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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Silliness and Invention at the End of a Long Week
Yay! It is Friday!! TGIF!! Don’t get me wrong – I love, LOVE my job! However, this is the first week back at work for me… and it has shocked my system somewhat. On Monday I could feel the stress … Continue reading
Camp Snarfly: Autism and Friendship on The Forest Moon of Endor
The Amazing Craig says it’s a do-over! At our house a do-over has a couple of meanings: the first would be an opportunity to try something again and make it better, as a social repair action after a misread – … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Neurotypical, Parent, Snarfly, typical
Tagged Autistic, Bullies, Camping, CIT, city mouse, do-over, Endor, friendship, Laura Nagle, mosquitoes, Nerf Guns, Rockets, sling shots, snarfly, Star Wars, Summer camp, The forest Moon of Endor
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Remembering Neil Armstrong: Father, Son, and Special Interests
The Amazing Craig knows an astounding amount about the space program. Here are some of his reflections about Neil Armstrong: “Neil Armstrong and David Scott literally saved the space program from disaster – they were on a Gemini Mission and … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Father, mentor/apprentice, Neil Armstrong
Tagged Apollo 11, Aspergers, Gemini, Moon Landing, Neil Armstrong, parents, Space, Special Interests, Walter Cronkite
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Autism… and Mexico and Family and Inclusion and…WOW!
“When I asked H to help me with packing today… he got all excited. Turns out he though I asked him about “hacking”… Love that kid! And Yay!! Work at SFU [working at the university] is done – so I … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Anxiety, aproximating typical, Autism, family, fitting in, Journey, Parent
Tagged Aspergers, families, inclusion, Mexico, Neurotypical, parents, relationship
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Social Thinking at Work: A book review
Winner, M.G.,& Crooke, P. (2011) Social Thinking at Work. San Jose, CA.: Think Social, Inc., & North River Press. Part of my motivation for reviewing Social Thinking at Work is that I strongly believe we need to be spreading understanding … Continue reading
Posted in aproximating typical, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, diversity, fitting in, Laura Nagle, Michelle Garcia Winner, relationships, Social cognition, Social Thinking, work
Tagged acceptance, anger, apology, asd, Aspergers, Autism, manners, Michelle Garcia Winner, North River Press, Pam Crooke, parent, parents, Perspectives, promote social understanding, Social Behavior Mapping, Social Behaviour Mapping, social cognition, Social Thinking, Social Thinking at Work, Social Thinking at Work: Why should I care?, Superflex, Think Social Inc, UDL, Vectors of Autism, Work
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“I left my child in the woods!”: Two Moms on the Lam
The Amazing Craig has taken H and City Mouse to create their own summer camp, which has been dubbed “Camp Snarfly.” (This name was inspired by Laura Nagle’s word snarfly – which is the autistic specific emotion of the joy … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, connections, Humour, Journey, Moms, Parent, Snarfly, Summer Camp
Tagged Autism, Bullies, frindship, Holly Hobby, laughter, Laura Nagle, Lego, Meatballs, parents, raptinlight photography, snarfly, Spock, Summer camp, thrift store
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Calm… Autism and breaking the time/space continuum
There is something about childhood and the ability to lose yourself in time just witnessing the poetry in the movements of an insect or the clouds. Those small things contain the entire world. I often ponder that as adults we … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, AspieKid, Autism, calm, childhood, fitting in
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, breaking the time/space continuum, calm, childhood, development, honouring, pace, parents
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