Allison Pennington

Finding The Thread Allison Pennington

I am a Consultant Speech and Language therapist specialist in Autistic spectrum disorders. I had worked in this field for many years before my daughter Louise came along, so having a child with any problems wasn't going to happen to me, that was somebody else's life. I was the one on the other side of the desk, telling families about the diagnosis. Life isn't like that. I wanted to write this book because I know that there are many people out there who are currently in the black hole where we stayed for a number of years. I want to pass on my knowledge and guidance to them, both as a mum and as a specialist in the field. In doing so, I hope to provide a thread for them to hang on to, a thread which over time can be woven with other threads until they ultimately have a rope with which they can find their way out.