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Mike Stevens

@mikeistevens.bsky.social

Proud Dad to Ben & Finlay, fabulous identical twins with severe autism & learning disability. I will always be their advocate. Gooner since 1971! Silver Member

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I hope you have better luck with your meeting than weโ€™re having, looking at post-school provision here too, not a good experience! Mallorca booked for September ๐Ÿคž

29.06.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds good! All fine here, Ben seizure free for over a year. Finlay happy. Boys have another year in school. I miss your story but struggle on here as thereโ€™s not much engagement. Great to see your pool in use again, sending much love to you and Jack. Whatโ€™s your plans for him after the summer?

29.06.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, how are you guys doing?

29.06.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope you guys are well

23.02.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My happy boys, nudging 17, where has time gone? ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ This isnโ€™t autism, this is Ben and Finlay

23.02.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My boys ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™, Center Parcs in beautiful sunshine โ˜€๏ธ

02.01.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My boys at the Christmas Lights at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on Christmas Eve, they really enjoyed it

26.12.2024 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@nh-gooner.bsky.social I hope you guys had a good Christmas! Have you left X altogether? Iโ€™ve tried this but lots want to follow but no engagement. All the best Kev and Jack

26.12.2024 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He makes me proud every single day Iain

27.11.2024 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s see if we can stimulate some engagement on here, this is my son Ben, ready for school this morning. Ben has severe autism and a learning disability and he is non verbal but most importantly heโ€™s loved and heโ€™s happy ๐Ÿ’™

27.11.2024 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jings, talk about taking it to the wire, thatโ€™s awful

20.11.2024 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tomorrow was supposed to be our first post-school transition meeting about our boys (in Scotland youโ€™re cast adrift at 18) - itโ€™s been cancelled and will be rescheduled in the new yearโ€ฆ..๐Ÿ˜ก

20.11.2024 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s great, very fortunate to find a gem like that. Hope Jack is well

20.11.2024 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As long as it was worth it, tough going, great devotion

20.11.2024 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope the appointment went well

20.11.2024 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s so cold, how do you do this? ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ

19.11.2024 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please follow back

19.11.2024 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Follow back please ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ™

18.11.2024 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you not follow back?

17.11.2024 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my boys used to steal all his brotherโ€™s symbols so he could match them up! I would definitely recommend P2G. Itโ€™s great your son has some words

16.11.2024 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I get you, our boys wear these iPods on lanyards and they are locked into the app so they canโ€™t access anything else. We do have the app on their other devices and theyโ€™re quite good at moving between the apps. We started with PECS but managing two lots of symbols was too much

16.11.2024 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My boys are 16 and non-verbal but theyโ€™re brilliant with proloquo2go, does anyone else use it?

16.11.2024 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It certainly seems much healthier

15.11.2024 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Iain, trying to find everyone

15.11.2024 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have our first meeting on Thursday Sheenagh, dreading it, I hope yours goes well

15.11.2024 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I value your friendship and having friends like you in my life makes me realise weโ€™re not alone. Our boys are so alike even down to interests. I especially love your optimism and enjoyment of life

15.11.2024 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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