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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Perspectives on time and the end of a busy week: Autism and Temporal Development
All of my weeks are busy – but this one has seemed more so. My head is spinning with things I might write about. I am flying about on different tangential thoughts and mapping out ideas, only to be interrupted … Continue reading
Enlightenment and the passing of time
You know… I was reading one of my old journals the other day (a recurrent theme of late, methinks) and I came across an entry from when we first were learning of the diagnosis of autism for H. The entry … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Diagnosis, Journey
Tagged Autism, Buddha, diagnosis, Enlightenment, hope, Nirvana, one step at a time, Sensory integration dysfunction, sensory stim, stim, struggle
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Diagnosis: AUTISM … part 2
Like any parent, I don’t want to focus on the differences in my child from a deficit point of view. Although I know that I must be realistic in addressing areas in need of development if H is to be … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Diagnosis, mentor/apprentice, Parent, Vygotsky
Tagged acceptance, Aspergers, Autism, competent adults, development, Eustacia Cutler, parents, relationship, social understanding, teachable moment, Temple Grandin, Temple Grandin's mom, think differently, Vygotskian, Vygotsky
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Diagnosis: AUTISM …part 1
Every so often I am contacted by parents who hear about me through their sister-in-law, or are friends of a friend, or they know someone who knows me, and they need support in the midst of the diagnostic process… or … Continue reading
TweEtiquette: my struggle with unwritten social rules
I have just started to use twitter. A couple of weeks ago a brilliant tech-savvy colleague nudged me: “Your blog is doing great Leah. Now you have to get on Twitter.“ In response, I think I produced a nervous giggle … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Communicate, promote social understanding
Tagged cyber-world, follow, misunderstood, repost, social intereactions, tweet, TweEttiquite, Twitter, unspoken social rules
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Skeleton of Hope: building the diversity mosaic
This little blog of mine wasn’t really a planned venture. I had no idea what I was doing and no experience with blogging, but on the evening of March 29th, 2011, I decided I would take the leap and write … Continue reading
Not eloquent… just tired
Last night I participated in Relay for Life – a 12 hour event to raise funds for Cancer Research. I was up all night and, I although I require little sleep, I just can’t pull that off anymore. As I … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, fitting in, handling discomfort, Neurotypical, Social cognition
Tagged Autism, back in step, Cancer, navigate, out of step, out of sync, oversensitivity, pace, parents, Relay for Life, sensory overload, struggle, tired
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To Premier Christy Clark… You say you want to put families first…?!?
This is not my usual post: instead it is a message and a link to some very important information. Please read and share with those whom you think might be affected or are in the position to advocate for themselves … Continue reading
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