Reflections
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I never want to forget.
Jan 05, 2024
This is an image of me, deep in the trenches, around a decade ago.
My husband would message from work each day and ask how 'things' were.
Some days, I couldn't speak. I'd send pictures. This was one...
It never gets easier
Sep 27, 2023
It never gets easier, nor am I ever better prepared for the moments my autistic children (and I) are exposed to another parentās grief stricken story about their autistic child.
I was conditioned to ...
Stop looking away from intersectionality
Oct 14, 2021
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(Warning: This written content includes discussion around themes of racism, transphobia, homophobia, suicidality.).
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Almost every time I address the topic of intersectionality on...
Iāll never āovercomeā my PDA neurobiology.
Aug 13, 2021
Iām often asked how, as a PDAer, I am able to overcome my need for control in parenting my own children with a PDA profile of autism.
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I donāt overcome it.
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Iāll never āovercomeā my ne
...I remember every single name, every single humiliation.
Aug 13, 2021
At fifteen years old, I left school midway through Year Nine and went into the workforce.
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I vehemently expressed that I would not return to school and with that, my mother said if I was not return...
My university days went like this.
Aug 12, 2021
I'm not an autistic researcher.
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I am not a psychologist.
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I take my hat off to my neurokin who are.
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I am forever grateful to those who are engaged in research and academia, cr
...She is so much more.
Aug 05, 2021
I often touch on how important it is to move beyond the generic support framework for our autistic children in the classroom. This includes a timer, dot points on the board and visuals.
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...We bring our children home.
Jul 22, 2021
We bring our children home
From failed systems
That have been enabled not to care
Not to care for our children
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For us; when we were the children
We educate our children
And while trying
...Where my grief came from.
Jul 15, 2021
This morning as I was barefoot walking through the garden, connecting with the earth, I felt a deep sadness come over me.
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My instinct was to push the sadness away and to think of something e
...An invitation to lead with love.
Jun 17, 2021
Contrary to popular parenting advice, the time when our children return to the safety of our energy after being in trouble is not the time to lecture.
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It is not the time to remind our babies
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