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I am so NOT a Superhero: Autism, Holiday Stress, and Making Cookies with the Kids
Reblogged from Thirty Days of Autism: I sometimes think I would like to be a superhero – well perhaps not actually – but I have previously admitted that I am coveting the cape!! A cape would be cool – but … Continue reading
A conversation with my Dad: Buffers, Limits, and Approximating Perfection
I have at times found myself stretched thin; a brittle husk of stress – somehow hollow and too full at the same time. I have felt this with my work as a special education teacher, I have felt this as … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Autism, Father, good enough thinking, self-advocacy
Tagged Approximating perfection, Aspergers, Autism, capacity, conversation, excellence, high expectations, intolerance, limits, misunderstanding, needs of the system, poverty, professional satisfaction, reaching capacity, self-advocacy, setting limits, Special Education, stress
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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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Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits
Reblogged from Thirty Days of Autism: I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social, physical, … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, calm, Flexible thinking, handling discomfort, Resiliency, self-advocacy, visual strategies
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress
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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
Cleaning the Aspie Room: Aaack! Will we ever move on from this?
H is a collector! He is a collector of facts, like the Amazing Craig (H’s Dad) and like myself! And also like me… he is a collector of stuff! We both love thrift stores and the thrill of a treasure … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Aspergers, Autism, executive function, HFASD, Indiana Jones, Journey, Michael Jackson, Parent, Star Trek, Star Wars
Tagged bedroom, Cleaning the bedroom, development, Hoarders, organization, parent, parents, sensory overload, Star Wars, strategies, stress
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Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits
I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social, physical, cognitive, and sensory experience. These boundaries … Continue reading
Posted in ASD, Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Parent, Resiliency, Teacher, visual strategies, visual strategies and supports
Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress
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I am so NOT a Superhero: Autism, Holiday Stress, and Making Cookies with the Kids
I sometimes think I would like to be a superhero – well perhaps not actually – but I have previously admitted that I am coveting the cape!! A cape would be cool – but I digress! Around this festive time … Continue reading
30 days and counting… Autism: Day 4,711
I have had a hard time writing lately. It seems that I have been focused on my work and other things, some of which are of critical importance – and some – uh – ya – not so much!! The … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Resiliency, sleep, Sometimes the pace chooses me...
Tagged bedtime, Gumball prize, love, melatonin, Ninja Trurtles, pace, stress, writing
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