young people, interviews with young people about their lives, and news, resources and events.
Newsbeat
Cerebra's quarterly magazine Newsbeat is free to members. They feature columns written by parents about their experiences. Updates on research being carried out that might be of interest to people caring for children with neurological conditions, and articles written by professionals in many different fields.
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Nursery World is the UK's leading publication for practitioners and decision-makers across the early years education and childcare sectors.
Parenting Special Needs online magazine provides practical tips, shares life lessons, tackles the challenges and celebrates the joys of parenting.
Progress is the essential transition guide for 13 to 25 year olds with additional needs. Transition is the move into adulthood, when many life-changing decisions are made. Progress helps with the transition process by providing all of the information needed to make positive, informed, key lifestyle decisions - all in one publication.
SEN Magazine is a glossy, full-colour magazine published every two months. It's packed full of interesting and authoritative features, news and articles covering all issues to do with SEN and disability. It's essential reading for teachers, SENCOs, carers, parents, therapists and all practitioners in special needs.
Smalltalk is an A4, glossy family lifestyle magazine aimed at parents and carers of children through from pregnancy to 11 years old. (Yorkshire)
Special Needs Resource Magazine
Providing information and resources to assist children with special needs.
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The Autism Directory is a national database to signpost families to all kinds of Autism Friendly help, information, resources, conferences, activities and much more in your area.
This website is an amazing resource and tool for families with autistic children.
