Autism & Everyday Life
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Being Good
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≻: Being GoodWe have rules in our house. I’m sure everyone does. Importantly, they apply to us as well as our daughter.…
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We have normality
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≻: We have normalityAfter 6 long weeks normality (such as it is) has been restored, so “Anything you still can’t cope with is…
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The difference between fine and masking
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≻: The difference between fine and masking“But she seems completely fine. “ This sentence, regularly uttered by friends and even family who have neuro-typical children, makes…
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Just being
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≻: Just beingSo, my daughter is coming to the end of her first year of school. In that time, I have been…
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Summer Holiday Blues
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≻: Summer Holiday BluesTrying to organise the summer holidays has turned, in my case, into something of a military operation. I have, I…
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From a different perspective
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≻: From a different perspectiveOne of the most exhausting things, mentally at least, that I have found whilst caring for my daughter is trying…
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Thinking outside the box
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≻: Thinking outside the boxSo, this month there are three long weekends and a half-term to contend with. Don’t get me wrong: I love…
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The Strange unwritten rules of society
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≻: The Strange unwritten rules of societyIt has been amusing us that, since our daughter started to speak, we have been given small glimpses into the…
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Autistic burnout
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≻: Autistic burnoutOver the past few weeks our fae has started exhibiting some new and frankly bizarre (for her) behaviour: she has…
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Cracking the 5 a day code
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≻: Cracking the 5 a day codeSo, courtesy of an overdose of Cocomelon, I think I may have stumbled on the Rosetta Stone of getting my…
