Single parenting with two autistic sons with James Hunt, creator of Stories about Autism

“No matter how hard it might seem in that moment or how difficult life is, it will get better. There are people out there who care about you and want the best for you.”

Rewind 15 years and James Hunt was living a very different life. Working as a tennis coach, he’d recently started dating the woman who would become the mother of his children and his day to day life was pretty straightforward. Two years later and James had started his own business, moved house and become a father for the first time. Over the next few years James went through a diagnosis of autism for his first son, Jude, and then the birth and subsequent diagnosis of his second son, Tommy.

In this episode of the Frolo podcast, James talks to Zoë about:

●      How a family holiday when Jude was a toddler opened his mind to how different he was from other children his own age.

●      The process of receiving a diagnosis of autism for Jude and being left with that feeling of ‘what next?’

●      How the diagnosis for Tommy came as less of a surprise but in many ways had much more of an impact.

●      Struggling to maintain emotional and physical well-being and a relationship under the pressure of caring for two children with complex needs.

●      Managing a separation and the transition to co-parenting whilst balancing the best interests of both children.

●      How he manages to carve out time for himself while caring for his sons as a single parent and the importance of creating your own support network.

 

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Find James:

On his blog: https://storiesaboutautism.com/

On Instagram: @storiesaboutautism

This episode is sponsored by co-parenting app Amicable @amicable_world

This podcast is produced by Buckers at Decibelle Creative @decibelle_creative

 

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