Autism Positivity
Autism Positivity
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Tag Archives: diagnosis
1…2…3… Magic!! Christy Clark needs a time out!!
87%… That is the result. I sit tonight on the brink of an abyss of sorts… and I stare into the darkness – with unknown demons on the move. It sounds like the setting for some cool video game that … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, BC Teachers Federation, Christy Clark, Diagnosis, Distributed Learning, Parent, Public Education, School Based Team Meetings, Special Education, Speech and Language Therapist, Teacher
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, BC Liberal Party, BCTF, Christy Clark, communication, diagnosis, Master of Education Degree, Numbers, Special Education, struggle, teacher, Time-out, Twisted rhetoric, Underfunding public education
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I’m on Healthy Place TV!! A Guest Interview about Autism
I have had the amazing opportunity to be interviewed on Healthy Place: America’s Mental Health Channel. The interview is in two parts… and… yes, of course it is on the topic of autism. I hope you enjoy it: http://www.livestream.com/healthyplace/video?clipId=pla_951de949-9b9f-4c95-b8dd-43e2676ba3db&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Thank … Continue reading
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
Posted in Autism
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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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
Enlightenment and the passing of time
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
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Diagnosis, Journey
Tagged Autism, Buddha, diagnosis, Enlightenment, hope, Nirvana, one step at a time, Sensory integration dysfunction, sensory stim, stim, struggle
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Diagnosis: AUTISM …part 1
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
Looking back and next steps: the power of pause
It is critical sometimes to stop and observe where we are at and to notice how H is growing and developing. The changes are small and incremental (though at times these little things can seem HUGE to us) and might … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Diagnosis, Goals, Intervention, interventionsist, label, language, Parent, Play Therapy, Social Thinking, Speech and Language Therapist, Teacher
Tagged Autism, Cub Scouts, diagnosis, education assistant, interventionist, occupational therapist, OT, parents, pediatrician, SLP, stop, struggle, teacher, team, the power of pause
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