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Wow, where do I begin? It's hard for me to even think about this and remember so let's just get it over with, it will be good for me. I will be honest and say that I had no idea what autism was until it came to be in my own son. I recognised the name 'autism' but naively thought it was a Downes Syndrome type disability that was instantly visually recognisable. I had never met anyone who told me they had autism or Aspergers or even an ASD child, and if they did I was completely unaware, in fact,...

Hello and welcome. I sound like the headmistress of a school...but, really, hello and welcome.  I guess the idea for Autism Threads clothing apparel came about from the many occasions where I wish I had the words "I have autism" tattooed across my now 7-year-old sons' forehead. Or at least had the guts to suggest that's what I do to the rather judgemental and unforgiving public out there. I kinda put the shoe on the other foot as it were, and thought, well, how would I know if a child had autism or not just by looking at them? And if...