You know you live in the world of sn when you

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use makaton signs when shouting at old men in rage at their dangerous driving.

Picture this - screech to a halt as he sails through the car parking spaces instead of along the marked road - then as I drive past him along another road - sign Look! stupid to him!

Then wet myself laughing thinking he probably thought I was giving him a rude gesture!

I thought only an sn mum would to that.

Can spot another SN child a mile away (and in this context, I'm referring to a SN child who does not look disabled), either because the child's behaviour is familiar OR because the body language of their parent/carer is somewhat more guarded than usual (these behaviours are often subtle and could go unnoticed by people who lack a 'SN trained eye'!)

That's so true, Manny. Recently another mother came over and asked me if ds1 was autistic. She said that she'd suspected it for a while but hadn't wanted to cause offence etc by asking before. She has a ds with a different kind of SN but has the 'SN radar'.