Skip to content ↓

Sharon and Sonny's Story

"We are Sharon and Sonny and had have been part of Little Miracles for a couple of years now. We always feel welcome and supported. I know that if I needed help or advice with anything that I can ask.

Sonny has Autism and was only diagnosed aged 5. If I had an earlier diagnosis we would have done lots more with LM when he was younger. Before Sonny was 5 I found it so difficult to entertain him every day. Sonny likes to go out and would always want to know where are we going today. I exhausted all the parks in about a 30 mile radius. We used to go to places that weren’t too busy so he didn’t get too overwhelmed. The local area childrens stay and play type things did not hold his interest plus it was stressful for me as I didn’t know how he would react or behave especially when the singing would inevitably begin. The summer before Sonny started school was a very lonely and overwhelming, stressful time for me, how to fill 6 weeks?

Once we found Little Miracles there were so many things to choose from and so varied. We have done lots of firsts with Little Miracles including rollerskating, which he really took to straight away and it wasn’t too busy and he was ok with the music too. Recently we went to our first ever cinema trip, he does not sit and watch films usually but as it was Peppa and it was with Little Miracles we could relax and know that if he didn’t sit the whole time it would be ok and also when he talked loudly through some of it that was ok too. We go to pretty much every bouncy thing we can and he just loves it and it takes a lot of pressure off of me too and he gets to socialise. One of our favourite outings is Fenland Light Railway he loves going on the train and watching the Model Thomas train. At Christmas we went to Sandringham to see the lights and it was just magical. It was magical for us all because we got to go to something that we could be in safe company but also something that if it wasn’t for Little Miracles we would not be able to afford. We are members of Litttle Miracles Ramsay, Fenland, St Neots and Ely and now much more is happening closer to home in Huntingdon which is perfect for us. Sonny loves to know what he is doing and where we are going and when so to be able to book things up is fantastic. I no longer dread school holidays as I know there will be things to do. Little Miracles is brilliant and we would be lost without it. 

Thank you!"