Autism Positivity
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Enlightenment and the passing of time (via Thirty Days of Autism)
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
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Tagged asd, Aspergers, Autism, Buddha, diagnosis, Enlightenment, hope, journey, Nirvana, one step at a time, Sensory integration dysfunction, sensory stim, stim, struggle
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School Based Teams, IEPs, and a Parent’s Journey with Autism (via Thirty Days of Autism)
I have been reflecting over the past week about how important it is to me to share the experiences that I have had parenting a child with Autism. So many of them have been positive, and although they have challenged … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, diagnosis, grief, iep, IEP meetings, parent, school-based-team-meetings, Special Education, struggle, teacher, team, tears
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Coping with Anxiety: the power and message of a parent’s response (via Thirty Days of Autism)
My child experiences anxiety. Unfortunately, anxiety is often one of the tag-along companions on the journey of a child with autism, along with attentional issues (ADHD), sensory issues, tic disorders, and speech and language challenges, to name a few. Today … Continue reading
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Tagged allergies, Anxiety, asd, Aspergers, Autism, meltdown, Modelling behaviour, parenting, parents, resiliency, self-talk, sensory overload, strategies
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Siblings, stress, and love: A big sister’s view of autism (via Thirty Days of Autism)
I have a beautiful daughter who will be 18 next week. Nika was almost 6 when H was born. He was like having a real baby doll and she was just awesome with him. Nika was precocious and very social: … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Aspergers, Autism, behaviour, brother, grief, guilt, indiana-jones, love, Modelling behaviour, Neurotypical, parent, relationships, sibling, sister, stress, struggle, tears, typical, Zombie Apolcalypse
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Aa is for Applecus and Autism: A look back at supporting language development (via Thirty Days of Autism)
The other day I was reading about a mother's excitement over her daughter's language acquisition. It had me thinking back and remembering how that felt for us. My son is now 12 and has amazing expressive language – it took … Continue reading
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Tagged asd, Aspergers, assessment, Autism, behaviour, communicate, communication, Eeyore, idiosynchratic language, intervention, language, language aquisition, McDonald's, Modelling behaviour, prompting, Prompting Hierarchy, self-talk, social language, Speech and Language, speech-and-language-therapist, strategies, visual-strategies-and-supports
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“tic tacs”: a light-hearted look at autism intervention (via Thirty Days of Autism)
In the midst of things that are challenging I find that a little laughter goes a long ways to help with my resiliency. Today as I am somewhat stressed with the joys of … ahhhhh…ya… camping prep, I thought revisiting … Continue reading
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Tagged April is Autism Awareness Month, Autism, behaviour, calming, candy, intervention, parent, sensory item, social world, strategies, the-box, Tic Tacs
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Co-regulation and Social Referencing: family fun and autism intervention
Yesterday I headed off with my three guys (The Amazing Craig, H, and Finnegan the Labradoodle) to a wonderful lake that we love to frequent in the summer months. Last week we hiked around it – this week we decided … Continue reading
Treasures I found at the Thrift Shop: Autism and Understanding (via Thirty Days of Autism)
Today my boy and I were skulking in a thrift store – hunting for treasures. It is one of our favourite pass-times: something we can do together, an adventure of sorts, and always there is the promise of finding something … Continue reading
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Tagged "Excuse me", acceptance, anger, apology, asd, Aspergers, Autism, manners, parent, parents, Perspectives, promote-social-understanding, sensory overload, Social Thinking, Special Education, Star Trek, Star Wars, thrift store, treasure
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Together: the ice-cream experiment and other adventures
My Boys (meaning the Amazing Craig and H) are in the kitchen right now. I have strategically removed myself to let them experience father and son time – and to keep out of the fray. (At least that’s my story) … Continue reading
Diagnosis: AUTISM …part 1 (via Thirty Days of Autism)
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
