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    Another Kind of Ordinary: Living with Autism, Learning Difficulties and Aggression: the Story of a Mother's Love
    Another Kind of Ordinary: Living with Autism, Learning Difficulties and Aggression: the Story of a Mother's Love
    Another Kind of Ordinary: Living with Autism, Learning Difficulties and Aggression: the Story of a Mother's Love
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    Another Kind of Ordinary: Living with Autism, Learning Difficulties and Aggression: the Story of a Mother's Love

    By Pam Cottle

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    As a secondary school teacher expecting my third child, I thought I knew what to expect from motherhood and how to deal with most situations. However, I was totally unprepared for what followed as I embarked on a course where past experience was irrelevant and no systems were effective. These are the events that followed and my reflections on my new life. It is my story but it is also the story of many mothers living with similar challenges - some of whom you will meet in your daily lives. There are no answers yet, only increasing understanding that comes through shared experience. This book tells my story from pregnancy to the approach of Ben’s eighteenth birthday. It is divided into five parts: a series of (roughly chronological) anecdotes for parts one to three; my personal reflections on different issues in part four and a look to the future in part five.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPam Cottle
    Release dateMay 9, 2018
    ISBN9781999772611
    Another Kind of Ordinary: Living with Autism, Learning Difficulties and Aggression: the Story of a Mother's Love
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    Pam Cottle

    Pam is the mother of three sons, originally from Wales but now living in South East England. After completing her secondary education at Howell’s School, Llandaff, she studied French and Theatre Studies at Warwick University before training to teach Modern Languages, Drama and English to pupils from 11-18 years. Pam has continued to teach both adult and school students part-time at a variety of local schools and colleges and as a private tutor. She completed a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature when Ben was young, fitting her studies around her family and their needs. Her family has always come first but she has also tried to keep her mind alert, her body agile and a lookout for people who might need a helping hand. Pam has a strong Christian faith, combined with an impassioned love and commitment to each of her three sons and her husband of over thirty years. With every new challenge, she takes the view that there must be a way through, if you search hard enough...

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