13/06/2026
💙 A message from one of our followers has really touched my heart, and I wanted to share it with our community.
A mum reached out to ask whether we could help start a SEN pen-pal and friendship programme.
She explained that her autistic children desperately want friends — someone they can write to, send drawings to, exchange little letters with, and simply call a friend. But because of their disabilities and developmental delays, they haven't yet found children of a similar age who are able to build and maintain those friendships.
Personally, I think this is a beautiful idea so we set up a group
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1GWzTtxStC/
We did something similar for my niece when she was home educated, and over 8 years later she is still friends with some of the children she connected with through it.
I think only our community truly understands how difficult making and maintaining friendships can be for some of our children. So many of them long for connection but struggle to find people who understand them.
This could be a lovely way to build friendships, create confidence, reduce loneliness, and maybe even connect families who live close to each other.
So my question is...
💙 Would you be interested in this ???
If enough people are interested, perhaps we can help make it happen. ( We can help use alternative addresses for safety).
I'll start...
🙋♀️ the sen-kids are definitely up for it to help find families nearby and far away
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