Reflections
Food, glorious food!
Jun 04, 2021
Trigger Warning: Mentions food, eating disorders and sensory aversions.
Please note the below is my personal experience and I am not a qualified medical professional or dietician.
Food. Glorious ...
When there's not enough processing time.
Apr 29, 2021
Parenting is tough.
Being autistic and parenting can be challenging when we share the same sensory challenges as our little people and need time and space to be calm.
Today we had a
...Awareness month? Nah, not over here.
Apr 01, 2021
This morning I'm reminded of an appointment with an obstetrician in the public system seven years ago.
I was heavily pregnant with my last baby.
He was going over my subsequent pregn
...Repeat after me... "I am not my child."
Mar 25, 2021
People need the space and freedom to feel; to explore and understand the incredibly complex depth and range of their emotional life.
This begins in childhood.
As children, particular
...You might be doing it wrong.
Feb 04, 2021
Many parents and educators will often witness behaviour from neurodivergent people and find it baffling or confusing because they’re unable to connect it to a particular and recent event.
Being autis...
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) and villains.
Dec 28, 2020
Why do so many children with a PDA autistic profile take on the character of a villain, a bad guy or a monster, werewolf, zombie, anything that seems a disapproved of figure?
Because we come
...Her behaviour was unacceptable.
Dec 04, 2020
(Shared with permission from my adult daughter.)
Cleaning out the shed today, I found a box of things collected since my teens.
I felt such sadness when I found this.
I was 18 when my first ba
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