Tag Archives: Autistic

H at 14 and 30 Days of Autism celebrate ’1000 Ausome Things’ #AutismPositivity2013

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Today H asked me about “Autism Positivity” and about the purpose of the flash blog. After I answered in some detail, explaining the premise and the intent, he summed it all up rather neatly: “Oh, I get it, Mom… Autism … Continue reading →

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1000 Ausome Things #AutismPositivity2013 Flashblog Announcement

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

We know you have been waiting… and we have been working and organizing behind the scenes. Now we are ready and we are excited to announce the theme for the second annual Autism Positivity Flashblog Event on April 30th, 2013: “1000 … Continue reading →

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Autistic people should…

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

Today is the ‘Autistic people should…’ flash blog. Here is what H wanted me to share: Please check out the other amazing contributions at: http://autisticpeopleshould.blogspot.ca/ ________________________________________________________ 30 Days of Autism is a project designed to promote social understanding and offer … 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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Pockets full of rocks!! River walks and rainy day ideas

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

We had an amazing and somewhat rainy walk by the river today… You might be able to picture Craig and I sharing brief exchanges as we sidestepped the wettest of the puddles, interrupted by H’s excited and typically non sequitur … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Autism to ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers’: a letter to my son #AutismPositivity2012

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

To ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers/Autism’: A letter to my son I have written three posts over the past few days… none of them this one. I have worried about saying the wrong thing, offering useless platitudes, or trite … Continue reading →

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To “I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers”: An #AutismPositivity2012 Flash Blog Event

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

A couple of weeks ago, someone somewhere googled, “I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers.”  The phrase popped up in a blogging dashboard and struck the blogger as being particularly sad. She wished she could have answered that someone, and that … Continue reading →

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