We’re honoring Autism Acceptance by publishing April Accommodations—meaning adjustments that other people can do for the autistic people in their lives. (For the flipside, as in things that make life harder for autistics, please see our Autism Checklist of Doom.) Today, we’re hearing from Kate Ryan, who wants people to stop asking her open-ended questions […]
I have to prioritize my own health, but “wellness” while parenting through COVID is, um, challenging. This is not the end of a wellness journey. It’s the beginning of one. And so far it’s going about as smooth as the legs I tried to dry shave after two glasses of wine last weekend. While there […]
You can turn passages into memes with the Kindle app. I thought that was all said. similar posts A letter to my mother all the way to heaven Support the new platform for poetic justice for autistic creativity and communication We need a little Christmas
“I can’t find my phone!” “Where are my keys?” “Has anyone seen my wallet?” We all misplace things every now and then. But what if it happens several times a day, every day? This is the case with many of my clients with ADHD who experience frustration (and countless lost hours) searching for lost items […]
Thomas Park / unsplash The instruction to no longer finance their son’s teaching assistant surprised the Martin family. Parents who were abruptly banned from paying their son’s teacher aid received an apology from the Ministry of Education to handle the process. Auckland mother Jo Martin was told she could no longer fund an assistant for […]
Speaking on Sky News last Friday, when the UK Prime Minister called on the public to have their third Covid vaccination, he made a remarkable admission: “… the double vaccination offers a lot of protection against serious illness and death, but it does not protect against infection and also not against transmission.” That doesn’t explain […]
Have you tried Post-It® Notes? As parents, we are not the only ones trying to help our children manage themselves and take care of themselves in school, but also their teachers. So, if you want to prevent your child from dropping out of school, try self-management Post-It® Notes. No, I’m not kidding. Here is what […]
Mandates are wrong. Likewise, bans. Even if you are on the “right side” of them. Visit the Emergency campaign to end all COVID vaccination orders School. Job. University. Life. We cannot become a society of state-sanctioned exclusion and punishment. We ended that in 1861 when men were worth 3/5 of a life. We ended up […]
A customer emailed me in a panic. She asked if I could offer her any words of wisdom or a “mantra” to cross her mind – something that would help keep her from getting on the defensive. She was dreading a school meeting with teachers about her 8th grade and expected them to tell her […]
Stop comparing yourself You scroll through Facebook and come across Carol’s new family portrait. It’s spring-like and set up in your perfectly furnished living room. There are coordinated outfits, real rabbits and everyone smiles – the works. This is her tenth family staged photo this year. All sorts of thoughts are buzzing through your head. […]
