September. A month that has always (at least so far, almost worldwide realty) been associated with beautiful golden autumn, mushroom picking, and most notably with the beginning of the school year. School backpacks packing time! Let’s hope that we will be still packing school bags, and not booting up the computer daily for multiple hours… Read More Ambitiously Special
There are still lots of countries, societies where having a disability or having someone disabled in the family is seen as a huge disgrace and cause of enormous embarrassment. For that reason often parents pretend to not notice anything strange in their kids’ functioning, ignoring the very first signs of neurodiversity, looking the other way.… Read More Detecting First Autism Signs – Age, Features, Variations
I frequently think how is it possible and how come it doesn’t bother me anymore? From ‘unbearable’ to ‘be fine with it’ there is a big canyon that runs widely and deeply enough to make this discomfort doubtfully qualifying for disappearance in the haze of not giving a freaking heck. It doesn’t mean I do… Read More Quirks of the Spectrum
Forget about it! We have to wait. Not a good time. Hold your horses! Forget about it! Better not! Not gonna happen! Oh, come on! What they will tell about me!? I’m not sure we should risk. How many times you hesitated because it’s ‘better not’? Have you ever resigned to take part in some… Read More 6 Things Parents of Children with Autism Are Anxious About (and they shouldn’t)
I decided to write this blog post because I regularly step into a situation of this kind. I find this episodes of shame widely common and frequently exercised. And THIS MUST CHANGE! By all means. With years of experience, things I’ve seen, parents I’ve talked to, stories I heard, and researches I’ve read I’m basically… Read More Autism Parenting – There Is Nothing To Be Embarrassed About!
Kids on the autism spectrum as well as those without neurodevelopmental issues often feel not so enthusiastic when it comes to fasten their seatbelt, especially the one on the airplane. And what does it mean in practice? That means that the families traveling with kids on the spectrum have much harder work to do as… Read More Fastening an Airplane Seatbelt without Meltdown
Lately I’m very interested in sensory topics involving individuals on the spectrum. It seems to be quite frequent issue in people with autism and other neurological conditions, to suffer from different kind of discomfort caused by lightening. Some types of lightening might provide a calming effect but for others it could act as a stimuli.… Read More Light sensitivity as a sensory integration issue
If you’ve never heard that name – Hervé Tullet – you should fix it straight away. Hervé is a great artist and children books’ author. Hervé is an entertainer, a teacher, an inventor and a creative friend. I like his unusual view and approach to art teaching/learning techniques for little kids. Interesting, funny and playful. Boring is… Read More Hervé Tullet – the unexpected and adventitious master of ABA
I have to admit that start of my son’s kindergarten was a big challenge for me. Giving my kid under the other people’s custody was really scaring me as hell. They are strangers. They do not care. They will be in troubles every freaking minute but it’s all too complicated to be explained. Nobody really give a real attention to what could happen in… Read More Tracking System vs. Wandering