As more and more people are blogging, I have found that more and more abbreviations are used in posts. Here are a few that I use or have seen being used.

 

Abbreviations

• LOL – Laughing out loud
• DS – Darling son
• DD- Darling daughter
• OH- Other hubby
• Paed- Paediatrician
• OT- Occupational therapist
• Physio – Physiotherapist
• PT – Part time
• SENCO- Special Education Needs Co-ordinator
• SEN- Special education needs
• DLA- Disability living allowance
• Mob – Mobility
• ASD- Autism Spectrum disorder
• SALT – Speech and language therapist
• Sibs – Siblings
• MRI – Magnetic resonance imaging
• CDU – Child development unit
• AS- Autism spectrum
• IEP – Individual education plan
• Ed Psych – Educational psychologist
• SEN as regard a statement – statement of educational needs

 

What Is Specialsaturday

The idea behind this is to use Saturdays to spread awareness of the needs, feelings and accomplishments of children and adults with additional needs or autism. Members of Twitter are asked to make awareness posts on Saturdays using the tag #specialsaturday.

Bloggers are asked to write about their experiences of achievement by people who have additional needs or autism on Saturdays. Members of Facebook are asked to write status updates that help spread awareness on Saturdays. Members of both Facebook and Twitter are asked to use the Twibbon that’s designed to spread awareness of the Special Saturday can be found specialsaturday twibbon to add to your profile pictures. Please add your friends and help us spread awareness. People with additional needs have struggled for too long to be accepted as equal members of society and this MUST change.

Please read what is specialsaturday and why I started it