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What If the World Were Designed for Autistic Individuals?
We often spend years teaching autistic children how to fit into the world. But what if, instead, we paused and asked — what would the world look like if it were designed for them? The theme for World...
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Together Against Loneliness: A Mother’s Reflection on World Down’s Syndrome...
Every year on World Down’s Syndrome Day (“WDSD”), I reflect on our journey with our daughter Isha. It has been twelve years of working hard to keep learning, growing, and sometimes quietly worrying....
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Raising My Boys as Feminists
[This article was first published on 7th March 2018] I am a feminist. Loud and proud. When I got pregnant with my first son, my friends were tickled to see me lumbering around with a “penis growing...
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My Story: Starting to Learn About Autism
[This article was first published on 1st March 2018] There is no parenting book or blog that can prepare you for the moment you have to utter the words “My child has autism”. A week after I received...
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My Story: My journey to my own autism diagnosis after my daughter’s diagnosis
From birth, my daughter knew exactly what she needed, and that was constant connection with me. I loved smelling the top of her head. I loved the way her tiny fingers would tickle me awake. I loved...
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My Story: How (and Why) I Wrote a Book on Step-Parenting
Stepmothers are not capable of parenting because only mums know best. You didn’t carry the child for 9 months, you didn’t breastfeed him, you wouldn’t know what motherhood really feels like. Have a...
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How to talk to kids about: Being a third culture kid
My 8 and 10-year-old boys, Nolan and Liam, speak with an indiscernible accent. Liam was born in Malaysia, and moved to Germany when he was just 3 months old. Nolan was born in Germany. As a family, we...
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My Story: Parenting through Terminal Illness
In March 2021, my children’s father was diagnosed with oral cancer for the second time in 15 years. The first time he was diagnosed, we were just starting our journey as a couple. That very first...
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My Story: Moving abroad as a family
I’d like to think that I used to live a nomadic life when I was growing up. My father worked for the government as a diplomat. My mother had a short stint in the workforce during her early adult life,...
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#pakchicPerspective: My Journey from Man to Father
From being a husband, to finally becoming a father. From all the pre-baby preparations, to witnessing the arrival of my little ones, each step filled me with a sense of purpose that I’d never felt...
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My Story: Losing a Parent, then Becoming One
Three weeks to go. Instead of talking to him about the twins I was expecting, I was looking at him, lifeless. Without having the chance to say a proper goodbye, my dad (and soon-to-be-grandad) had his...
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How (and Why) I Started Book Clubs for My Kids
Like many parents, I was anxious at the start of the pandemic about how my children’s learning would be negatively impacted by all the lockdowns and school closures. However, we tried to keep in mind...
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My Story: Discovering myself on my first solo trip as a mother
Two summer breaks ago, I finally crossed an item from my bucket list. I went on a solo trip. Yes, I went alone to a country where I didn’t speak the language. During one of my burnt-out, hectic...
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My Story: Navigating infertility and healing from an eating disorder
Life feels out of control; I’m not good enough.” My eating disorder started in university, though its symptoms had already begun to take root in earlier years. In secondary school, I felt most of the...
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World Down’s Syndrome Day 2024: End the Stereotypes
My almost 11-year-old daughter, Isha, has Down’s Syndrome. I shared Isha’s story and diagnosis publicly for the first time here in 2019. Since then, we have talked about the importance of inclusive...
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My Story: Prepping my neurodivergent daughter for government school
[Contributor Noor Abdul previously wrote My Story: My journey to my own autism diagnosis after my daughter’s diagnosis‘. She continues to share the journey she is on with her daughter] Source: Charlein...
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My Story: A (Non) Fairy Tale Journey Through IVF
We share the journey of Anna (who asked to be identified by a pseudonym to protect her privacy), her personal reflections about the dark side of IVF, and the message she has to support fellow parents...
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My Story: A Father’s Journey – Living Life One Scan At a Time
In the realm of fatherhood, strength and resilience are qualities that often define the role. Every year, Father’s Day provides an opportunity to honour and celebrate the fathers (and father figures)...
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My Story: From Business Owner to Homemaker, and the Lessons in Between
I started my Digital Marketing business in 2014 with the vision to excel, grow the business and keep moving to greater heights in my career as a businesswoman. Year after year, my business did indeed...
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World Autism Awareness Day 2023: A family’s journey continues
7th November 2017 was the first time I told our story on makchic, as we navigated our journey through our son’s autism diagnosis. In my conclusion to that piece, I wrote this: “Every day, I hold on...
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