Category Archives: typical

The kid who knows who Stanley Kubrick is: Dreaming Big

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

I hope it is a good movie. It is going to be a bit corny – but it should be good. Mom will you help me?? Yes, you get things going and set up and then let me know what … Continue reading →

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Camp Snarfly: Autism and Friendship on The Forest Moon of Endor

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

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 →

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Beyond Awareness and Irony: Autism is for life…

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

The title of my previous post Thirty days and counting… Autism: Day 4,711 was meant to be ironic. To me this was amusing in that it was poking fun at my own intent with this blog by pointing to that … Continue reading →

Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Humour, sleep, typical | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Contemplating the box and living on the edge

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Even when I was a child it was suggested that I was a different kind of thinker. “Wow – you really think outside the box…” I always feel a kind of pride in this as for me thinking outside the … Continue reading →

Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, promote social understanding, Social cognition, Social Thinking, Special Education, Teacher, ToM (Theory of Mind), typical | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Siblings, stress, and love: A big sister’s view of autism

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

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 →

Posted in acceptance, Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Grief, Indiana Jones, Neurotypical, Parent, relationships, Tears, typical | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments