Parent Blog
Welcome to Parent Blogs
Why we're opening a space for lived experience alongside the guides — and how to read these posts.
About the author
Esther
Founder & Editor
Nearly 20 years in corporate change management taught me how to take complex problems and make them manageable. Then my daughter’s autism diagnosis gave me a complex problem no corporate framework could touch. I went down research rabbit holes out of necessity, learned to navigate the SEND system through trial and a lot of error, and started writing it all down because other parents needed it too. Neuroequipped was born out of wanting to help others.
The guides on this site are careful. They cite sources, they're edited tightly, and they deliberately don't date themselves. That's the right tone for "what-is-PDA" or "how-to-read-your-EHCP" — evergreen, reference-y, meant to be trustworthy at 2am.
But a lot of what actually helps parents doesn't fit that shape.
What a parent blog is for
- The specific tribunal victory somebody won last Tuesday.
- The thing that finally worked after six months of trying.
- A mum writing at midnight about the phone call she had with school.
- A clinician sharing what they wish parents knew earlier.
These are dated, opinionated, and personal. They're not clinical advice. They're what you'd hear at the school gate from the parent who's been through it.
How to read them
- Check the date. Lived-experience posts age quickly. A strategy that worked in Year 3 may not apply to the same child in Year 9.
- Read the byline. Some posts are from parents, some from clinicians in our village. The author card tells you which.
- Use the tags. They're a catalogue, not a hierarchy — click any tag to see everything on that theme.
Who writes
At launch, mostly me. But if you're a parent or practitioner with a story you'd like to share, get in touch — this section will grow.
Welcome in.