Over the last three weeks, our pets have been tag-teaming to see which of them can cost us the most at the vet. The cat started it, because of course she did. Or perhaps she felt it had been several months since the puppy ate something he shouldn’t and decided it was her turn toContinue reading “A cat, a dog and the survival instincts of a depressed lemming”
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According to the internet we need more cats
When my daughter was first diagnosed as autistic, I did what I’m sure many parents do: I delved far too deeply into the online rabbit hole of misinformation, anecdotal stories and personal accounts from autistic people and other parents in our situation. I wanted to know everything I could. I wanted to start planning forContinue reading “According to the internet we need more cats”
The tale of the Secret Bunker
I don’t know if this is because of her recent obsession with Minecraft, a sudden fear of nuclear war, or a deep, unsatisfied desire to become a mountain troll, but recently my daughter presented me with several pages from her journal and a Very Serious Expression. I was expected to understand the gravity of theContinue reading “The tale of the Secret Bunker”
The wrong end of the imaginary unicorn
I have touched on before the stereotypical idea that autistic people lack imagination. I initially wrote “ASD sufferers” there, hated it immediately, stared at it for a while and eventually settled on “autistic people”, which is both considerably less depressing and doesn’t make autism sound like a particularly nasty bout of flu. Anyway. I haveContinue reading “The wrong end of the imaginary unicorn”
Minecrafting a village
My daughter has recently entered that stage of development where she would rather spend her time fixated on a ten-inch screen than have anything to do with another human being. I would like to say this is a phase she will grow out of, but realistically her father spends his working life staring at threeContinue reading “Minecrafting a village”
Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour?
My daughter can argue with air. I’d like to say that’s a metaphor, but I have genuinely heard her, alone in a room, having a full-blown argument when there was literally nothing there to argue with. I like to think she’s simply honing her skills for a future career in politics. Or law. Either way,Continue reading “Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour?”
Climb Every Mountain, Name Every Bean
We have survived another school year. This one has been laced with more change than we normally allow. Which is to say… there has been some change. Our little fae has coped remarkably well in some ways and spectacularly failed to cope in others. Such is life with an autistic child. Milestones like the endContinue reading “Climb Every Mountain, Name Every Bean”
Achievement unlocked
I don’t want to jinx it or come across as bragging, but for two consecutive nights our fae daughter slept through to 5 a.m.! This may not seem like a full night’s sleep to those who have non-spicy children, but to us this is a miracle (and a lie-in). It has been a gruelling fewContinue reading “Achievement unlocked”
Spoon theory refined
I have in the past talked about spoon theory, I’m going to elaborate further here and expand on it with new bits I have recently been told about. So the basis of spoon theory is complicated so I asked chat GPT for an explanation and it did a pretty good job: Spoon theory is aContinue reading “Spoon theory refined”
Earning his keep
We are a long way from having trained our puppy in any serious way. I mean that in both the sense of he’s not a service dog yet and in the sense that i spent the last week teaching him to play ‘the floor is lava’ and to drop to floor if I make aContinue reading “Earning his keep”
