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Category Archives: Space and Pace
The Spectacular Joy of Inventing
Inventing… the idea becomes the prototype… and onward from there! H made the hot sauce for me as imagined/dreamed up the other night (see Spice of life!). Um ya… it is aptly named: Twitching Corpse Hot Sauce! Today he is trying … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Autism, diversity, Flexible thinking, inventing, Resiliency, self-directed learning, Space and Pace
Tagged Back to the Future, curiosity, discovery, hoverboard, I love my inventive mind, inventing, magnets, pace, resiliency, silly putty, skateboard, spare parts, trouble-shooting, Twitching Corpse Hot Sauce
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Perspectives on Perspectives… Musings and more…
I am presenting at the Student Services Training Day in my own school district this week. I have been given the honour of putting together the keynote address and will open with H’s presentation ‘Dear Teacher: A Letter from H’ … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, perspective of others, Space and Pace, Special Education, Speech and Language Therapist, Vectors of Autism
Tagged acceptance, Aspergers, Autism, communication, Dear teacher: A letter from H, friendship, k, Keynote Address, pace, Perspectives, presentation, relationship, Special Education, teacher
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This child does not deserve to be painted with my stress… A Poem
Today is just one of those days… I’m working hard on slowing it down… letting go of my agenda… responding to what my kid is REALLY saying… and remembering to breathe deeply… because this child does not deserve to be … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Autism, calm, Flexible thinking, good enough thinking, letting go, Parent, poem, poetry, Sometimes the pace chooses me..., Space and Pace, worry
Tagged agenda, Autism, autism poem, choice, letting go, pace, parent, remembering to breathe, resiliency, self-talk, slowing it down, stress, you don't have to believe everything you think
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A lazy day of guilt squashing
Today was not one of those days when I felt like I accomplished a whole lot. I slept in, and then, I am embarrassed to say, I also had a nap sometime after brunch. At one point, still in his … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Space and Pace
Tagged awareness, guilt, honouring, pace, Perspectives
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