Just wanted to share a nice moment I had this morning. I had to attend a meeting about my ds1's communication aid at his mainstreem school. He is there two days a week. I have been so undecided whether I was doing the right thing by ds1 having a split placement with ms and sn school. He is five and is in Reception. I have had all the worries about ds1 socially fitting in. He has cp in the form of a Hemiplegia which means he is disabled all down the one side. His arm is more affected than his leg, so he can walk, just very unsteady. He has 1:1 help all day at ms. He has no speech and uses a communication aid called a future pad (a little computer if you like). I had an opportunity to watch him play this morning at breaktime. It was lovely. Being the worried mum, I had visions of him standing alone in the playground on his own, being ignored...you know, all the dreadful things we think about. In fact, he was playing right in the middle of the playground, with a circle of GIRLS around him running races up and down the playground. It really was lovely. He was still always aware of where his "adult" was to hold his hand occasionally, but he was being really brave, a lot more so than I give him credit for. Apparently, he has this little female 'band' of girls who fetch his coat and nice things like that. I cannot put into words how nice a site this was to see him integrating with the ms kids. I now realise how easy it is to let your mind wonder and actually dream up how bad a situation is when really, it is not. It is my birthday tomorrow, and as far as I am concerned, I have just had the best birthday present ever.