Autism & Everyday Life
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The anxiety of change
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≻: The anxiety of changeThere are certain things in life that you know are going to affect your child, and are going to go…
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Use your words
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≻: Use your wordsWe have spent the last 6 years teaching our daughter to talk. Actually, that’s an exaggeration: we spent 3 years…
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Realigning the world view
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≻: Realigning the world viewThis week, my daughter woke up on Tuesday 19th November and announced, with the surety of a small child in…
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Stim away the happy
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≻: Stim away the happyIn previous years, our fae child has found fireworks completely overwhelming: she has needed ear defenders and places to hide…
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Tell me why
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≻: Tell me whyI don’t like Octobers. No, seriously, if anything is going to go wrong it will happen in October. I don’t…
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You’re not the only one
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≻: You’re not the only oneI have recently decided that I am going to write a book, dedicated to the memory of my father. On…
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Do we have to have these arguments?
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≻: Do we have to have these arguments?And other stupid things I say. I don’t even know why I say them when the answer is obvious and…
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Why wont you talk to us?
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≻: Why wont you talk to us?One of the most frustrating things about raising a fae child is that they will not – or, more accurately,…
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Not fragile like a flower
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≻: Not fragile like a flowerFragile like a bomb. I am so glad that my child is back at school this week. Not because I…
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Signs of tiredness
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≻: Signs of tirednessAs with all children (I imagine), our fae won’t always recognise that she is tired. She will sometimes accept that…
